{{short description|American politician, businessman, philanthropist (born 1973)}} {{Multiple issues| {{Essay-like|date=April 2024}} {{Autobiography|date=April 2024}} }} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Scott Sibley | image = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth-date and age|Nov 24, 1973}} | birth_place = San Francisco, California | alma_mater = University of Nevada, Las Vegas | state_assembly2 = Nevada | state2 = Nevada | district2 = 22nd | preceded2 = | succeeded2 = | term_start2 = 2004 | term_end2 = 2005 | party = Republican | children = 3 | website = {{URL|http://www.scottasibley.com}} | occupation = News publisher }}
'''Scott Sibley''' (born 1973) is an American politician, businessman and philanthropist.
==Early life== Scott Sibley was born in California. He received his B.S. in Business Administration, Real Estate from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.<ref name=L>{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.nv.us/73rd/legislators/Assembly/Sibley.cfm|title=Assemblyman Scott A. Sibley|website=www.leg.state.nv.us}}</ref> Afterwards he completed certification as both a licensed process server and licensed real estate broker.<ref name=A />
==Business career== Sibley was a pressman with the ''Nevada Legal News'' owned by Uncle Hoyt beginning in 1993,<ref name=A>{{cite web|url=http://www.unitedtrustees.com/meetings/lv2011/speakers.php#ssi|title=Unites Trustees Association - 36th Annual Education Conference & Trade Show - Las Vegas, NV|website=www.unitedtrustees.com}}</ref> and continued on until Hoyt's death in 1997 when Scott took over as editor and publisher of the newspaper.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/1997/dec/23/sibley-founder-of-nevada-legal-news-dies-at-87/|title=Sibley, founder of Nevada Legal News, dies at 87|date=23 December 1997|publisher=The Las Vegas Sun}}</ref> His strong real estate background, involvement with sales at the County Courthouse, and experience as a licensed process server, has made him one of the foremost experts on nonjudicial foreclosure law in Nevada.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.unitedtrustees.com/meetings/lv2011/speakers.php#ssi|title=36th Annual Education Conference and Trade Show|publisher=United Trustees Association}}</ref> He later became the managing partner of Nevada Holistic Medicine.<ref name=U>{{cite web|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2017/mar/21/commission-adds-2-members-to-marijuana-advisory-pa/|title=Commission adds 2 members to marijuana advisory panel|date=21 March 2017|publisher=The Las Vegas Sun}}</ref> Scott's ability to manage complex business challenges, make high-stake decisions and successfully drive growth has played a key factor in his success. Scott has been a licensed real estate broker and real estate agent for 15 years. He has been involved in many challenging real estate transactions. In the last several years, Scott has acquired various forms of distressed debt and has been very successful at reorganizing, stabilizing and disposing of these assets.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://papersourceseminars.com/scott-sibley/|title=Host Of Thursday Morning Foreclosure Auction|last=|first=|date=9 March 2018|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> In 2017 Sibley became a partner with MMJ America, a marijuana cultivation and dispensary company.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2017/nov/30/scott-sibley-partner-mmj-america/|title=Scott Sibley, Partner, MMJ America|date=30 November 2017 |publisher=Las Vegas Weekly}}</ref> Under a joint-venture arrangement, Sibley's group owns the Vegas dispensary and MMJ runs it (along with two cultivation facilities coming online soon) for a percentage of the profits.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lasvegasweekly.com/news/2017/nov/30/scott-sibley-partner-mmj-america/|title=Scott Sibley, Partner, MMJ America - Las Vegas Weekly|website=lasvegasweekly.com|date=30 November 2017 |access-date=2019-04-22}}</ref>
==Political career==
From 2004 to 2005, Sibley served in the Nevada State Assembly, representing District No. 22 of Clark County,<ref name=L /> being elected as a Republican with 55.68% of the vote.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://nvsos.gov/SOSelectionPages/results/2004General/Clark.aspx|title=NVSOS.GOV - Elections Results: Clark|website=nvsos.gov}}</ref> During his tenure he co-sponsored Assembly Bill 182, which allowed students to administer their own asthma medication as school.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2005/apr/19/legislative-briefs-for-april-19-2005/|title=Legislative briefs for April 19, 2005|date=19 April 2005|publisher=The Las Vegas Sun}}</ref> He also introduced a bill to require all public land in Nevada to be sold by auction if put up for sale.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lasvegassun.com/news/2005/mar/24/lawmakers-seek-expanded-audit-of-airport-land-sale/|title=Lawmakers seek expanded audit of airport land sales|date=24 March 2005|publisher=Las Vegas Sun}}</ref> From 2010 to 2013, Sibley was a member of the Commission for Common-Interest Communities and Condominium Hotels of the State of Nevada, a position to which he was again appointed in 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/business/homeowners-advocate-tapped-for-panel/|title=Homeowners' advocate tapped for panel|date=8 September 2012|publisher=Las Vegas Review Journal}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.americantowns.com/nv/carsoncity/news/governor-jim-gibbons-selects-new-appointees-to-fill-boards-and-commissions-seats-1035786|title=AmericanTowns.com: Online Local Community Network - Connecting The Community Is What We Do Best|website=www.americantowns.com}}</ref> He later also sat on the Green Ribbon Commission for marijuana business advisory as an at-large member in 2017.<ref name=U /> The panel will set policies regarding land use and licensing of retail marijuana establishments and recommend proposed changes to zoning and business license codes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/pot-news/pair-from-marijuana-industry-added-to-clark-county-pot-panel/|title=Pair from marijuana industry added to Clark County pot panel|date=2017-03-21|website=Las Vegas Review-Journal|language=en-US|access-date=2019-04-11}}</ref>
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