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UPCOMING EVENTS 3/22/24
20th Annual Nevada Women's Hall of Fame - During Women's History Month Pioneer Award Recipient: 15 Women's Hall of Fame Inductees. Lawry's The Prime Rib/ Great Room
5/17/24
Special 22nd Anniversary Celebration of the Nevada State Women's Chamber Chamber of Commerce Celebrating the Historical moment for the official Nevada State Women's Chamber in History along with celebrating our own members and their accomplishments.
Speakers; Special State, Local Officials Speakers, Governor of Nevada and more Venue TBD
7/26/24
22nd Annual Legislative Luncheon / Election Year 2024 Keynote Speaker: Anita Laruy, Director of the Government Affairs Committee Opening remarks on bills passed and 2024 Candidates. Lawry's The Prime Rib/ Great Room
9/27/24
12th Annual ATHENA International Women's Leadership Day Luncheon Bringing together top Leaders in our community with Aspiring Leaders, Professional Women's Mini Expo, Top Las Nevada Women Speakers, book authors and much more. The Orleans Hotel & Casino
12/6/24
22nd Annual ATHENA International GALA - Minority Lifetime Achievement Award, ATHENA International Leadership Award, ATHENA Young Professional Leadership Award, ATHENA Nonprofit Leadership Award & Entertainment, The Arts & Media Awards. The Orleans Hotel & Casino
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June L. Beland Founder, President and Chief Executive Officer
PRESIDENTS 2024 OUTLOOK for our 22nd Chamber Anniversary As we head into 2024 and celebrate our 22nd Chamber Anniversary all year, we have a lot to celebrate with all our accomplishments and making history not just for women but for everyone in Nevada. This would not be possible without everyone's help such as our sponsors, members, community partners, board members, advertisers, and all our wonderful volunteers for making the Nevada Women's Chamber of Commerce what it is today. Let's not forget all the city and state officials who helped put the official state Women's Chamber of Commerce on the map for not just Nevada but the USA. There is a lot that goes into running a State Chamber of Commerce especially a Women's State Chamber. We are the 3rd stand alone State Women's Chamber in the USA. As a state chamber we have developed our own special Signature Luncheon Programs and Award Programs that continue to be amazingly successful every year while honoring all the remarkable women in Nevada. I would like to thank my amazing WCCNV Chamber Executive Board and our Legacy Foundation Board Members: Norman Beland, Tamie Heiss, Anita Laruy, Dolores CampuzanoPignatello, Rita Vaswani, Summer Webb and Barbara Wood. A big thank you to all the A-TEAM Ambassadors (all 10 of them) and Ms Dawn Kyles our Ambassador Director. The Ambassador Volunteer Team is: Brenda Gayle Bryant, Tamara Coulter, Paula Jackson, June Matute, Claireese LaRee Ross, Becky Palmer, and Barbara Gulas Wilson. MORE WILL BE ADDED IN 2024. IF YOU ARE NOT A MEMBER YET JOIN TODAY, join our . team and make a difference today. In 2024 we have a lot of changes happening! First and foremost, our own Media Group, who will market social media, podcasts, biogs, and so much more. In 2024 will also be our 21st Annual ATHENA International Awards Gala December 2024 with a major fundraiser for our Legacy Foundation Scholarship Fund "Achieving Your Dreams through education." Our goal for 2024 is to raise student scholarships from 5 to 10 students. In order to accomplish this we will be reaching out to our business community for sponsorships and donations to make this a reality for these "At Risk" high school students. With the help of these student scholarships, it is our hope it will continue to move our state upward from the bottom 49th position in the USA on education for Nevada. There are so many details that go into running a State Chamber of Commerce and maintaining that experience and sense of community which is very important. Thank you for all you do! JANUARY 2024
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Published by ABC Publishing Publication Division of: Women's Chamber of Commerce of Nevada© -- all rights reserved www.womenschamberofnevada.org
WCCNV Board of Directors June L. Beland, Founder, President
Norman Beland, II Chief Financial Officer
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WCCNV Executive Board Members Director, Anita Laruy Dynamic Life Changes
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Dolores Campuzano Pignatello MGM International Tamie Heiss Bank of America Rita Vaswani Nevada State Bank Summer Clark Webb American Estate & Trust LLC Barbara Wood Philanthropist
