Peter M. Thomas

Peter M. Thomas grew up in Las Vegas and Sun Valley, Idaho.^[1] His father, E. Parry Thomas, was a banker.^[1] His mother, Peggy Thomas, is a dressage rider.^[1] He graduated from the University of Utah in 1972.^[2][3][4] He received a J.D. from the Georgetown University Law Center in 1975.^[2][4] He passed the bar test in Utah, Nevada, and the District of Columbia.^[2][3]

Thomas was the President and Chief Operating Officer of Valley Bank of Nevada from 1982 to 1992.^[5] After it was acquired by Bank of America, he served as President and Chief Operating Officer of the Nevada section of Bank of America from 1992 to 1995.^[5] He also was the Senior Vice President of Global Sales at SPL WorldGroup.^[3] He was on the board of directors of the Los Angeles Branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco from January 2003 to December 2008.^[5]

Thomas was on the board of directors of the Rio Suite Hotel and Casino from 1995 to 1999.^[5] He was Chairman of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department's Committee on Fiscal Affairs from 1994 through 2006.^[5] He also served on the Boards of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, Nevada Commission on Economic Development, and Nevada Development Authority.^[2] He has also served on the Nevada Nuclear Projects Commission.^[4]

Thomas has been a Managing Partner at Thomas & Mack Company since 1995.^[3][6] Additionally, he has been on the Board of Directors of Coast Casinos since 2002, the City National Bank since 2003, and the Boyd Gaming Corporation since 2004.^[5][2][3]

Thomas is on the board of trustees of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Foundation.^[4]