Tom Collins

500 Grand Central Parkway
Las Vegas, NV 89106
702-455-3500

Biography  

Clark County Commissioner Tom Collins has been a resident of Clark County virtually all his life.  He and his wife Kathleen have been married for 40 years and have two children and seven grandchildren.  A Western High School graduate, he attended Midwestern and Texas Tech Universities, Texas ; Clark County Community College ; University of Nevada , Las Vegas ; PSI graduate, IBEW; Nevada Power Company Apprentice Program.

Commissioner Collins was sworn into office as County Commissioner for Commission District “B” on January 3, 2005, to serve a four-year term.  That term expires the first Monday in January 2009.

In January 2008, Commissioner Collins was chosen by his fellow Commissioners to serve in the following capacities:

• Vice Chair – Redevelopment Agency.
• Member - Family & Juvenile Justice Services Policy and Fiscal Affairs Board
• Member - Las Vegas Convention and Visitors’ Authority
• Member – Debt Management Commission
• Member – Las Vegas Events
• Chairman - Coyote Springs Water Resources General Improvement District
• Alternate Member - Nevada Development Authority
• Alternate Member - Southern Nevada District Board of Health

Tom has also served as a member of:

• Nevada Assembly, 1993, 1997-2003—four special and five regular sessions
• Nevada Contractors Association
• National Senior Pro Rodeo Association
• Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association
• Nevada Horse Council
• International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
• Floyd Lamb/Tule Springs Preservation Committee
• Metropolitan Police Committee on Fiscal Affairs
• Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board

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