Michael Melarkey

Michael J.
Melarkey is Chairman at Southwest Gas Corp.
He is Independent Director at Gabelli Convertible & Income Securities Fund since 2018.
He serves as Independent Trustee at The GDL Fund since 2011, Member of The State Bar of Nevada, Trustee at The Hilda E.
Bretzlaff Foundation, Robert S.
& Dorothy J.
Keyser Foundation, Roxie & Azad Joseph Foundation, E.L.
Wiegand Foundation, The Bretzlaff Foundation, Inc., and Edwin L Wiegand Trust.
He is Independent Trustee at Gabelli Innovations Trust and Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust since 2012.
He is Of Counsel at Mcdonald Carano Wilson Mccune Bergin Frankovich & Hicks LLP and Mcdonald Carano Wilson LLP.
He is Trustee at Gabelli Utility Trust since 2016, Independent Trustee at Bancroft Fund Ltd. and Gabelli Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund Ltd. since 2015, Independent Trustee at Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust since 2004, Independent Trustee at GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust since 2005, and Independent Trustee at GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold & Income Trust since 2008.
Former roles include Chairman at Southwest Gas Holdings, Inc. from 2004 to 2022.
Trustee at The Gabelli Global Gold Natural Resources & Income Trust from 2010 to 2011, Trustee at Gabelli Global Deal Fund from 2010 to 2011, Trustee at Gabelli Natural Resources Gold & Income Trust from 2008 to 2011.
Partner at Avansino Melarkey Knobel Mulligan & Mckenzie from 1980 to 2015.
Owner of Pioneer Crossing Casino from 2015 to 2017.
Independent Trustee at Gabelli Go Anywhere Trust from 2017 to 2021.
Vice President at Miami Oil Producers, Inc. Member of American Bar Association and International Association of Gaming Attorneys.
Education includes graduate degrees from New York University School of Law and the University of San Francisco School of Law, and an undergraduate degree from The University of Nevada, Reno.