Early Life, Education, and Business Career
Horsford was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada. He attended Ed W. Clark High School in Las Vegas and the University of Nevada, Reno, where he studied political science and communications but has not yet completed his degree requirements to graduate.
- CTA
Horsford is the Chief Executive Officer of the Culinary Training Academy (CTA). As a joint management and labor partnership between 26 major properties on the Las Vegas Strip and the Culinary and Bartenders Unions, CALV prepares more than 3,500 students annually for positions in the hospitality industry.
- Southern Nevada Investment Board
Steven Horsford worked on the Southern Nevada Workforce Investment Board (which later became Workforce Connections) from early 2000 until June 2004. The group organization is a “group of elected and highly motivated individuals whose mission is to get Southern Nevada’s workforce back on its feet through partnering with a wide array of employers and agencies dedicated to investing in the future of our communities.” The organization “distributes funds earmarked for training, apprenticeships and other viable approaches designed to couple the right workers with the right employers.”
He gave up his position on the Board to avoid any appearance of impropriety associated with funds granted to Nevada Partners, a nonprofit he directed.
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