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Tom Jenkin is President of Harrah’s Entertainment Inc.’s Western Division which encompasses the company’s 14 casino properties in Nevada Arizona and California.
Jenkin joined the company in 1975 as a fry cook at Harrah’s Las Vegas. In 1993 he was promoted to Senior Vice President and General Manager of Harrah’s Laughlin and five years later he was named Senior Vice President and General Manager of Harrah’s Las Vegas. Jenkin assumed oversight of the Rio and Harrah’s Laughlin in 2001 and 2002 respectively before being named to his current position in January 2004.
Jenkin has served two terms as President of the Laughlin NV Chamber of Commerce and has also served on the executive boards of the United Way of the Colorado River the Mohave County Airport Authority the Clark County Chapter of the American Red Cross and the Laughlin Tourism Committee. In 1996 he was named Laughlin’s Citizen of the Year. He is currently the Chairman of the Nevada Resort Association and a member of the Board of Directors for Olive Crest the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority and Las Vegas Events. | 