Michael Melarkey

Michael J.
Melarkey is currently the Chairman at Southwest Gas Corp.
He is also an Independent Director at The Gabelli Convertible & Income Securities Fund, Inc., an Independent Trustee at Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd., Bancroft Fund Ltd., Gabelli Utility Trust, The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust, Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust, The GDL Fund, and Gabelli Go Anywhere Trust.
Additionally, he is a Member of The State Bar of Nevada and serves as a Trustee for The Hilda E.
Bretzlaff Foundation, Robert S.
& Dorothy J.
Keyser Foundation, Roxie & Azad Joseph Foundation, E.L.
Wiegand Foundation, and The Bretzlaff Foundation, Inc. He is also Of Counsel at Mcdonald Carano Wilson Mccune Bergin Frankovich & Hicks LLP and Mcdonald Carano Wilson LLP.
Formerly, Mr. Melarkey served as the Chairman at Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. He was also a Trustee at The Gabelli Global Gold Natural Resources & Income Trust, Gabelli Global Deal Fund, and Gabelli Natural Resources Gold & Income Trust.
He was a Partner at Avansino Melarkey Knobel Mulligan & Mckenzie from 1980 to 2015.
He was the Owner of Pioneer Crossing Casino from 2015 to 2017.
Mr. Melarkey holds a graduate degree from New York University School of Law and a graduate degree from the University of San Francisco School of Law.
He also holds an undergraduate degree from The University of Nevada, Reno.