Ellen Oppenheim
President & CEO
Reno Sparks Convention & Visitors Authority

Ellen Oppenheim is President/CEO of the RSCVA. Prior to accepting this position, Ms. Oppenheim was the Deputy Chief of Neighborhood and Customer Services for the City of San Diego. Previous to serving as the Deputy Chief, she also held the positions Deputy City Manager and Director of Park and Recreation for the City of San Diego. Previously, Ms. Oppenheim was the General Manager of the Los Angeles Department of Recreation and Parks. Before that she served as Vice President/General Manager for GES Exposition Services managing the Northern California office based in south San Francisco. Ms. Oppenheim also served as Director of Conventions, Cultural and Visitor Services for the City of San Jose. Other top level posts include the position of Associate Dean of Students at Stanford University. She is a proven CEO/COO/General Manager with government, corporate and university experience. Ms. Oppenheim has a B.A. in Psychology and M.B.A. in Management from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Ms. Oppenheim has managed and marketed a wide variety of facilities, programs and services.