Council Member Travis Chandler was elected to the Boulder City Council in June 2007. Prior to that time he was active in the community, coaching numerous youth sports teams through the Parks and Recreation Department, and participated on the Parent Advisory Council at Boulder City High School. He represented Boulder City Council on the Citizen Advisory Committee of the Clark County Regional Flood Control District from 2004 until his election in 2007.

Travis settled in Boulder City with his wife Cookie in 1986. Their two children were born and raised in Nevada, and came up through the Boulder City schools.

Travis earned a B.S. in Chemistry from the University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in Inorganic Chemistry from the University of Arizona. He accumulated15 years experience as the Chief Chemist at a Boulder City chemical engineering research and development company. His research focused on concepts to improve energy_efficient and environmentally_safe air_conditioning and heat pump technology. Travis is an inventor on nine issued U.S. Patents, and co-author of a number of peer-reviewed papers in the field of chemistry.

Travis more recently earned a J.D. from the William S. Boyd School of Law at UNLV in the school's Charter Class. He attended the part_time evening program while working full_time in applied chemistry research. While at Boyd, his studies focused on intellectual property and constitutional law. After graduation, he started working in private practice in patent law. Travis is registered to practice with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office.

Travis currently serves as the City Council representative of the Boulder City Friends of the Arts and the Community Education Advisory Board. He is also a Nevada Public Agency Insurance Pool and Public Agency Compensation Trust board member, and alternate board member of the Southern Nevada Health District.

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