CHRISTIAN ARBEITER is the Senior Director of Product Compliance at IGT. His responsibilities include the management of IGT´s global product approvals for all land-based gaming product, including Slot Machines, AWP, HHR, and Video Lottery Terminals along with Casino and Central Monitoring Systems in over 200 jurisdictions globally. Christian is a gaming industry veteran with over 25 years’ experience. Christian’s prior roles include various leadership roles in both Product and Regulatory Compliance, across all lottery and gaming verticals.

KIM M. BARKER is the Executive Vice President and Chief Legal Officer at Bally’s Corporation, overseeing Bally’s global legal, privacy, and compliance functions. Prior to joining Bally’s Kim served as General Counsel and Vice President, Legal and Regulatory Affairs for Northstar Lottery Group, LLC. Kim also served as IGT’s inaugural Vice President, Diversity and Inclusion. Kim is a graduate of Yale College and New York University School of Law. She is Board chair of the Community College of Rhode Island. She also serves on the board of American Gaming Association and is cochair of African Americans in Gaming.

BOB BOYLE is a Managing Director at EY with over 17 years of professional experience leading compliance work for digital and land-based casinos and sportsbooks globally. Bob’s work focuses on regulatory compliance topics related to financial crime matters including anti-money laundering (AML), anti-fraud, and insider threat risk management. Bob has led teams in performing compliance program assessments, risk assessments, transactional and regulatory filing reviews, and assisting counsel for clients in responding to investigations and inquiries. 

GREG BROWER is a shareholder in the law firm of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck.  His practice focused on litigation, government investigations, gaming regulatory matters, and government relations. He recently rejoined Brownstein after three years as the Chief Global Compliance Officer at Wynn Resorts. He previously served in several senior government roles including Assistant Director and Deputy General Counsel of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, Inspector General for the U.S. Government Publishing Office, and as an elected member of the Nevada Legislature.  

VASILIOS CHRISOS, a Principal with PwC's Financial Crimes Unit, has 20+ years experience assisting companies on all aspects of financial crime compliance, AML and sanctions matters. He has assisted casino operators with implementing comprehensive, risk-based AML and sanctions compliance programs, including executing enhanced due diligence for higher-risk patrons and investigating suspicious levels of play. He serves on the Global Advisory Board of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.

BARAK COHEN, a Partner with Perkins Coie, represents companies and individuals facing government enforcement actions and investigations in highly regulated industries, particularly the regulated gaming, healthcare, and government contracting industries. Barak is a partner in the White Collar & Investigations practice, and co-chair / founder of the firm’s Cannabis Law group. He also works with the firm's Digital Media & Entertainment, Gaming & Sports industry group as the co-lead of the Gaming vertical, representing clients in the regulated gaming industry in litigation and investigation matters. 

AMY ELDER has extensive experience in all aspects of gaming law. Ms. Elder represents and advises privately held and publicly-held casino operators, gaming-related manufacturers, casino management companies, investors, developers, commercial lenders and private equity firms in a wide range of gaming matters, including licensure, regulatory compliance, administrative hearings, financing and project development. Her clients include the largest gaming operators and gaming equipment manufacturers in the casino industry. 

TRACEY ELKERTON is Chief Compliance Officer for the Aristocrat Group and has more than 20 years’ experience in gaming industry compliance.  In this role her responsibilities include corporate and key person licensing, regulatory compliance, product compliance, corporate governance and and non-gaming compliance frameworks such as Anti-Bribery and Corruption and AML.

C.J. FISHER is a partner in the Atlantic City office of Fox Rothschild LLP. He advises individuals and entities in a wide range of gaming licensing, regulatory and compliance matters, and has represented clients before various gaming regulatory agencies, including in New Jersey, Massachusetts and New York. He has also successfully represented casino operators in competitive license bids in several domestic and international jurisdictions.
 

JUSTIN FRANSSEN is an attorney at law and partner at Kalff Katz & Franssen, where he leads the Gaming & gambling Practice Group. His comprehensive advisory and litigation practice regularly deals with sector-specific acquisitions and complex public affairs processes. Prior to his admission to the Dutch Bar, Justin acted as general counsel for a gaming developer in Amsterdam and New York. His career as an attorney at law began at an associate firm of KPMG, where he founded their European Gaming & Entertainment Services Group.

MICHAEL FRIES is Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer at Light & Wonder, Inc. Mike is responsible for the day-to-day administration and management of the Compliance Department for the Company’s worldwide Gaming, Social, and iGaming business segments. Before joining Light & Wonder, Mike was Vice President, Regulatory Affairs at Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., a regional casino operator.  Mike worked at the Illinois Gaming Board from 2001 to 2010 and was General Counsel from 2005 to 2010.  Mike practiced law in Chicago, Illinois before joining the Gaming Board.

WILLIAM GANTZ, a Partner with Duane Morris, is a versatile lead trial lawyer with nationwide experience representing gaming, technology and manufacturing in intellectual property and commercial litigation, including patent infringement, trade secret, consumer class action and appeals. Bill has advised the US igaming industry since 2002 on regulatory, licensing and commercial matters and regularly provides counsel on intellectual property and regulatory compliance matters.

KELLY GASS has over 20 years of professional experience providing financial and business solutions and expertise to companies both domestically and abroad. Having served in numerous interim senior management roles in takeover or troubled asset situations as well as under normal operating conditions, Gass has significant experience liaising with governmental and regulatory authorities in over 35 jurisdictions and is recognized for her extensive expertise in operational, transactional and financial matters.

