Mrs. Stephanie Garcia-Vause

Stephanie Garcia-Vause serves as the City of Henderson’s Director of Community Development and Services ensuring high quality development and service standards, as well as progressive long-term city planning. She brings more than two decades of planning expertise and experience working to promote a vibrant, balanced, and cohesive city through the built-environment to her leadership post. Stephanie has participated in regional planning efforts in the Las Vegas Valley since 1997 and most recently those of the Southern Nevada Regional Planning Coalition (SNRPC). The City of Henderson has provided staff support to the SNRPC on such notable projects as the Growth Summits (2003) and the Regional Open Space Plan (2007) among others. Under her leadership, the City of Henderson competed for and secured a $3.5 million Sustainable Communities Grant – on behalf of the SNRPC and the region – which led to Southern Nevada’s first regional planning initiative, Southern Nevada Strong (SNS). Stephanie served as Project Director for SNS and ultimately produced the first federally-recognized Regional Plan for sustainable development allowing all local municipalities to compete for funding never before available. Her efforts positioned Henderson as a leader in regional planning and increased the City’s economic competiveness as a region overall. Stephanie is highly committed to both her craft and serving the community. She is a longtime member of both the APA as well as the American Institute of Certified Planners. She was named Professional Planner of the Year in 2015 by the Nevada Chapter of the APA and Public Administrator of the Year by the American Society for Public Administration Nevada Chapter. She was appointed by the Secretary of the Interior (2015) to serve a three-year term on the Resource Advisory Council (RAC), where she currently serves as Vice Chair. She has served on the Board of Directors for HopeLink of Southern Nevada, the Boys and Girls Clubs