State Action: Nevada

The USGLC has a strong presence in Nevada, where the international affairs budget is vital to the local economy. Exports from the State in 2008 were estimated at $57 million.

Despite being only 1% of the total Federal Budget, the International Affairs Budget includes programs that cover a breadth of U.S. State Department activities and other international efforts that promote global stability and provide for the security and well-being of all Americans. Read about the impact of the International Affairs Budget on Nevada with our Nevada State Fact Sheet.

For more information on how you can get involved with the USGLC in Nevada, please contact Mark Moskowitz (202) 730-4178.

Nevada Advisory Committee

June L. Beland
Founder, President & CEO, Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Nevada
Hon. Richard H. Bryan
Governor, Nevada (1983-1989); United States Senate (1989-2001)
Patrick C. Clary
President/Chairman Emeritus, Nevada Committee on Foreign Relations
Paul Murad
President & CEO, Metroplex Group LLC
Dr. Michael Nasiak
Assistant President of Medicine, University of Nevada School of Medicine; Vice President, Nevada Committee on Foreign Relations
Barnett Sturm, Ed.D.
Chairman, Las Vegas World Affairs Council
Gerald M. Welt, Esq.
President, Gerald M. Welt Chartered
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

USGLC in Nevada in Action

On January 9th in Las Vegas, Impact ‘08 in Nevada officially launched. Tom Ridge, former Governor of Pennsylvania and the first U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security (2003-2005), was the keynote speaker at “Impact ‘08 in Nevada: Building a Better Safer World.” Also speaking on global trade issues was William P. Weidner, President/COO of Las Vegas Sands Corporation, and a panel discussion was held with former Nevada Governor and U.S. Senator Richard Bryan, Starbucks Coffee Company Sr. Vice President Sandra Taylor, and former CNN Correspondent Andrea Koppel as moderator.

USGLC in Nevada in the Media

Click here to view a sign-on advertisement that ran in the Las Vegas Review Journal, signed by over 80 of Nevada’s local leaders.

Click here to see the host committee of the Impact ‘08 in Nevada network.

Click here for facts about why Nevadans should care about the International Affairs budget.

Members of Nevada Delegation who signed the FY11 Budget Letter to President Obama