Some of the things most important to the committee at this time are:

Creation of Jobs - well over 15% unemployment in our Valley plus for those people still working some have had their pay reduced.

New taxes imposed on employers
Unfunded mandates without any additional monies
Creation of new businesses
Education and Training for our members
Support Services to our membership
Free Business Counseling for our members

The committee developed the 2010 Guiding Policy Priorities for the Chamber.

State & Local Issues Sub-Committee Chairs are:

Charles Perry (Co Chair) - Nevada Health Care Association

Terri Barber - City of Henderson
George Garcia - G C Garcia Inc.
Gary Johnson - SCORE
Bob Kasner - BNY Mellon
Michael Keaton - Emerald Island Casino
Laird Sanders - Lake Mead Boat Storage
Andrew Urban - Attorney at Law
Valerie Weber- University of Phoenix

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Legislative Sub-Committee Chairs are:

Terri Barber - City of Henderson Lobbyist
Kelly Brockman - Nevada State Bank
Kirk Clausen - Wells Fargo Bank
Kristine S Cooper - Shattuck Enterprises
Richard Derrick - City of Henderson Finance
Dianna Fyke - HCC Government Affairs Director
George Garcia - GC Garcia Inc.
Santana Garcia - City of Henderson Government Affairs
Brin Gibson - Lionel, Sawyer & Collins
Terry Graves - HCC Lobbyist
John Holman - Southwest Gas
Gary Johnson - SCORE
Bob Kasner - BNY Mellon
Michael Keaton - Emerald Island Casino
Alice Martz - HCC President/CEO
Rick Smith - RDS Associates, LLC
Elizabeth Trosper - Trosper Communications
Andy Urban,JR - Andrew J. Urban, Chtd.
Valerie Weber - University of Phoenix

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The committee surveyed our membership this past summer requesting a list of their concerns on a federal level that may or are impacting their businesses. Those concerns were;

Banking/Credit - in our current economy many of our members don\'t understand what happened and what the future looks like. Our Banking/Credit chair Kelly Brockman of Nevada State Bank with her committee and the support of Nevada State Bank has developed several webinars for our members explaining what has happened to our financial market, cause and future while providing some financial direction for them. The committee has also put together a financial panel of experts for our members to discuss the issues and try to provide some direction in the future for them.

Healthcare - the Senate and House Representatives have put together a healthcare bill to meet the needs of our nation. Unfortunately the current bills impose some heavy burdens on our businesses. Efforts are ongoing to improve the healthcare bill and help our members.
Taxes
Washington D.C. Update
Transportation
Energy

Federal Issues Sub - Committee Chairs are:

Mindy Unger-Wadkins (Co Chair) - Unger Development
Kelly Brockman - Nevada State Bank
David Chavez - Assured Strategies
David Dahan - Orgill Singer & Associates, Inc.
Santana Garcia - City of Henderson
John Holman - Southwest Gas Corp.
Theron LaFountain - Elements Consulting
Ann Lynch - Medical Consulting
Terry McConnell - Valley Bank

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Goals and Objectives:

Increase our visibility, strength, and influence by communicating with Nevada legislators to gain greater recognition and support for the Nevada Chambers Roundtable.
Positively influence government at the state level by being the people's voice regarding selected critical state issues and initiatives affecting business and industry.
Research and evaluate selected state issues, provide high-level impact reviews, report to the Nevada Chambers Roundtable, and actively encourage each Chamber's support and involvement. Individual Chamber issues shall be respected.

This committee usually meets once a month.

Committee members are from 24 Nevada Chambers and 6 Nevada Associations.

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