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WORK EXPERIENCE
Joined Sierra Pacific Resources as corporate senior vice president in August 2007. He has served as associate legislative counsel handling energy and natural resource issues for Nevada’s then-U.S. Senator Richard H. Bryan (1992-1995) in Washington D.C. He was assistant general counsel for the Nevada Public Utilities Commission from 1995 to 1998 before becoming executive assistant to then-Nevada Governor Bob Miller. He joined Jones Vargas at the conclusion of Gov. Miller’s term in 1999 where before coming to Sierra Pacific Resources he was a partner.
EDUCATION
Sanchez is a 1988 graduate of the University of Nevada Las Vegas with a B.A. in Political Science and received his law degree from Arizona State University in 1991.
ORGANIZATIONS
Sanchez currently serves on the boards of the Latin Chamber of Commerce (president 2002-2004) Paramount Bank of Nevada (director) Nevada Partners the Latino Bar Association UNLV Alumni Association the Nevada Tourism Alliance and Clark County Pro Bono Foundation. He also serves as a member of the Nevada State College Diversity Board and the UNLV Task Force on Equity & Diversity. Additionally he has served on the boards of the Las Vegas Chamber of Commerce and United Way of Southern Nevada and has been recognized as the Latin Chamber’s Hispanic of the Year and the American Diabetes Association’s Person of the Year. Most recently he was named to the 2007 list of "The Best Lawyers in America."
PERSONAL
Sanchez and his wife Elaine reside in Las Vegas with their two children. | 