The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), founded in 1913 by B'nai B'rith, is "the nation’s premier civil rights/human relations agency." ADL’s presence in Las Vegas, Nevada originally consisted of an annual fundraising dinner held by the Los Angeles, California office. During the 1960s, the Las Vegas chapter of B'nai B'rith included an active ADL group chaired by Eileen Brookman and others. By the 1990s the official Nevada Region Office of ADL (independent of B'nai B'rith) was established in Las Vegas.