BUSINESS VOICE OCTOBER 2020 VEGAS CHAMBER It Matters Who You Share Perspective With
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2020 Election Guide Starting or Evaluating Your Voice. Your Vote. Your Future. Your 401(k)? Page 22 Page 14 Put Me in Coach…with U.S. Bank First Chamber in Country to Offer Free Program Page 29 Cultivating growth and prosperity Type to enter text 8985 S. Eastern Ave., #205 Las Vegas, NV 89123 Cultivating growth and prosperity MARY BETH SEWALD PRESIDENT & CEO strong voice of business begins at the ballot candidates in these races to know which ones would best box. Electing candidates who understand and represent them. That is why this magazine is a valuable empathize with the challenges employers resource and tool for you. A and small business owners face is essential to protecting our economic environment and When you vote and support pro-business candidates, you creating jobs. are sending a message to all legislators that the business community is truly engaged and is paying attention to public There are so many issues that likely will be debated and policy decisions that are being made. Once the legislature decided during the upcoming session of the Nevada Legislature gets underway in February, the Vegas Chamber will issue calls that have the potential to negatively impact businesses. We to action, connect you with lawmakers so you can share how are already hearing about policy proposals in areas such as legislation would impact you, and provide you with policy taxation, employer requirements, legal liability, and other information and expertise. regulations that would add more burdens to businesses. It is essential that we have lawmakers who are committed to voting But first, we need to work together to elect lawmakers who to preserve Nevada’s pro-business climate. care about making it easier – not harder – to do business in Nevada. Vote as if your business depends on it because our This issue of the Business Voice showcases the Vegas economic climate is truly at stake. Chamber’s endorsements for the 2020 General Election. These candidates have earned our support based on their Please take the time to read through these endorsements knowledge, commitment, and track record on issues important and share them with your colleagues, friends, family, and to businesses, job creation, and economic growth. employees. And make sure you vote in this election to preserve our pro-business environment. The Vegas Chamber’s Government Affairs Committee (GAC), chaired by Chamber Trustee Hugh Anderson, makes endorsements on behalf of our members. Each candidate is interviewed by a panel of GAC members who question candidates about their understanding of a wide-range of business issues. Additionally, candidates are evaluated on their voting record (where applicable), as well as their knowledge of public policy. While much attention is given to the election at the national level, state and local government races are equally important when it comes to protecting businesses and jobs in Nevada. Yet oftentimes voters do not have the time to fully research VEGAS CHAMBER OCTOBER 2020 BUSINESS VOICE 3 Business Voice VOLUME 41 NUMBER 10 Vegas Chamber 575 Symphony Park Avenue, Ste. 100 Las Vegas, NV 89106 702.641.5822 • VegasChamber.com Mary Beth Sewald President & CEO Vegas Chamber 2020 Board of Trustees Trustees Emeritus Board Executive Committee Tom Burns Paul Anderson Jay Barrett Chairman Boyd Gaming The JABarrett Company Cragin & Pike Joseph Asher Senator Richard Bryan Gina Bongiovi William Hill US Fennemore Craig, P.C. Chair-Elect Bongiovi Law Firm Brandon Barkhuff Fafie Moore NV Energy ERA Brokers Terrance Shirey Consolidated Immediate Past Chairman Lisa Beckley Nevada State Bank The Beckley Group Bill Noonan Boyd Gaming Hugh Anderson Danielle Bisterfeldt Corporation (Retired) HighTower Las Vegas The Howard Hughes Corporation Jim Prather Michael Bolognini Michael Bonner Las Vegas Review- Cox Communications Greenberg Traurig, LLP Journal Betsy Fretwell Bob Brown Bruce Spotleson Switch Opportunity Village