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Message from the President Chamber Business meetings Executive Board Members New Executive Board Member 2024 Women's Hall of Fame Inductees COVER STORY / History and June Beland COVER STORY / Tichi Wilkerson & Barbara Wood Real Estate / Tamra Coulter Top Member Partners Chambers of Commerce Relocation Information 2024 Census Information Diversity Partners Committees
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Legacy Foundation Committed To my Community Power Breakfast Series / Business meetings WCCNV AD Gov Ad, A-TEAM Ad, WCCNV Ad LVBNM EXPO 2024/2025 MEMBER REGISTRY WOMENS HALL OF FAME Caesars Entertainment Top Chamber Partners WCCNV Membership ad MGM - Inside-Back Cover 2024 / 2025 Member Registry ad
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Power Breakfast Series Dates 2024
(Introducing & connect New Members) Chamber Welcome & Introduces New Members: Light breakfast snack and coffee served Location: Dept of Business & Industry Time: 9am-10:30am Host: Women's Chamber 2 Speakers: Marcel Shaffer, NV Dept of Business & Industry Women's Business Center - Outline & Speakers to follow Meetings for 2024 Quarterly (2nd Tuesday of the month) Feb 14, 2024 May 14, 2024 July 9, 2024 September 8, 2024
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2024 Executive Board Meetings
Executive-Corp-Presidential Members only Held Bi-Monthly LIVE (2nd Thursday of the month) Timeline: 11:30am to 1pm Monthly (2nd Thursday of the month) Location: President’s location Time: 11:30am to 1pm Outline & Speakers to follow February 8, 2024 / Adding 4 New EB Members April 11, 2024 June 13, 2024 August 8, 2024 October 10, 2024 December 12, 2024
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NEW EXECUTIVE BOARD MEMBER Tamie L. Heiss VP/Sr. SBA Business Development Officer, Bank of America ________________________________________ Tamie L. Heiss is the Vice President/ Sr. SBA Business Development officer at Bank of America. With over 25 years in banking, her expertise primarily lies in commercial lending with a focus on SBA financing to support small businesses. Tamie is dedicated to helping entrepreneurs get access to capital for their ventures through the SBA program. She has worked for Bank of America for the last 9 years and covers SBA financing across the entire state of Nevada and several Midwest states. She serves as Bank of America’s ambassador to NAWBO representing the institution within the organization. She has also previously held the role of Treasurer on the board of NAWBO extending her commitment to the organization. Originally from Las Vegas, Tamie is a UNLV graduate with a Bachelors in Business Administration specializing in Finance. Residing in Henderson, she is a devoted mother to her son, daughter, two dogs and actively engaged in supporting her community.
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COVER ARTICLE WOMEN'S CHAMBER CELE BERA TES 22 YEARS FOUNDERS STORY AND BACKGROUND JUNE BELAND / FOUNDER
June Beland Background Career Woman, Entrepreneur, Entertainment Industry, and Philanthropist since 1967, Publisher (Celebrity & Business Magazine publisher since 1977), Women in Film Member since 1989, Crystal & Lucy Awards recipient in June 2016--Beverly Hills, NAWBO Award AND MORE. June will celebrate 22 years as the Official owner of the official Nevada State Women’s Chamber on May 8, 2024 Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Nevada® She moved to Las Vegas after the earthquake in CA. Brief Background June Beland, Founder, President and CEO, Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Nevada June is a visionary, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and publisher since 1977. As a Trail Blazer June shares her years of entrepreneurship, inspiration, mentoring, and empowerment to women in Nevada. On May 8, 2002 the Women’s Chamber of Commerce of Nevada ® was established. WCCNV also celebrated history in Nevada in 2015 being honored as being the first Women’s Chamber in the 150 year history of Nevada. June also paid close attention to Nevada’s Education problems and lack of funds for higher education while running the chamber for the first 4 year, so she establish the WCCNV Legacy Foundation with her board members who wanted to be a part the inception. The WCCNV Legacy Foundation is for Higher Education Scholarships for female “At Risk” High School graduates and in late 2024 / 2025 we will include Postsecondary Education (Trade SchoolsHospitality-IT-Medical-Nursing-HR-Culinary etc). Business Certification is funded out of the WCCNV Legacy Foundation through our sponsors. She still owns her own publishing company, the Women’s Chamber and the WCCNV Legacy Foundation today. Career Woman, Entrepreneur, Philanthropist since 1967 - Publisher since 1977 - Bus Owner since 1977 - It is all about giving back.
