The Metro Chamber recently sent a letter to Congressional leaders on the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2018, H.R. 3053, voicing its longstanding strong opposition to the storage of nuclear waste at Yucca Mountain. Read the letter here:
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Chet Opheikens
R & O Construction Inc
VP of Business Development
Chet Opheikens has been employed by R&O Construction for 23 years. Chet is VP of Business Development for R&O’s Las Vegas Regional Office. Chet builds and nurtures client relationships that generate qualified construction leads and manages the pre-construction services team. Chet is involved in many local organizations such as NAIOP, ICSC, NPFMA, LVMCC, Nellis AFB Honorary Commander and currently sits as Chairman of the Board of the Henderson Development Association.
Karim Kaissi
Intermountain Healthcare – Nevada Medical Group
Region COO and President
Karim joined Intermountain Healthcare in 2021 as the President of the Nevada Medical Group and is also Desert Region COO for Ambulatory Care. He has over 15 years of executive leadership in the healthcare industry in both the private and public sectors and for-profit and nonprofit entities. Karim has a track record of leading teams in established regional organizations and operating in a start-up environment and launching multiple new markets from the ground up. Karim’s diverse background and leadership are ideal for charting a market-differentiated growth path for the region.
Jeff Lund
Meow Wolf
General Manager
Jeff Lund, Meow Wolf Omega Mart’s General Manager, brings decades of events and live entertainment experience to what Fast Company calls the “...punk-rock Island of Misfit Toys.” Lund’s forward-thinking leadership led him to hone his F&B, ticketing/operations skills at several Cirque du Soleil productions. Lund then managed innovator Spiegelword’s troop of high-functioning degenerates and iconoclasts, and was Tour Manager for Netflix’ “The Stranger Things: Experience.” Now this energetic humanoid brings high revenue show experience to one of Vegas’ most talked about immersive art experiences, introducing new VIP/souvenir tickets, enhanced guest experience and AREA15 and other attraction collabs.
Ash Zare
CAE USA
General Manager
Ash Zare has been named General Manager of CAE Las Vegas, an aviation training center with full-flight simulators specialized in training pilots for business jets. Prior to moving to Las Vegas, Ash successfully led CAE Seoul during the pandemic, responsible for training more than 4,000 commercial pilots annually in Korea. Raised in Dubai, Ash first relocated to Toronto to pursue his Robotics Engineering and MBA education. In 2015, Ash then joined CAE’s headquarters in Montreal where he led the integration of CAE’s $1B acquisition of Bombardier Aviation Training.Related Articles
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