Heather Brown
Champion for Nevada & the Vegas Startup Ecosystem | Elected Official | Host of Home Means Podcast | Las Vegas 40 Under 40 | Tedx Speaker | Leadership Las Vegas 2024 | UNLV Alumni of the Year, Patrick T. Smith Award 2025
- Role
- President & Co-founder at Startup Vegas
- Location
- Las Vegas, NV, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Heather Brown
Heather Brown is the Senior Vice President of Entrepreneurial Development at LVGEA, where…
Experience
President & Co-founder
Feb 2021 — Present · Las Vegas, NV, US
StartUp Vegas is a 501c3 nonprofit whose mission is to boost the startup culture and create an environment of entrepreneurship. By building the infrastructure needed for a sustainable startup ecosystem, this grassroots effort will provide access and exposure for the community while enabling knowledge exchange and advancing the innovation economy of Southern Nevada.StartUp Vegas has harnessed the shared entrepreneurial excitement, energy, and encouragement to provide value to the startup scene in Southern Nevada through training, workshops, mentorship, collaboration, and networking opportunities. In order to achieve this, StartUp Vegas is focused on a bottom-up approach that will connect, educate, and promote a robust startup ecosystem by supporting founders / entrepreneurs, creating meaningful programming, and providing opportunities to access capital.
Education
University of Nevada-Las Vegas
Bachelors of Liberal Arts in Political Science, International Relations and Affairs
2003 — 2008
Skills
- Research
- Political Communication
- Grassroots Organizing
- Public Relations
- Policy Analysis
- Social Media
- Political Science
- Fundraising
- Public Policy
- Nonprofits
- Volunteer Management
- Social Networking
- Strategic Communications
- Community Outreach
- Legislative Relations
- Event Planning
- Leadership
- Community Organizing
- Political Consulting
- Politics
- Political Campaigns
- Coalitions
- Public Speaking
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