2012 Boys State

Nevada’s Premier Civic Leadership Experience

Leadership, civic engagement, legislation, government, parliamentary procedures and elections are not the topics you would expect most high school seniors to discuss during their summer vacations. But for 174 of Nevadaâ€™s brightest students and future leaders, this was their focus from June 10th to June 16th, while they attended the week long Nevada Boysâ€™ State Leadership Conference.

This week long orientation to Nevada politics and leadership is available to any high school male senior who illustrates academic and leadership excellence. The only cost is a supply fee of $60.00. The program is hosted by the University of Nevada, Reno and receives financial support from community leaders, the State of Nevada, and former participants and staff members. (The sister program, Nevada Girls’ State, is for high school females.)

As one student said during the program,

The 2012 program speakers included Governor Sandoval, Justice Hardesty, Rudy Ruettiger, UNR Admissions Director Steve Maples, fromer Congressman Bob Inglis,

To donate to the program please visit the Supporters Donation Page.

2012 Program Graduates

Evan Adkins (Howard) – Elected Asseblyman
Nicholas Andrew (Martie)
Jorge Arambula (Howard)
Andrew Arjana (Martie)
Kadan Atkin (Anderson)
Louis Avery (Martie) – Elected Asseblyman, Assembly Majority Leader
Joan Avila (Howard)
Erik Ayala (Jaytown) – Elected Govenor
Blaine Bacon (Howard)
Kaleb Bailey (Las Craigas) – Elected Asseblyman
Jake Bayliss (Martie) – Elected Senator, Senate Minority Leader, Committee Chairman
Konnor Betz (Anderson)
Blake Binkley (Howard)
Brandon Boone (Las Craigas) – Elected Asseblyman
Brendan Bosch (Las Craigas)
Kenneth Bouchard (Howard)
Hunter Bradshaw (Martie) – Elected Mayor
David Branson (Bill Valley) – Elected Asseblyman
Freddie Briones (Martie) – Elected Asseblyman
Jakob Brounstein (Martie) – Elected Supreme Court Justice
Quinn Bushman (Howard)
James Byars (Martie) – Elected Asseblyman, Committee Chariman
Andres Caldera (Anderson)
Bobby Calhoun (Bill Valley)
Christopher Carnes (Bill Valley) – Elected Senator
Ever Centeno (Las Craigas)
Blake Chattaway (Martie)
Matthew Clewett (Jaytown) – Elected Senator, Senate Minority Whip, Committee Chairman
Aidan Coronel (Howard) – Elected Committee Chairman
Nathaniel Cregier (Las Craigas) – Elected Mayor
John Currie (Jaytown) – Elected Federalist Party Secretry
Christian Dilla (Las Craigas)
Matthew Dobrowski (Howard)
Jesus Dominguez-Becerra (Bill Valley) – Elected Asseblyman
Wesley Dong (Anderson) – Elected Senator
Haylan Drescher (Anderson)
Omar Duarte (Anderson)
Lewis Duran (Las Craigas) – Elected Asseblyman
Eric Duran (Martie) – Elected Asseblyman
Drew Durbin (Bill Valley)
Efrain Espinoza (Anderson) – Elected Supreme Court Cheif Justice
Gene Feldman (Martie)
Matthew Fickus (Anderson) – Elected Asseblyman
Dylan Fitzgerald (Martie)
Angel Flores (Anderson)
Michael Flury (Howard) – Elected Supreme Court Justice
Christian Foster (Howard) – Elected Senator
Nick Fragoso (Jaytown) – Elected Nationalist Party Secretary
Donnell Gafeney (Martie)
Javier Garcia (Jaytown) – Elected Supreme Court Justice
Christopher Garcia (Las Craigas)
Roberto Gochicoa (Bill Valley) – Elected Asseblyman
Travis Godon (Bill Valley)
Cody Gollahon (Bill Valley) – Elected Asseblyman
Joshua Graham (Anderson)
Austin Gruettner (Jaytown)
Tyler Guy (Las Craigas)
Brandon Guy (Bill Valley)
Michael Haddad (Bill Valley)
Collin Haire (Anderson) – Elected Mayor, Committee Chariman
Branden Harris (Bill Valley) – Elected Asseblyman
Gordon Harris (Jaytown)
Damien Hatton (Jaytown) – Elected Senator
Billy Haug (Las Craigas)
Diego Henriquez (Bill Valley) – Elected Asseblyman
Torrey Herrera (Las Craigas)
Dale Hinton (Anderson)
Max Hoeft (Bill Valley)
Cass Honebein (Howard) – Elected Asseblyman
Ryan Hood (Martie) – Elected Asseblyman
Landon Hsieh (Bill Valley)
Denny Hua (Las Craigas) – Elected Secretary of State
Peng Huang (Las Craigas) – Elected Asseblyman
Troy Hunt (Bill Valley) – Elected Senator
Thomas Jobe (Las Craigas)
Gregory Johnson (Howard) – Elected Asseblyman
William Johnson (Anderson) – Elected Asseblyman
Dakota Johnson (Bill Valley)
Riley Johnson (Jaytown)
Nickolas Johnson (Howard)
Aiden Jung (Bill Valley) – Elected Senator
Won Kang (Martie)
Edward Kaufer (Anderson) – Elected Asseblyman
Austin Kearns (Anderson)
Nathan Keith (Anderson) – Elected Nationalist Party Chairman
Donald Keith (Bill Valley)
Christophe Kennedy (Martie) – Elected Asseblyman, Speaker of the Assembly
Randy Kim (Bill Valley) – Elected Asseblyman
Min-Soo Kim (Anderson) – Elected Senator
Garrett Knudson (Martie)
Arash Latifi (Martie) – Elected Attorney General
Hunter Lee (Howard) – Elected Senator
Kain Leo (Howard) – Elected Senator, Senate Majority Leader
Kyle Lethcoe (Las Craigas)
Chao Ran Li (Las Craigas)
Jeffery Lin (Las Craigas) – Elected Senator
Riley Littlefield (Bill Valley)
Trevor Litwin (Las Craigas) – Elected Senator
Gregory Madsen (Howard)
Nicholas Magaw (Bill Valley)
Daniel Martinez (Anderson)
Dylan McGovern (Anderson)
Tyler Meidell (Las Craigas) – Elected Committee Chairman
Ryan Meservey (Jaytown)
Timothy Mick (Bill Valley)
Edward Miller (Jaytown) – Elected Asseblyman
Joseph Miller (Anderson)
Marcus Montano (Howard)
Devin Moreland (Howard)
David Muir (Howard) – Elected Asseblyman
Joshua Nacional (Martie)
Johnny Nguyen (Las Craigas) – Elected Asseblyman
Austin Nguyen (Jaytown)
Christian Nilsen (Martie) – Elected Asseblyman
Scott Nisbet (Jaytown) – Elected Asseblyman
Christopher Nowlin (Bill Valley)
Jared Ortega (Martie) – Elected Asseblyman
Mason Osgood (Las Craigas) – Elected Senator
Efrain Pacheco (Howard)
Harry Panfil (Anderson)
Allen Pangan (Bill Valley)
Vladislav Panin (Jaytown)
Neel Patel (Bill Valley)
Zach Pawlik (Las Craigas) – Elected Asseblyman
Marco Penaloza (Jaytown) – Elected Asseblyman
Alonzo Pittman (Jaytown)
Averie Porsise (Howard)
Jose Quintanilla (Martie)
Omar Ramirez (Las Craigas)
Aaron Richner (Martie)
Brandon Rinker (Jaytown)
Brandon Robbins (Las Craigas)
Riley Roberts (Anderson) – Elected Asseblyman
Tate Roberts (Howard)
Kyler Rosquist (Las Craigas)
Kevin Ross (Jaytown)
Matthew Roundy (Howard) – Elected Asseblyman
Cameron Rowland (Jaytown) – Elected Asseblyman
Andrew Ryan (Anderson)
Michael Samii (Martie) – Elected Senator
Mitchell Sanchez (Jaytown) – Elected Asseblyman
Alex Sanchez (Jaytown) – Elected Mayor
Joshua Sanchez (Martie)
Jeremy Santamaria (Bill Valley)
Andrew Sasse (Martie)
Christopher Shaw (Howard) – Elected Asseblyman
Trisden Shaw (Martie)
Matthew Simmons (Howard)
Michael Skowronek (Anderson)
Michael Smyth (Jaytown)
Jacob Speth (Bill Valley)
Cameron Steflik (Bill Valley) – Elected Mayor
Elijah Suh (Anderson) – Elected Asseblyman, Assembly Minority Leader
Wen Jay Tan (Las Craigas) – Elected Supreme Court Justice
Charlie Tanpanich (Howard) – Elected Asseblyman
Henry Teng (Anderson) – Elected Senator
Craig Valdez (Martie) – Elected Senator
Michael Valerio (Jaytown)
Patrick Vallely (Jaytown) – Elected Asseblyman
Gustavo Villa (Las Craigas)
David Wanene (Howard) – Elected Mayor
Billy Wang (Jaytown) – Elected Committee Chairman, Lt Govenor
Joseph Wattenbarger (Bill Valley)
Isaac Wellish (Anderson) – Elected Supreme Court Justice
Arlander Wesley (Bill Valley)
Ian West (Anderson) – Elected Asseblyman, Assembly Majority Whip
Brandon West (Anderson)
Cole White (Jaytown) – Elected Supreme Court Justice
Devon Williams (Anderson) – Elected Asseblyman
Landry Williams (Howard)
Jonathan Wright (Jaytown) – Elected Senator
Jason Xu (Martie)
Tyler Young (Jaytown) – Elected Asseblyman
William Zheng (Las Craigas) – Elected Asseblyman, Assembly Minority Whip