LARRY IWANSKI is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations in Washington, D.C. He specializes in financial crimes compliance and investigations including Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), anti-money laundering (AML) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) programs, trade and export compliance, investigations and remediations, accounting and forensic investigations and classified government matters. He has 25+ years of experience providing organizations with advisory, financial crimes advisory, fraud and investigative services and operational and organizational leadership.

CATHY JUDD-STEIN most recently served as Chair of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission and oversaw the Commonwealth’s launch of legalized sports wagering and navigated the successful closure and reopening of the casino industry during the pandemic. Prior to her appointment as the chief gaming regulator, Cathy served as legal counsel for five Massachusetts Governors, Executive Director of the Governor’s Judicial Nominating Commission, General Counsel for the Massachusetts State Treasury, and Assistant Executive Director, Director of Policy and Special Counsel for the Massachusetts State Lottery.

JACQUI KRUM is the Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary of Wynn Resorts, Limited, a position she has held since December 1, 2024. Ms. Krum originally joined Wynn Resorts in 2013 to assist with the development of gaming projects in the U.S. and abroad and was a member of the team that won the competitive gaming license bid in the Eastern Massachusetts area for Wynn Resorts. In 2015, she moved from Las Vegas to Boston to become the Senior Vice President and General Counsel at Encore Boston Harbor, helping to lead the opening of that resort in 2019.

RAYMOND LIN joined Mohegan as Chief Legal Officer to develop Mohegan’s legal and compliance strategy. With more than 25 years of experience in the legal field, Lin brings a range of valuable knowledge to this role and is integral in planning and implementing the broad legal aspects of creating a strong business that holds itself to a higher standard of accountability for financial discipline, disclosure, legal compliance, planning and strategic direction. Ray is responsible for advising executive management on legal matters regarding a wide range of commercial transactions, regulatory issues, international and domestic policy-making decisions, and formulating business, operational and legal strategies. 

RHEA LONEY is Chief Compliance Officer of BetMGM where she oversees compliance in the areas of licensing, regulatory compliance, anti-money laundering, and responsible gambling. BetMGM is live in 29 markets across U.S. and Canada with online sports betting, online casino, and retail sports betting. Rhea joined BetMGM in fall of 2022. Before joining BetMGM, she served as Vice President of Compliance for Penn Interactive building the first interactive compliance function for Penn Interactive. Prior to that, Rhea was an Assistant Attorney General with the Louisiana Division of Gaming for almost a decade focusing on horse racing, regulatory, and administrative law.

JAMES MAIDA, Esq., is President and CEO of Gaming Laboratories International (GLI®) a global gaming testing and consulting company with 24 locations with more than 1,500 employees. He has testified as an expert witness in numerous gaming cased on both the federal and state level, including appearances before the U.S. Congress. Among his multiple accolades, he has received the New Jersey Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year, received the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association with its prestigious Modern-Day Warrior Award, and has been inducted into the AGA Gaming Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Gaming Hall of Fame.

JESSICA MAIER is a founder of EGARA (Executive Gaming and Risk Advisory), a gaming consultancy firm specialized in providing C-level advice on regulation, licensing, risk-management, and compliance. Having been a partner in a law firm focused on gaming law and the Chief Risk Officer/Head of Legal and Compliance and Head of Government Affairs in gaming software companies, Jessica comes with both private practice and in-house experience and has worked on various projects and public policy initiatives in close collaboration with regulators, legislators and industry stakeholders. 

JONATHAN NABAVI is Head of Federal Affairs for FanDuel. He was most recently Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs for the National Football League (NFL) where he was responsible for advising on all aspects of its public policy and legislative agenda and represents the League on a wide range of issues before Congress, the Administration, and other federal and local government agencies. Prior to joining the NFL, he served in a variety of senior congressional staff and political roles, most recently as Majority Counsel for the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, providing strategic counsel to the Chairman.

HERMANN PAMMINGER serves as an Expert for Public and European Affairs at the Casino Austria Group's Head Office in Vienna. His distinguished career spans over three decades starting in 1991 with Casinos Austria and focusing on project development across diverse regions including former Eastern Bloc countries.  Ascending through various roles including Head of Marketing, Hermann's career took a pivotal turn in 2013 when he joined parent company Casinos Austria AG, serving as an assistant to the Board of Directors and Head of CSR. Hermann also serves as Secretary General for the European Casino Association (ECA).

RUI PROENCA is MdME’s Managing Partner and key contact in its gaming sector practice. Rui is recognised as a Band 1 practitioner in Chambers and Partners Gaming APAC, and often advises casino operators, sports betting companies, technology providers, and gaming investors on a broad range of commercial and regulatory matters. He has also assisted governments in emerging markets in developing their gaming policies and regulatory frameworks. Rui is a member of the Board of Trustees of the International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA).

ALLA SEREBRIANSKAIA joined Asensi Abogados in 2011 and has been a partner of the firm since September 2017. Previously, she worked in house at Indra Sistemas SA, Spain’s premier IT company. Alla graduated in Law at the ESADE Business School (Barcelona) from where she was also awarded a Master’s in Business Law. She specializes in Gaming & Gambling law, is an expert in licensing procedures, regulatory and compliance related both to online and land-based operators. 

BRYSON STOKES is the Firm Managing Partner of Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP. He leads the Firm’s national Gaming practice and serves on the Firm’s Executive and Partnership Committees. With over 30 years of experience in the gaming industry, Bryson advises a broad range of clients in the gaming industry —including online and land-based casino operators, investors, suppliers, media and telecommunications companies, and financial institutions—on commercial, transactional and gaming regulatory matters.