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Tichi Wilkerson Kassel June's Mentor Tichi Wilkerson Kassel - Former owner of the Hollywood Reporter for 65 years (May 10, 1926 – March 8, 2004) was an American film personality and the publisher of The Hollywood Reporter. She established the Women in Film organization in , the Key Art and Marketing Concepts awards, and several scholarships for film students. The Tichi Wilkerson Kassel Movement Therapy Foundation is a nonprofit 501c3 foundation that was founded on August 1, 2009 with a generous grant from the Tichi Wilkerson Kassel Parkinson's Foundation, Tichi Wilkerson Kassel was a remarkable and vibrant business and community leader and generous humanitarian. As publisher and Editor-in-Chief of The Hollywood Reporter, she was proud of her heritage -- The Hollywood Reporter was listed among the 100 most successful Hispanic companies in America. Tichi was the co-author of The Hollywood Reporter - The Golden Years, and Hollywood Legends - The Golden Years of the Hollywood Reporter. Among her many achievements, in 1973 Tichi founded the highly regarded professional networking entertainment industry organization, Women in Film, which now has chapters in over twenty countries around the world. She also created the Key Art Awards to recognize outstanding artists in motion picture and television advertising and promotion,. She funded countless scholarship programs and contributed with both time and financial support to a variety of philanthropic organizations. Tichi was a major force behind the preservation of historic Olvera Street and in 1996 was awarded the Hero of Los Angeles Award by the Hispanic Women's Council for her humanitarian efforts. She founded and chaired the Beverly Hills-Cannes Sister City committee and received the Order of Arts and Letters from French President Mitter and, later, the National Order of Merit from President Jacques Chirac. On July 13, 1989, Tichi received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, a fitting tribute to the impact she had on the entertainment community. Tichi passed away a few years ago from complications of a progressive brain disorder - Parkinson's disease. Prior to her passing, she and Arthur founded the Tichi Wilkerson Kassel Parkinson's Foundation to provide funding for Parkinson's research and special equipment for people afflicted with Parkinson's and other ambulatory diseases. The foundation has supported important research into rehabilitation of patients suffering from a variety of brain diseases and research devoted to understanding and treating brain disorders.
Barbara Wood First 2002 WCCNV Chamber Executive Board Member Now back as EB in 2024 She is making history on the "22nd" Anniversary of WCCNV
Barbara Wood, past Director of University Relations for the University of Southern Nevada and a member of the WCCN Executive Committee, is a published author/playwright. She has served in leadership roles with over twenty nonprofits, raising over 4.9 million dollars. Barbara has been awarded honors locally, state-wide, nationally and internationally for her philanthropic fundraising efforts. When at the USN she wrote the University’s “Community Health Beat” TV show and presents 19 events, both fundraising and community outreach, in addition to what she does for various nonprofits in Las Vegas. Now as EB member of the Women's Chamber of Commerce of Nevada. 2024 JANUARY 2024
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Tamra L Coulter Signature Real Estate Group License #s.0175665 So, I am often asked “What is the market like”, “Will my home value go up because of the stadium” and “When is the recession coming”. These are all valid questions and have many variables in answering them. First the market, what is it like? Well I always have to say “Depends”. Depends on both the national and local economy and which market you are referring too. The investor market is different than the market in N. Las Vegas vs Henderson vs Summerlin vs the growing Southwest. I can tell you the market is remaining strong in all arenas. Currently there are 4,492 Las Vegas Single Family Homes on the market and 1,053 in Henderson. The most expensive home on the market if you can believe is $20 million dollars with the least being $65 thousand dollars. The Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors shared that recently a group of prominent real estate industry economists released a consensus economic and real estate forecast that projects continued but slowing growth in 2020. The economists said they expect the U.S. economy to continue expanding next year and real estate prices to keep rising. “Real estate is on firm ground with little chance of price declines,” says NAR’s Chief Economist Lawrence Yun. “However, in order for the market to be healthier, more supply is needed to assure home prices as well as rent not consistently outgrow income gains.”