2012 Staff:

Directors

Craig Huntington, Executive Director
Ryan Hamilton, Program Director
Julian Phillips, Staff Director
Tait Ecklund, Finance Director
Myers Paulsen, Admissions Directo
Jay Hansen, Endowment Directo

Staff

Alex Bybee – Counselor (Bill Valley)
Avi Asraf – Counselor (Anderson)
Brent Mayfield – Counselor (Bill Valley)
Brian Choe – Junior Counselor (Anderson)
Cameron Waldman – Senior Counselor (Howard)
Chad Venters – Senior Counselor (Jaytown)
Cody Anderson – Counselor (Jaytown)
Daniel Coffey – Counselor (Howard)
Edwin Onattu – Counselor (Howard)
Greg Gulley – Junior Counselor (Jaytown)
Jeremy Rincon – Counselor (Martie)
Kenny Tedford – Junior Counselor (Bill Valley)
Kirishna Thenappen – Counselor (Anderson)
Kirk Bullock – Junior Counselor (Martie)
Myers Paulsen – Senior Counselor (Martie)
Nick Tscheekar – Junior Counselor (Las Craigas)
Noah Wheatley – Senior Counselor (Bill Valley)
Parker Junger – Junior Counselor (Las Craigas)
Robert Jackson – Counselor (Howard)
Ryan Hamilton – Senior Counselor (Anderson)
Sam Nichols – Counselor (Jaytown)
Sean Power – Junior Counselor (Howard)
Stephan Kim – Counselor (Martie)
Steven Pardinas – Counselor (Las Craigas)
Tait Ecklund – Senior Counselor (Las Craigas)