Steve Hill Joins LVCVA as President/COO
January 25, 2018
The Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA) CEO Rossi Ralenkotter announced the hiring of Steve Hill to fill the role of president and chief operating officer (COO). The announcement completes an organizational restructuring that was introduced in January 2016.
As part of the restructuring, the organization developed a c-suite structure for the executive office to better prepare for succession planning and create an organizational structure to better mirror and partner with the resort community. Ralenkotter also announced the promotion of Cathy Tull to chief marketing officer and Ed Finger to chief financial officer. Previous additions to the c-suite included Barbara Bolender as the chief people officer and Jacqueline Peterson as chief communications and public affairs officer.
“In our continuing effort to maintain the LVCVA’s status as the premier destination marketing organization in the world, we established our new corporate structure to better reflect the resort industry and our hospitality partners in Southern Nevada,” said Rossi Ralenkotter, CEO of the LVCVA.
Hill comes to the LVCVA from his position as executive director of the Nevada Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED), a position he held since the agency was established by Governor Brian Sandoval and the Nevada Legislature in 2011. Prior to GOED, Hill was a founder of Silver State Materials and chairman of Service 1st Bank. He also serves as the chairman of the Las Vegas Stadium Authority and will retain that position. Hill joined the LVCVA on January 22.