H. Fletch Brunelle graduated from UNLV in 1987 with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration in 1994. He currently serves as the vice president of marketing for the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority (LVCVA), overseeing the organization’s marketing, advertising and public relations efforts and its work with R&R Partners, including the evolution of the famous What Happens Here, Stays Here campaign, the most successful destination marketing campaign in history. Fletch’s career in hospitality began at the Dunes Hotel & Casino (1985) in a finance capacity followed by the LVCVA (1988 - 1992) in research, and then 27 years with MGM Resorts International (1992 - 2019) in various capacities including finance, development, sales, marketing, and operations. He returned to the LVCVA in spring 2019. Fletch is a native of Las Vegas, has been married to his wife Tracy (B.S. Business Administration in 1985 and M.Ed. in 2001, both from UNLV) for more than 29 years, and has three outstanding adult children (two of which graduated from UNLV and one rogue child who graduated from UNR in Reno).