Nevada Host Committee
(As of December 13, 2007)

Hon. Jim Gibbons
Governor, Nevada

Hon. Ross Miller
Secretary of State, Nevada

Hon. Brian Krolicki
Lt. Governor, Nevada

Hon. Ross Miller

Secretary of State, Nevada

Hon. Kate Marshall

State Treasurer, Nevada

Hon. Harry Reid

Majority Leader, United States Senate

Hon. Shelley Berkley
U.S. House of Representatives

Hon. James Gibson

Mayor, City of Henderson

Hon. Oscar B. Goodman
Mayor, City of Las Vegas

Hon. Susan Holecheck
Mayor, City of Mesquite

Hon. Dina Titus
Minority Leader, Nevada Senate

Hon. Mo Denis
Nevada Assembly
 
Hon. Steve Wolfson
Councilman, City of Las Vegas

Andreas Adrian
Honorary Consul of Germany

Aldo Aguirre
Honorary Vice Consul of Guatemala

Gayle Anderson
Chief of Protocol, Nevada; President, NCFR

June Beland

Founder, President & CEO, Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Nevada

Hon. Stewart L. Bell

Bill Bible
President, Nevada Resort Association

Hon. James H. Bilbray
U.S. House of Representatives (1987-1995)

Dr. Carina Black
Executive Director, Northern Nevada International Center

Kathleen Blakely
President, Japan America Society of Nevada

Carlos Blumberg, Esq.
Partner, Sullivan, Brown, Krolikowski & Blumberg

Hon. Lorraine T. Hunt Bono
Lt. Governor, Nevada (1999-2007)

Hon. Richard H. Bryan
Governor, Nevada (1983-1989); United States Senate (1989-2001)

Patrick C. Clary
President/Chairman Emeritus, Nevada Committee on Foreign Relations

Mike Darley
Vice President & General Manager, Fitzgeralds Casino & Hotel

Jackie DeLaney
President and CEO, Sun West Bank

Jill Derby
Chairwoman, Nevada Democratic Party

Alan Di Stefano
Director of Global Trade and Investment, Nevada Commission on Economic Development

Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.
President & CEO, American Gaming Association

Milton D. Glick
President, University of Nevada, Reno

Dr. Ted Robert Gurr
Distinguished University Professor Emeritus, Founder & Consultant, Minorties at Risk Project, University of Maryland

Dr. Lonnie Hammargren
Honorary Consul of Belize

Dr. Barbara Harff
Professor of Political Science Emerita, U.S. Naval Academy

Dr. Carol Harter
President Emerita, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Executive Director, Black Mountain Institute

David C. Henley
Second Vice Dean, Nevada Consular Corps; Honorary Consul of Uruguay

Mel Kalagian
Partner, James D. Klote and Associates

Mariano Lemus
Dean, Nevada Consular Corps; Consul of Mexico

Alice Martz
CEO, Henderson Chamber of Commerce

Dr. John A. McDonald
Dean, School of Medicine, University of Nevada, Reno

Otto Merida
President & CEO, Las Vegas Latin Chamber of Commerce

Astra J. Michels
Honorary Consul of Lithuania

Fafie Moore
President, International Women’s Forum

Paul Murad
President, METROPLEX Group

Dr. Michael A. Nasiak
Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine; Vice President, NCFR

Tim O’Callaghan
Co-Publisher, Henderson Home News

Aracelica Paredes
Honorary Consul of Guatemala

Karla J. Perez
Group Director, The Valley Health System

Andre Yves Portal
Honorary Consul of France

M. Edwin Prud’homme
Treasurer, Nevada Consular Corps; Honorary Consul of Austria

Lia Roberts
First Vice Dean, Nevada Consular Corps; Honorary Consul General of Romania

Gayle Rogers
Government Affairs Liaison, Henderson Chamber of Commerce

Michael A. Saltman
President, The Vista Group

Sonja Saltman
Co-Founder, The Saltman Center for Conflict Resolution at UNLV Boyd School of Law

Hon. Miriam Shearing
Senior Justice, Nevada Supreme Court (1992-2005)

Dr. Richard Siegel
President, American Civil Liberties Union of Nevada

Dr. Upinder Singh
Southwest Medical Associates

Jerome Snyder
Honorary Consul of United Kingdom

 
Carolyn M. Sparks
Owner and President, International Insurance Services, LTD.

Paulina Biggs Sparkuhl
Honorary Consul of Chile

Dr. Yvonne Stedham
President, Nevada World Trade Council

Larry Struve
Legislative Advocate, Religious Alliance in Nevada (RAIN), President/Chairman Emeritus, NCFR

Dr. Barnett Sturm
Chairman, Las Vegas World Affairs Council

Wayne N. Tanaka
Honorary Consul General of Japan

Dr. Geoffrey VanderPal
Honorary Consul of Slovak Republic

Mike Vaswani
President, Asian American Group

Rita Vaswani
Vice President, Business Development Officer, Bank of Nevada

Angie Wallin
Executive Director, Nevada Arts Advocates

Lena Walther
Honorary Consul of Sweden

William P. Weidner
President & Chief Operating Officer, Las Vegas Sands Corporation

Gerald M. Welt, Esq.
Board of Directors, Nevada Justice Association; Co-Chair, Citizens for Justice

Rabbi Jeremy Wiederhorn
Midbar Kodesh

Dr. Richard Wiley
Associate Director, Black Mountain Institute, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

Barbara L. Wood
Director of University Relations, University of Southern Nevada

Richard S. Worthington
President, The Molasky Group of Companies

Dr. Allison Wren
President, Northern Nevada International Center

Dr. Thomas C. Wright
Professor of Latin American History, UNLV

American Israel Public Affairs Committee