Our speaker on October 12 will be Steve Sisolak, Chair of the Clark County Commission (District A). Chairman Sisolak is a successful businessman, long-time public servant and active member of the community. He was elected to the County Commission in 2008 and began serving a four-year term on Jan. 5, 2009. He was selected by his peers on the Commission to serve as chair in January 2013 and was previously selected by fellow commissioners to serve as vice chair in January 2011.
Prior to being elected to the County Commission, Steve Sisolak served 10 years on the Nevada Board of Regents from 1998 to 2008. As a member of the Board of Regents, he represented District 7. The Board of Regents governs the Nevada System of Higher Education and its eight colleges and universities, which are attended by more than 105,000 students in Northern and Southern Nevada.
Commissioner Sisolak holds a bachelor’s of science degree in business from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee (1974). Four years later, he received a master’s in business administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He has two daughters who currently attend UNLV.