The Neon Museum John Guedry Kerry Bubolz John Wilcox Bank of Nevada Vegas Golden Knights JDW Group LLC Lisa Howfield Tyler Corder KLAS-TV Findlay Automotive Past Chairpersons Lori Kraft Alex Dixon Las Vegas Convention and Visitors PureStar Berlyn Miller 1979 Authority Michael Feder Phil Arce 1984 Ellen Schulhofer Dickinson-Wright, PLLC Elaina Blake 1985 Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Mark Hutchison Dave Vlaming 1986 Chris Wilcox Hutchison & Steffen, PLLC Limited or nonproot Eide Bailly LLP Jeffrey A. Silver 1988 Gregory Lee Peter Thomas 1989 Eureka Casino Resort 2747 3252 Ryan Woodward National Technical Institute William Martin 1991 Sara Lindgren JPMorgan Chase Bob Maxey 1992 Production Team Denny Weddle 1993 Rex Liu Family & Cosmetic Dentistry David Smith 1994 Joyce Goedeke Ted Wiens, Jr. 1995 Publisher/Editor Dr. Keith Whitfield University of Nevada, Las Vegas John O’Reilly 1996 Cara Clarke Diane Dickerson 1997 Editor Napoleon McCallum The Las Vegas Sands Corporation Edward Crispell 1998 Pomai Weall Production Coordinator/ Bill Nelson Bill Wells 2001 Contributor Piercy Bowler Taylor & Kern Jay Kornmayer 2002 Noel Gonzalez Boyd Nelson Lou Emmert 2003 Graphic Designer Southwest Gas Corporation Tim Cashman 2004 Jacey Gonzalez Ret. Brig. Gen. Robert Novotny Contributor AnyConnect Hugh Anderson 2005 John Wilcox 2006 Karla Perez Valley Health System Fafie Moore 2008 Teresa Di Loreto Steve Hill 2009 Nevada Military Support Alliance Kristin McMillan 2010 Tina Quigley Michael Bonner 2011 The Business Voice (USPS #717-970) is published by Kevin Orrock 2012 Vegas Chamber Chase Rankin Jay Barrett 2013 575 Symphony Park Ave., Ste. 100 Las Vegas Review-Journal Las Vegas, NV 89106 Bruce Spotleson 2014 Mark Shearer Bob Brown 2015 Annual Subscription $25 Raiders Periodical postage paid at John Guedry 2016 Las Vegas, NV Larry Singer POSTMASTER: Newmark Knight Frank Bill Noonan 2017 Send address changes to: Michael Bolognini 2018 Vegas Chamber, Vicky VanMeetren 575 Symphony Park Ave., Ste. 100 Roseman University of Terrance Shirey 2019 Las Vegas, NV 89106 Health Sciences Chris Way 3050 KTNV-TV 13 Action News 98.3% EDITORIAL POLICY: The Business Voice is a member newsletter of the Vegas Chamber. The Vegas Chamber welcomes input, ideas and suggestions from our members. As with any periodical, we must adhere to strict deadlines and we reserve the right to edit all materials submitted for publication. Commentaries that are marked as such do not necessarily reflect the opinion or position of the Chamber, its trustees or employees. The Chamber cannot guarantee the validity or accuracy of the content of paid advertisements. All content is subject to change. Questions or concerns about content of the Business Voice can be addressed to the Vice President of Marketing and Brand Strategy, Vegas Chamber, 575 Symphony Park Avenue, Ste. 100, Las Vegas, NV 89106. Table of Contents 8 OCTOBER 2020 Welcome New Members 6 Member News 8 New Job Profilers Will Help Employers Avoid Expensive Employee Turnover Costs 10 10 Chamber News 12 2020 Election Guide Your Voice. Your Vote. Your Future. 14 Working for you 21 Starting or Evaluating 12 Your 401(k)? 22 President's Club Spotlights 24 What's Virtually Happening 26 Vegas Chamber Partners with U.S. Bank to Provide Free Goals Coaching to Members 29 14 22 29 VEGAS CHAMBER OCTOBER 2020 BUSINESS VOICE 5 WELCOME NEW MEMBERS! PRESIDENT'S CLUB: Brave & Beautiful Blood Cozen O'Connor Envirody Inc Cancer Foundation www.cozen.com www.envirody.com www.bbbcf.org GoMeyra Legacy Safe Group LLC MDX Ventures www.gomeyra.com www.legacysafegroup.com www.mdxventures.com Nevada Health Sikara Medspa and Bioscience Resorts World Las Vegas www.sikaramedspa.com Corporation www.rwlasvegas.com Intermountain TechEdge Developers Therapy Blocks LLC Healthcare of Nevada www.techedgedevelopers.com www.lvtherapyblocks.com www.hcpnv.com 3rd Eye Productions LLC Hope Credit Pensionmark Financial Group A and H Insurance Inc Lee Canyon Pitney Bowes Anderson Dairy, Inc. 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