Joe Brown is an attorney and the President of Jones Vargas, with more than 30 years as a member of the firm. His practice areas include government affairs, administrative law and gaming. He is a former appointee of President Ronald Reagan to the State Justice Institute and the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States (1981 – 1988, and is presently a member of the Nevada Gaming Commission. Mr. Brown has served as an officer or director of many businesses, civic and charitable organizations, including the Nature Conservancy, the Department of Wildlife, the Nevada State Athletic Commission, the Nevada Development Authority and Wells Fargo Bank. He is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell Law Directory and is listed as one of The Best Lawyers in America in the field of government relations law. He also was recognized in the 2008 issue of Super Lawyers magazine as one of the top business and corporate lawyers in the five-state mountain region. Mr. Brown holds a Bachelor of Law degree from Washington & Lee University and a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Virginia. He is admitted to practice before the sate and federal courts of Nevada and the District of Columbia. He is a member of the Clark County and American Bar Associations. Mr. Brown served in the United States Marine Corps Reserve from 1963 – 1969.

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Perry Di Loreto is a third generation builder and real estate developer. The second of six children, Perry Di Loreto was raised in Warren, Ohio. After attending Ohio State University with studies in engineering, Perry followed in his father's and grandfather's footsteps beginning his career as a builder and contractor at the age of 25. In 1977, Perry and his brother, Tom, launched their own business, Di Loreto Construction and Development. Soon thereafter, the two relocated to Reno, Nevada, where they remain business partners to this day.
Throughout the 80s and 90s, the Di Loretos became nationally recognized as home builders that enhanced the Reno, Las Vegas and Northern California landscape by building thousands of high- quality single family homes, condominiums, apartments, commercial and retail space and professional office parks.
For more than three decades, Perry Di Loreto has been known as an award winning developer and is a past recipient of "Builder of the Year" from the Northern Nevada Home Builders Assoc. Di Loreto Construction and Development was also awarded the QVA Award (Quality, Value and Affordability) by Region 9 of the Federal Housing Administration. His companies are licensed as General Building and Engineering Contractors with Unlimited Licenses in both Nevada and California and also as real estate brokers in both states.
Perry has served on numerous community and charitable boards and councils. He is a founder and original director of the Nevada Patriot Fund and is a past Director of Valley Bank of Nevada and Bank of America ,Nevada. Perry and his wife of 40 years, Patricia, met while both were at Ohio State University, where Patty graduated as Dental Hygienist, have three adult daughters Teresa( Long ), Andrea (Colgan )and Dr. Christina Di Loreto.

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Kirk V. Clausen is the Regional Vice President of Wells Fargo and is responsible for the more than 110 Wells Fargo banking stores in the state of Nevada. Clausen began his career in 1975 at Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo & Company) in Sioux City, Iowa serving in many positions including loan officer and retail bank manager. Later, after working with Norwest Investment Services, Inc., Clausen was named vice president of Norwest Bank Wisconsin and eventually was named executive vice president and northern Nevada regional manager in 1999. He serves on a variety of community boards including serving as Board Member of: the Clark County Public Education Foundation; Desert Research Institute; Henderson Chamber of Commerce; Three Square Board of Trustees; UNLV Student Life Advisory Board; and the University of Nevada Reno Foundation. He is an Honorary Board Member of the Nevada Public Education Foundation and Outgoing Chairman of United Way of Southern Nevada. In addition, he is the Past Chairman of: the Nevada Bankers Association, Nevada Works, and the Economic Development Authority of Western Nevada (EDAWN). Clausen is a graduate of Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa, with a B.S. in Business Administration.

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