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Many economists agree that a recession remains unlikely but not out of the question in 2020. The economists predicted a 29% probability of a recession with forecasted gross domestic product growth of 2.0% in 2020 and 1.9% in 2021. So, what does this mean locally and has the Raiders Stadium had any impact in the housing market. I believe most the impact from the Raiders coming to the Valley is in the commercial sector. You will notice a spike in commercial constructions from motel/hotels to apartments buildings. As for the effect in residential, there will be slight increases from work force transplants in both the purchase and rental side of real estate, along with investors purchasing homes/ condominiums for short term rental use. Dana Gentry recently reported that Trulia, a residential listing service, looked in 2016 at five new stadiums and reported that so far there were no noticeable impacts in raising home values in its immediate vicinity (a two-mile radius). After reviewing data from Salestraq.com in concurs with this data with the exception of one zip code, 89119. There was a 29.8% increase while the rest of the valley stayed under double digit appreciation in 2018. If you have any insight or questions, please feel free to reach out to me. I enjoy these conversations and hearing what others have seen or heard in regard to our great city.
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Lifetime Achievement Inductee I Barbara Wood Minority Lifetime Achievement Inductee I Justice Patricia Lee Exceptional Leadership Inductee I Berenice Church
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Colleen Walters Birch, Latoya Holman, Haith L. Johnson, Kimberly Gyuran Miles, Blossom Tavares
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Aynalem Getahun, Leanna Jenkins, Brook Neubauer, Annette Logan-Parker, Wendi Schweigart
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COMMUNITY, LOCAL, STATE &
Partners Asian American Group LLC Asian Chamber of Commerce, Las Vegas ATHENA International Awards Host for NV WCCNV Chamber of Commerce of Nevada Organization since 2003 (18 yrs) ATHENA International Women's Leadership Day, WCCNV Chamber Host Organization since 2013 Boyd Gaming - Diversity Caesars Entertainment- Supplier Diversity City of Las Vegas Supplier & Diversity City of Henderson Women's Police Division City of North Las Vegas - Diversity Community Outreach with the City of Las Vegas Community Diversity Chambers (Asian, Chines, India, Latin & Urban) Caesars Entertainment Supplier & Diversity Community Partner WBEC-West (Women Business Certification-NV) Community Partner with MGM Resort International & MGM Women's Foundation Community Partner with Consumer Health Assistance (CHA) Community Partner for Supplier Diversity with NV Energy Community Partner for Supplier Diversity with LVVWD Cox Communication - Diversity Henderson Chamber of Commerce India Chamber of Commerce, Diversity Chamber Advisor INFINITY Media Group Las Vegas Cosmopolitan Corporation Las Vegas Metro Chamber of Commerce Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority Las Vegas Sands Corporation -Diversity Las Vegas Nathan Adelson Hospice Latin Chamber of Commerce McCarran International Airport MGM Resorts International Supplier Diversity Mesquite Chamber of Commerce, Mesquite NAWBO Southern Nevada Nevada Chamber of Commerce Round Table Water Authority Supplier & Diversity
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