Lake Mead National Recreation Area

Public Lands Partnership Summit 2024

Hosted on Wednesday, March 6th, 2024 at Clark County Wetlands Park

In association with the National Park Service Lake Mead National Recreation Area, Get Outdoors Nevada, and the Boulder City Chamber of Commerce, this event assembled public land managers, non-profit organizations, and outdoor businesses and started with the question, “How do we improve our capacity to operate and manage outdoor recreation services to best steward our public lands for tomorrow?

Report & Next Steps

A follow-up summit is being planned for February 2025. The second summit will use a breakout group/discussion format to further identify, expand upon, and deepen initiatives identified in the inaugural Summit.

Speakers (Inaugural Summit, 03/06/24)

Recreation Panel

Mandi Elliott (Moderator)

Executive Director of the Nevada Outdoor Business Coalition

Denise Beronio

Administrator for the Nevada Division of Outdoor Recreations

Gail Kaiser

Owner and operator of Las Vegas Boat Harbor

Job Raby

State Director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) Nevada State Office in Reno, NV

Conservation Panel

Meghan Wolf (Moderator)

Senior Manager for Environmental Campaigns for Patagonia

Shanandoah Anderson

Cultural Consultant and Southern Paiute tribal member from the Shivwits Band of Paiutes

Mason Voehl

Executive Director of Amargosa Conservancy

Jose Witt

Mojave Desert Landscape Director for the Wilderness Society

Business Panel

Jil Rowland-Lagan (Moderator)

CEO of the Boulder City, Nevada Chamber of Commerce

Kelly Riddle

Vice President at Cassidy & Associates

Marta Soligo, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality and Director of Tourism Research at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) Office of Economic Development

Rod Taylor, CMM, CRMP

Vice President of Guest Services, Inc.