Rory Reid (politician)

Rory Jason Reid (born July 11, 1963[1]) is an American attorney and Chief Executive Officer of the Rogers Foundation.

Reid was born on July 11, 1963, in Alexandria, Virginia, and raised in the Las Vegas area where he attended Ed W. Clark High School.

[4] As a teenager, he worked as a sportswriter for the Las Vegas Sun and interviewed Muhammad Ali prior to the boxer's fight with Larry Holmes in 1980.

[8] In 2008, Reid served as chairman of Hillary Clinton's presidential campaign for the state of Nevada and an adviser on Western issues.

[11] Reid campaigned on diversifying Nevada's economy and promoting alternative energy, both in an effort to create jobs.