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{{Short description|American attorney, businessman and banker}}
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'''Peter M. Thomas''' is an American attorney, businessman and banker from [[Las Vegas, NevadaValley|Las Vegas]], Nevada and [[Los Angeles]], California]].
 
==BiographyEarly life==
Peter M. Thomas grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and Sun Valley, Idaho.<ref name="stevefriess">Steve Friess, [http://www.sunvalleymag.com/Sun-Valley-Magazine/Winter-2011/Unbridled-Enthusiasm/ Unbridled Enthusiasm: The Sun Valley Sin City Connection], ''Sun Valley Magazine'', Winter 2011</ref> His father, [[E. Parry Thomas]], iswas a retired banker.<ref name="stevefriess"/> His mother, Peggy Thomas, is a [[dressage]] rider.<ref name="stevefriess"/> He graduated from the [[University of Utah]] in 1972.<ref name="marketwatch">[http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/cyn/insiders?pid=16697 Marketwatch]</ref><ref name="bloomberg">[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=1104711&privcapId=5026331&previousCapId=1856842&previousTitle=Pinon%20Farm Bloomberg BusinessWeek]</ref><ref name="citynationalbank">[https://www.cnb.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/board-directors/peter-thomas.asp City National Bank] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129135414/https://www.cnb.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/board-directors/peter-thomas.asp |date=2014-11-29 }}</ref> He received a J.D. from the [[Georgetown University Law Center]] in 1975.<ref name="marketwatch"/><ref name="citynationalbank"/> He passed the bar test in Utah, Nevada, and the District of Columbia.<ref name="marketwatch"/><ref name="bloomberg"/>
===Early life===
Peter M. Thomas grew up in Las Vegas, Nevada and Sun Valley, Idaho.<ref name="stevefriess">Steve Friess, [http://www.sunvalleymag.com/Sun-Valley-Magazine/Winter-2011/Unbridled-Enthusiasm/ Unbridled Enthusiasm: The Sun Valley Sin City Connection], ''Sun Valley Magazine'', Winter 2011</ref> His father, [[E. Parry Thomas]], is a retired banker.<ref name="stevefriess"/> His mother, Peggy Thomas, is a [[dressage]] rider.<ref name="stevefriess"/> He graduated from the [[University of Utah]] in 1972.<ref name="marketwatch">[http://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/cyn/insiders?pid=16697 Marketwatch]</ref><ref name="bloomberg">[http://investing.businessweek.com/research/stocks/private/person.asp?personId=1104711&privcapId=5026331&previousCapId=1856842&previousTitle=Pinon%20Farm Bloomberg BusinessWeek]</ref><ref name="citynationalbank">[https://www.cnb.com/investor-relations/corporate-governance/board-directors/peter-thomas.asp City National Bank]</ref> He received a J.D. from the [[Georgetown University Law Center]] in 1975.<ref name="marketwatch"/><ref name="citynationalbank"/> He passed the bar test in Utah, Nevada, and the District of Columbia.<ref name="marketwatch"/><ref name="bloomberg"/>
 
===Career===
HeThomas served aswas the President and Chief Operating Officer of Valley Bank of Nevada from 1982 to 1992.<ref name="forbes">[https://archive.today/20141122200643/http://www.forbes.com/profile/peter-thomas Forbes]</ref> 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.<ref name="forbes"/> He also served aswas the Senior Vice President of Global Sales at SPL WorldGroup.<ref name="bloomberg"/> He servedwas on the Boardboard of Directorsdirectors of the Los Angeles Branch of the [[Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco]] from January 2003 to December 2008.<ref name="forbes"/>
 
HeThomas servedwas on the Boardboard of Directorsdirectors of the [[Rio Suite Hotel and Casino]] from 1995 to 1999.<ref name="forbes"/> He was Chairman of the [[Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department]]'s Committee on Fiscal Affairs from 1994 through 2006.<ref name="forbes"/> He also served on the Boards of the [[Las Vegas Convention &and Visitors Authority]], Nevada Commission on Economic Development, and Nevada Development Authority.<ref name="marketwatch"/> He has also served on the Nevada Nuclear Projects Commission.<ref name="citynationalbank"/>
 
HeThomas has served asbeen a Managing Partner at the Thomas & Mack Company since 1995.<ref name="bloomberg"/><ref name="unlv">[http://www.unlv.edu/people/peter-m-thomas University of Nevada, Las Vegas: ]</ref> Additionally, he has servedbeen on the Board of Directors of [[Coast Casinos]] since 2002, the [[City National Bank (California)|City National Bank]] since 2003, and the [[Boyd Gaming Corporation]] since 2004.<ref name="forbes"/><ref name="marketwatch"/><ref name="bloomberg"/>
 
HeThomas servesis on the Boardboard of Trusteestrustees of the [[University of Nevada, Las Vegas]] Foundation.<ref name="citynationalbank"/>
 
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