Stephen J. Cloobeck is the former Chairman of the State of Nevada Athletic Commission. He is a self-made
entrepreneur with more than thirty years’ experience across every aspect of hospitality design,
development, finance and operations. As the founder and former CEO and Chairman of Diamond Resorts
International – a business that grew to become the second-largest vacation ownership company worldwide
with more than four hundred properties across thirty-three countries in its portfolio – Cloobeck made a
name for himself as an advocate for radical customer service, what he calls embracing the “Meaning of
Yes.”