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2025 ULI Fall Meeting 2025 ULI Fall Meeting
, November 04 – 06, 2025

WLI Americas Presents: A View from the Top with Former Mayor Debra March

Tue Oct 29 10:30 AM — 11:30 AM (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time Resorts World Las Vegas - Level 2, Jasmine AB
Join the ULI Women's Leadership Initiative (WLI) Americas for its signature program where Emma West, WLI Americas chair and partner at Bousfields Inc., will moderate a fireside chat with Former Mayor Debra March, of Henderson, Nevada's second largest city. Debra held the mayor position from 2017–2023. During that time, she successfully expanded Henderson into a sports hub to include the Raiders, Aces, and Silver Knights, using public/private partnerships for all these projects. Debra also created the Women's Community Leadership Network (WCLN) to promote opportunities for women and girls in Henderson. Debra continues her work as a passionate champion for growing livable communities for all through her consulting company March Nawaday.

Speakers

Moderator

Partner Bousfields Inc.

Emma West is a Partner at Bousfields Inc., a planning and urban design consulting firm in Toronto. With over 25 years of experience in urban and environmental planning for the public and private sector clients, Emma has led a broad range of city-building projects in downtown and suburban locations. Her portfolio of work includes projects at all scales from regional plans to site-specific entitlements across…
Panelist

President City of Henderson

Debra March has lived a life committed to improving her community and to service to the state of Nevada. She began her career with an emphasis in the real estate industry where she led the Nevada Real Estate Division and then became the director of the University of Nevada Las Vegas’ Lied Institute of Real Estate Studies from1996 to 2009. Here she focused on creating…