Chamber of Commerce (Las Vegas, Nev.)

Founded in 1911, the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce is an organization of business leaders who work to improve their community and the area's business climate. A volunteer board of trustees governs the Chamber and a professional staff of more than 60 runs the day-to-day operations. A private, member-funded organization, the LVCC is the largest, most influential business organization in the state of Nevada and the third-largest local Chamber of Commerce in the United States. Of its over 6,700 members, 85 percent are small businesses with 25 or fewer employees.