5:30pm to 7:30pm

Ruth's Chris Steakhouse
3900 Paradise Road
Las Vegas, NV 89101

Ample parking in the back

Our February 24 event, featuring Harrah's Entertainment, will be the second in a series TMA of Nevada started last year called, Nevada's Turnaround Grit: Stories of How Nevada Companies are Overcoming their Financial Challenges.

Jonathan Halkyard and Jan Jones will share how, subsequent to going private, Harrah's restructured its debt to better position the company to meet the challenges of a declining economy and subsequently has been transforming itself to be in a position of strength as the economy revives. Recognizing that Harrah's and the gaming industry won't be returning to business as usual, they'll describe how they are moving the entire organization to come to terms with this new reality, and learning to think and operate differently to achieve new successes.

Jonathan S. Halkyard
SVP, CFO, Treasurer

Jonathan S. Halkyard is Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. In this role, he oversees the company's treasury, investor relations and strategic planning departments in addition to directing the company's accounting and business intelligence functions.

Since joining Harrah's in 1999, Halkyard has played a number of key operations and finance roles, having served as Director of Finance for Harrah's Lake Tahoe, Assistant General Manager of Harrah's and Harvey's Lake Tahoe, and Assistant General Manager of Harrah's Las Vegas prior to assuming the role of Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Harrah's Entertainment. He assumed the role of Chief Financial Officer in 2006.

Halkyard began his career with Chase Manhattan Bank as a Corporate Finance Associate in the Media Banking Group. From 1995 to 1999, he held several leadership positions in corporate development and operations with Landmark Communications.

Halkyard holds a bachelor's degree from Colgate University and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Jan Jones
SVP Communications/Government Relations

Jan L. Jones is Senior Vice President of Communications and Government Relations for Harrah's Entertainment, Inc. In that role, she oversees government relations, corporate communications and community relations for the company.

Prior to joining Harrah's in 1999, Jones served two terms as mayor of the city of Las Vegas. During her eight-year tenure, Las Vegas was the fastest growing city in America and was named the No. 1 city in the nation for entrepreneurs by Inc. magazine.

Jones is the former chairwoman of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, the former director of the Nevada Resorts Association and has held senior positions with the Nevada state arm of the Democratic National Committee. She currently serves as a director of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce and the Women's Campaign Fund in Washington, D.C. She is also a member of the Women's Leadership Board at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Jones has been honored by the American Diabetes Association and the "I Have A Dream" Foundation, and she was named Humanitarian of the Year in 1998 by the Muscular Dystrophy Association. In 2005 she was honored by the Women of Diversity in their project "100 Years of Influence - The Role of Women Shaping the First 100 Years of Las Vegas."

Jones holds a bachelor's degree in English from Stanford University and attended the University of Southern California's School of Food Marketing Management.

• Entrance To Event
• Complimentary Appetizers

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