Daniel Nelson:
CLASS OF 1966
Fairborn High SchoolClass of 1966
Fairborn, OH
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Dan Nelson, CSEP, CMP
I am a special events and entertainment producer and owner of Dan Nelson Productions, a Las Vegas based meetings, entertainment and special events company since July of 1987. I am the founding president of the Las Vegas Chapter of ISES, the International Special Events Society, and I hold their industry certification the Certified Special Events Professional. I am also a CMP (Certified Meetings Professional).
I have produced hundreds of events, written scripts for trade show booth and stage presentations, composed over 100 songs, produced and starred in a video for MTV, written a television treatment for Paramount Studios, and produced entertainment for every major strip hotel in Las Vegas. For nine years I created all special event shows for The Fremont Street Experience in downtown Las Vegas, including the Downtown Hoedown, the kickoff party for the National Finals Rode...Expand for more
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I am happily married to my wife Kathy for 37 years. We have a beautiful daughter, Chloe, who is currently on a full ride golf scholarship to Eastern Washington University. Kathy has a PhD in sociology and is a professor at the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. We have lived in Las Vegas for the last 21 years.
I am an adjunct professor at the William F. Harrah College of Hotel Administration at University of Nevada, Las Vegas where I teach entertainment and special events related courses in the Tourism and Convention Administration Department and I present seminars on entertainment and event marketing for various conferences such as Club Managers Association of America and the World Gaming Expo.
I still play music, and have a working band called Danny and the Boomers playing classic rock and oldies for the special events market.
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