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
