Jay Heller
Jay Heller, Principal, Heller Companies
Jay has been a builder his whole life – first as a toddler he enjoyed hanging around on his father’s construction sites, and later as a seasoned leader in Nevada’s commercial real estate and development community. After earning his Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with an emphasis in Finance from Pepperdine University, he joined Heller Construction and went on to co‑found Heller Companies with his father, Brian.
A licensed general contractor with more than 35 years of construction experience, Jay also holds both a real estate broker’s license and a property management license. His industry leadership includes serving as President of NAIOP Southern Nevada, where he also chaired the Government Affairs Committee for several years.
Jay previously served as a Trustee of the Nevada Development Authority (now the Las Vegas Global Economic Alliance) and sat on the Board of Directors for the Commercial Alliance Las Vegas (CALV), the commercial division of the Greater Las Vegas Association of Realtors.
He is the President of the Tropicana Business and Community Coalition and a member of the Advisory Council for the UNLV Lied Institute for Real Estate Studies. Jay is also a Developer Associate of the Society of Industrial and Office Realtors (SIOR) and a corporate member of the International Code Council (ICC).
Jay is also focused on building value within his community. He has tirelessly volunteered many of his nights and weekends to help raise funds for local charities in Southern Nevada. Jay assited in building the local chapter of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society and previously served on the local Board for thirteen years. Jay has also been involved with Street Teens assiting homeless at risk youth in Clark County. For him voluntering is an opportunity to make a significant difference in the lives these organizations touch.