The primary advocacy organization for Nevada’s gaming industry announced that it will retain its current leadership in 2019.
Caesars Entertainment Executive Vice President of Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility Jan Jones Blackhurst was re-elected to second two-year term as chairwoman beginning Jan. 1. Red Rock Resorts Chief Legal Officer Jeffrey Welch was re-elected two a two-year term as vice chairman and treasurer.
Jones Blackhurst served as Mayor of Las Vegas from 1991 to 1999 before joining Caesars.
The Resort Association represents Nevada’s gaming industry on a state and local level, monitoring government and regulatory activities in the state. The organization was established in 1965.
Jones Blackhurst said the Resort Association will monitor events that could impact “Nevada’s economic engine.”
Said Jones Blackhurst, “We have much work ahead in the coming year, and we look forward to sharing critical insight and analysis into the various economic and social impacts the resort industry provides to communities across the state.”
Resort Association President Virginia Valentine will continue as board’s secretary.
The Resort Association also announced Dawn Christensen was named as the organization’s vice president of communications and corporate responsibility.
