Pat Hickey
Jul 27, 2022
Growing up Tahoe and Notable Nevadans
Pat Hickey

Pat Hickey's Irish ancestors immigrated to the Carson Valley and Lake Tahoe in the 1870s.  Pat wrote about growing up there in: "Tahoe Boy: A Journey Back Home."

Pat has worked in Nevada media for the past 30 years doing a syndicated radio report on Nevada politics, a columnist for both the Nevada Appeal and RGJ, and served as Editor of the Nevada Journal for the Nevada Policy Research Institute.

Pat served eight years in the Nevada Assembly, including Minority Leader during the 2013 Legislative Session.  Following his retirement from the Legislature, Brian Sandoval appointed Pat to the State Board of Education.

Pat has written a book entitled:  After this life...What Notable Nevadans have to say about life and the beyond."  He interviewed prominent Nevada figures like:  Harry Reid, Mike Tyson, Carlos Santana, Elaine Wynn, Oscar Goodman, and others.  Pat will share with us insights and anecdotes from his interviews, and growing up at Tahoe.