Speaker
Joey Charafi
Founder, NLAS · Stop The Traffic Foundation
Nevada-based nonprofit leader, entrepreneur, and founder of NLAS. President of Stop The Traffic Foundation and director of the feature film Vegas Traffic.
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Nevada
Leadership &
Accountability
Series
Preparing the next generation to lead with integrity, discipline, and digital responsibility.
NLAS brings working Nevada leaders into K-12 schools and colleges for direct, practical conversations. Not a motivational speech. Applied leadership training rooted in real world experience.
- Audience
- K-12 · Colleges
- Based in
- Nevada
- Format
- Live + Q&A
Nevada
Leadership &
Accountability
Series
Watch
See NLAS in the field.
A quick look at Nevada leaders delivering real conversations to students.
A quick look at NLAS in the field. Nevada operators delivering real, direct conversations to K-12 classrooms and colleges across the state.
The reality
Students today face pressures previous generations did not.
Social media influence. Cyberbullying. Digital permanence. Cultural noise. Entrepreneurial opportunity without guidance. Leadership visibility without mentorship.
NLAS gives K-12 and college students the mindset, language, and habits they need to lead in a world their parents and teachers did not grow up in.
Topics we cover
Real, direct, practical conversations.
Working Nevada leaders on the things students actually face at school, online, and in their first real jobs.
- 01 Leadership under pressure
- 02 Personal accountability
- 03 Digital responsibility and cyberbullying
- 04 Entrepreneurship and career pathways
- 05 Integrity in athletics, business, and public life
- 06 Building credibility in a world driven by attention
This is not a motivational speech. It is applied leadership training rooted in real world experience.
Featured speakers
Not career lecturers. Operators.
Business owners, nonprofit leaders, authors, and operators working in Nevada right now. The message lands because the people telling it are still in the arena.
Speaker
Cody Whipple
Ranch + Communications · Hiko, NV
Raised in rural Hiko, Nevada. 25+ years operating the state's first digital two-way communications network. Former Virginia Tech D1 football athlete preserving Nevada's ranching heritage.
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Speaker
Tony Benton
Builder · Technologist
Nevada based builder and technologist working at the intersection of emerging technology, brand, and accountability in an AI driven world.
Read full bioWhy schools partner with NLAS
Content that is responsible and solution focused.
Students lean in because the message is authentic. Administrators book us again because the content is responsible, age-appropriate, and solution focused.
Partner with NLAS →- ✓ Age-appropriate sessions built for K-12 classrooms and college lecture halls
- ✓ Cyberbullying and digital footprint handled in plain language students actually hear
- ✓ Live Nevada founders, authors, and operators students can picture becoming
- ✓ Character, discipline, and community responsibility grounded in real jobs and real stakes
- ✓ Open Q&A that gets teenagers asking the questions they would not ask a counselor
Our mission
To strengthen Nevada's future by investing in its students today.
We believe leadership is not about status. It is about responsibility.
We believe entrepreneurship is not about fame. It is about value creation.
We believe digital platforms are not toys. They are permanent records.
And we believe when students understand these truths early, they make better decisions, build stronger futures, and positively impact their communities.
Bring NLAS in
Your students. Real Nevada voices.
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K-12 · Colleges · Nevada-wide