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Josh Smith is the Chief Executive Officer of Veteran Benefits Guide. He spent six years in the Marine Corps. In 2009 Smith started a job at the Department of Veterans Affairs. During his tenure at the VA, he discovered many inefficiencies in the way Veterans’ disability ratings were evaluated and saw a need to provide Veterans a better option for processing their disability claims. In 2017, he and his wife decided to start a business to assist Veterans with their disability claims. Today, Veteran Benefits Guide is proud to have successfully guided over 20,000 Veterans nationwide!
Mary Beth Sewald
Sandoval establishes Southern Nevada Sporting Event Committee
LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — Governor Brian Sandoval has signed Executive Order 2018-7, establishing the Southern Nevada Sporting Event Committee. The Order allows the Sporting Event Committee to comprise a local organizing committee for the National Football League (NFL) Draft or other potential events.…
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Kelly Maxwell
Baby’s Bounty
Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director
Baby’s Bounty is a 15-year-old nonprofit, working to improve health outcomes for families living in poverty with the mission of providing “a good start for every baby”. Las Vegas native, CEO/Executive Director Kelly Maxwell brings business acumen and a deep knowledge of her community to her role. Using her experience in for-profit-sector business development, Maxwell has transformed Baby’s Bounty into a significant community leader. Baby’s Bounty operates a Baby Bundle program, supplying new parents with essential newborn supplies and infant care education as well as Diaper Banks, located in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Henderson and Northern Nevada which have distributed 3 million diapers and 6 million wipes to over 40,000 families. Maxwell launched a partnership with Nevada’s NSHE institutions – Diapers for Diplomas, to support parenting students and just worked to pass SB428 to remove the sales tax on diapers in addition to many other initiatives to support families across our state and beyond.
Sarah Watterson
Brightline West
President
As President of Brightline West, Sarah Watterson is responsible for all aspects of business development and delivery of the high-speed rail system, including transit-oriented development and rail infrastructure strategy, design, & execution. She has a strong background in large-scale infrastructure projects, including the acquisition and restructuring of the Milwaukee Bucks and developing the 725,000-SF Fiserv Forum. Watterson most recently led development at Florida East Coast Industries, a multi-faceted real estate and transportation company, and served as CEO of Drive Shack (NYSE:DS). She graduated summa cum laude from Cornell University.Proud Member Partners
