Welcome to the new 2024 Board of Trustees for the Vegas Chamber, led by Chairwoman Besty Fretwell. We look forward to another successful year of partnership and collaboration.
2024 Executive Committee
Betsy Fretwell
Chairwoman
C4WARD Strategies
Paul Anderson
Immediate Past Chairman
Senior Vice President of Industry and Government Affairs
Boyd GamingJanet Uthman
Chair Elect
Cox CommunicationsHugh Anderson
Vice Chair of Government Affairs
Managing Director, Partner
Hightower Las VegasMichael Bolognini
Principal
MFB EnterpriseGina Bongiovi
Managing Partner
Bongiovi Law Firm, LLCMichael Crome
Vice Chair of Finance and Audit
The Las Vegas Raiders
Michael Feder
Member/Partner, Las Vegas
Dickinson WrightLori Nelson-Kraft
Senior Vice President of Communications
Las Vegas Convention and Visitors AuthorityEllen Schulhofer
Shareholder Office Managing Partner
BrownsteinTerry Shirey
President & Chief Executive Officer
Nevada State BankChris Wilcox
Partner Tax Practice Leader Pacific Northwest Region
Las Vegas Nevada Office Market Leader
Partner
Eide Bailly, LLPRyan A. Woodward
2024 Board of Trustees
Jeremy Aguero
Principal
Applied Analysis
Brandon Barkhuff
Senior Vice President – General Counsel Secretary, Chief Compliance Officer
NV EnergyMajor General Ondra Berry
Major General
Nevada National Guard
Danielle Bisterfeldt
Senior Vice President of Marketing – Summerlin
The Howard Hughes CorporationJustin Brown
President
Southwest Gas
Kerry Bubolz
President and Chief Operating Officer
Vegas Golden KnightsBob Cerminaro
Bank of Nevada
Vincent Ciminise
Senior Vice President, Commercial Loan Manager
Valley Bank of NevadaTyler Corder
Chief Financial Officer, Chief Operating Officer
Findlay AutomotiveJaime Cruz
Executive Director
Workforce Connections
Teresa Di Loreto
Executive Director
Nevada Military Support AllianceVictor Fuchs
President, Founding Partner, Managing Member
Helix ElectricRichard A. Goodman
Brigadier General
Nellis AFB
Jan Jones-Blackhurst
Caesars Entertainment Corporation
Chuck Ley
President/CEOCornerstone Merchants
Dr. Rex Liu, D.D.S.
Owner
Family & Cosmetic Dentistry, Inc.Napoleon McCallum
Director of Community Development
Las Vegas Sands Corporation
Bill Nelson
Assurance Partner
BDOShaundell Newsome
Founder
Sumnu MarketingRobert G. Novotny
Skyracer Consulting, LLC
Karla Perez
Vice President
Valley Health SystemEmily Prazer
Chief Commercial Officer
FORMULA 1 HEINEKEN SILVER LAS VEGAS GRAND PRIX
Tina Quigley
President & CEO
LVGEA
Larry Singer
Senior Managing Director
NewmarkVjollca Tarjan
Wells Fargo
Bryant Thornton
Market Vice President
Republic ServicesDr. Keith E. Whitfield
President
University of Nevada, Las VegasMichael Woodfield
Executive Director & Market Executive
J.P Morgan Chase & Co.
Emeritus Board of Trustees
Jay Barrett
President
The JABarrett CompanyMichael Bonner
Managing Shareholder
Greenberg TraurigBob Brown
President and Chief Executive Officer
Opportunity VillageSen. Richard Bryan
Partner
Fennemore Craig, P.C.Steve Hill
Chief Executive Officer
Las Vegas Convention & Visitors AuthorityJohn Guedry
CEO
Bank of Nevada
Fafie Moore
Executive Vice President of Southern Nevada
ERA Brokers ConsolidatedBill Noonan
Former SVP of Industry & Governmental Affairs
Boyd Gaming CorporationJames Prather
Executive Director of Digital Gaming
Las Vegas Review-JournalBruce Spotleson
Vice President of Fund and Partner Development
The Neon MuseumVicky Van Meetren
Special Assistant to the Dean, Genesis Business Development
Roseman University of Health Sciences
John Wilcox
Principal
JDW GroupPast Chairs
- E. W. Griffith – 1913-14, 1916-18
- Dr. Roy Martin – 1915, 1923-28
- Henry Lillis – 1919-22
- A.W. Ham – 1929
- S.R. Whitehead – 1930
- O.W. Yates – 1931
- James Down, Sr. – 1932
- A.C. Grant – 1933-34
- S. J. Lawson – 1934
- A. S. Henderson – 1935
- Harvey Luce – 1936
- O. A. Kimball – 1937
- Robert Griffith – 1938
- C. D. Baker – 1939
- Bob Kaltenborn – 1940
- Marion Earl – 1941
- Rev. Charles Sloan – 1942
- Harve Perry – 1943
- Maxwell Kelch – 1944-45
- Bill Moore – 1946
- Paul McDermott – 1947
- James Down, Jr. – 1948
- Spencer Butterfield – 1949
- Vern Willis – 1950
- Dick Ronzone – 1951
- A. C. Grant – 1952
- Edmund Converse – 1953
- M. J. Christensen – 1954
- Howard Cannon – 1955
- James Young – 1956
- Hames Henderson – 1956
- Grant Stewart – 1958
- Tom Underhill – 1959
- Dr. R. E. Robinson – 1960
- Sam A. Boyd – 1961
- Bob Jones – 1962
- Ray Curley – 1963
- Walt Casey – 1964
- Robb L. Johnson – 1965
- Frank Scott – 1966
- Gaylord Prather – 1967
- W. Bruce Beckley – 1968-1969
- George Boman – 1970
- James Cashman, Jr. – 1971-72
- Herb Stout – 1973-74
- Zack Taylor – 1975
- Harley Harmon – 1976
- Charles Ruthe – 1977
- Mark Smith – 1978
- Berlyn Miller – 1979
- Frank Johnson – 1980
- Tom Wiesner – 1981
- Fred Lewis – 1982
- Bill Heinrich – 1983
- Phil Arce – 1984
- Elaina Blake – 1985
- Dave Vlaming – 1986
- James Cashman, III – 1987
- Jeffrey A. Silver – 1988
- Peter Thomas – 1989
- Claudine Williams – 1990
- Bill Martin – 1991
- Bob Maxey – 1992
- Denney Weddle – 1993
- David Smith – 1994
- Ted Wiens, Jr. – 1995
- John O’Reilly – 1996
- Diane Dickerson – 1997
- E. Edward Crispell – 1998
- Robert Forbuss – 1999-2000
- Bill Wells – 2001
- Jay Kornmeyer – 2002
- Lou Emmert – 2003
- Tim Cashman – 2004
- Hugh Anderson – 2005
- John Wilcox – 2006
- Larry Kifer – 2007
- Fafie Moore – 2008
- Steve Hill – 2009
- Kristin McMillan – 2010
- Michael Bonner – 2011
- Kevin Orrock – 2012
- Jay Barrett – 2013
- Bruce Spotleson – 2014
- Bob Brown – 2015
- John Guedry – 2016
- William Noonan – 2017
- Michael Bolognini – 2018
- Terry Shirey – 2019
- Tom Burns – 2020
- Gina Bongiovi – 2021
- Michael Feder – 2022
- Paul Anderson – 2023