Dave Marlon: A Business-leader with a Heart for Vegas
Pro-Union • Pro-Development • Pro-Community
While many talk about supporting working families, Dave has actually done it—as a CEO, union collaborator, and boots-on-the-ground leader in building treatment centers and turning around companies that serve the people. Dave believes being a business leader doesn’t mean anti-union—it means pro-accountability, pro-results, and pro-worker empowerment.
🔹 20 Years Sober & Proud – A recovery success story, Dave brings real-world understanding of the issues facing our communities.
🔹 Behavioral Health Leader – Built Vegas Stronger, the largest mental health and addiction recovery nonprofit in Las Vegas.
🔹 Business Builder – Former CEO of a managed care company and Ironman athlete who knows how to get results and build things that last.
🔹 Pro-Union Partner – Proudly collaborated with unions to ensure workers had voice, rights, and safe conditions on his projects.
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✅ A patriot with a passion for doing good.
✅ A businessman who gets things done.
✅ A leader who listens to unions, workers, and residents alike.
This is Dave Marlon. Pro-worker. Pro-union. Pro-Vegas.
Dave’s Background
Dave Marlon founded and built one of the most successful addiction recovery centers in the country in the heart of Southern Nevada. The 35-year Las Vegas resident, after successfully addressing his own struggles with substance abuse, realized that he was uniquely suited to help others confronting addiction.
Dave has been consistently recognized by his peers as a leader in his field. He is the Southwest Regional Vice President of the National Association of Alcohol and Drug Counselors and received the 2018 National Advocacy Award from NAADAC, the Association for Addiction Professionals. Locally, he has been recognized as a graduate of the Leadership Las Vegas program, with the Mayor’s Commendation, and received the Community Counseling Center of Southern Nevada’s Vanguard Award. He has served on the Governor’s Substance Abuse Working Group. Dave’s work in the recovery sector earned him the Inspired Excellence Award from Las Vegas HEALS.
Dave founded The CARE Coalition, The Solutions Foundation and Vegas Stronger, which combat substance abuse in Southern Nevada and help raise awareness about addictive behavior and its consequences. Dave has served on the boards of HELP of Southern Nevada and the Las Vegas Rescue Mission, He has also helped establish Mission High School, the first public recovery high school in the nation. Dave was featured in the most recent season of A&E’s Emmy award winning show Intervention.
Altogether, Dave has more than 35 years of health care experience in both recovery and insurance. He earned a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from the State University of New York and holds a Master’s in Business Administration and Master’s in Counseling from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas and earned a doctoral degree in Psychology from Walden University..
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Donating Plasma after COVID-19 Positive for Antibodies
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Interview with the Las Vegas Review Journal
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Las Vegas Heals
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Dave Marlon Ward 1
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Dave Marlon: Fighting addiction in Las Vegas
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Dave Marlon kicks off his bid for Las Vegas City Council, Ward 1.
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Dave Marlon Vegas Legal Magazine Podcast 2
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Dave Marlon on Vegas Legal Podcast
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Fight Promo Video
