Public relations and advertising executive Bob Nelson is the new chair of the San Diego Convention Center Corporation’s (SDCCC) board of directors. The company he founded, BNA Communications, advises a diverse list of clients, including utility companies, labor unions and non-profit organizations. A strong community leader, he currently serves as chair of San Diego's Citizens Revenue Review and Economic Competitiveness Commission and as secretary/treasurer of San Diego Theatres, Inc., operator of the San Diego Civic Theatre and the Balboa Theatre. He formerly served on San Diego’s Public Utilities Advisory Commission; the San Diego County District Attorney’s Community Advisory Board; the board of directors of the San Diego Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Community Center; and the Finance Committee of the Greater San Diego Business Association. Mr. Nelson joined the SDCCC board in 2006. Attorney Alexis Gutierrez, a partner in the law firm of Higgs, Fletcher & Mack LLP, is the incoming vice chair. Mr. Gutierrez has considerable non- and for-profit experience as legal counsel and as a board member. Currently he is the 2010 chairman of the San Diego/Imperial Counties Chapter of the American Red Cross. He has been on the SDCCC’s board since 2007. Incoming secretary/treasurer, Nikki Clay, is the founder of the government relations firm The Clay Company working with private and public sector companies and organizations to develop and implement government, community and media relations strategies and programs. A SDCCC board member since 2008, she also serves on the board of the Downtown San Diego Partnership and the San Diego Regional Chamber of Commerce. The SDCCC has a nine-member board of directors who set policy for the Corporation. The city council appoints seven voting members to three-year terms. Two non-voting members are appointed by the San Diego County Hotel-Motel Association and the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau. Now celebrating 20 years of success, the Convention Center has generated $18 billion in regional economic benefits, $359 million in tax revenues and supports 12,500 jobs countywide. The San Diego Convention Center Corporation is a public benefit corporation created by the city to exclusively market, manage and operate the 2.6 million sf waterfront facility. ###
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