Our Meeting Today Will Be At The Atlantis In Grand 7Tray will be talking with us with an overview of the current Nevada political scene and an early lay of the land of the 2018 elections. Tray will also have a Q & A with us time permitting.
Tray Abney is a partner in the Abney Tauchen Group, a community and government relations firm. Tray served as the Director of Government Relations for The Reno/Sparks Chamber of Commerce for over ten years. He is still responsible for ensuring that the largest broad-based business organization in Northern Nevada has a voice at all levels of government, including city, county, state, and federal. Tray has experienced six Nevada State Legislative Sessions (so far) and has been a key voice on business and taxation/government spending and efficiency issues in Carson City. He has successfully helped steer critical bills to signature (and veto) and maintains great relationships with elected officials from throughout Nevada and on both sides of the political aisle.
Prior to joining the Chamber, Tray served as Legislative Director for Nevada Governor Jim Gibbons and spent four years working for Gibbons, including as a senior staff member in his Washington, DC congressional office. During the 2007 Nevada Legislative Session, Tray was responsible for ensuring that the Governor’s agenda was approved by the Legislature and served as the Governor’s lobbyist in the legislative building.
Tray graduated summa cum laude from Missouri State University in 2003, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Political Science, with minors in Sociology and Public Administration. Tray received his Master of Arts Degree in Political Management from the Graduate School of Political Management at the George Washington University in Washington, DC in 2005.
Tray currently serves as the Vice-Chair of the Reno Civil Service Commission and the Truckee River Flood Control Project Needs Committee. He also serves on the Board of Directors of Jobs for America’s Graduates-Nevada and Bristlecone Family Resources.
Tray currently resides with his wife, Dawn, and their son, Noah, in Reno. His daughter, Katelyn, is attending the University of Arkansas.