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IAGA Board of Trustees
IAGA TRUSTEES are elected to a three-year term and are responsible for devising and executing all measures deemed proper and expedient to promote the objectives of the International Association of Gaming Advisors. Trustees may be elected to two consecutive three-year terms, and new Trustees are appointed at each Annual Meeting where existing Trustees terms expire.
EX-OFFICIO members of the Board of Trustees are IAGA officers who served as President. Following his or her term as President, the officer serves ex-officio for an additional three fiscal years.
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KARIN ASHFORD is the Chief Legal Officer of Greenwood Racing, Inc., an entity that, through its subsidiaries, operates casino gaming, thoroughbred and standardbred racing, i-gaming and online sports betting in four jurisdictions. She has spent most of her career in the gaming industry and is a generalist with significant experience in litigation, transactions, cyber, privacy, employment law, Indian law, regulatory, real estate matters, insurance coverage, wage and hour, intellectual property, consumer protection, and election law matters.
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BOB BOYLE is a Senior Manager at EY with over 15 years of professional experience leading compliance work for digital and land-based casinos and sports books globally. Bob’s work focuses on regulatory compliance topics including financial crimes, fraud and responsible gaming. Bob has led teams in performing compliance program assessments, risk assessments, transactional and regulatory filing reviews, assisting counsel for clients in responding to investigations and inquiries and has served as an expert witness on gaming compliance matters.
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GREG BROWER is Wynn Resorts' Chief Compliance Officer. He was formerly a Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck Shareholder focusing on litigation, government investigations and regulatory and cybersecurity matters. His federal government experience includes service as the U.S. Attorney for the District of Nevada, as FBI Deputy General Counsel and as US Government Publishing Office Inspector General. He was also a Nevada Legislature member, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and a Gaming Policy Committee member.
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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.
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JON DUFFY is Senior Vice President, Corporate Assurance & Regulatory Affairs at Genting Casinos UK. Jon is responsible for the Compliance, Security, Surveillance, Anti-Money Laundering and Safer Gambling Departments for Genting UK’s 30+ land-based Casinos. Jon holds diplomas in both Anti-Money Laundering and Financial Crime prevention, is a member of the Audit Committee for Genting UK, a trustee of the International Association of Gaming Advisors (IAGA) and a member of the International Compliance Associations Global Practitioner Advisory board.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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MICHAEL FRIES Vice President, Regulatory Affairs and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer for Scientific Games, a leader in offering games, systems and services for casino, lottery, social gaming, online gaming and sports betting and is licensed in hundreds of jurisdictions worldwide. Mike is responsible for the day-to- day administration and management of the Regulatory and Licensing sections of the Compliance Department and its Gaming, Lottery and Digital business divisions.
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TRAVIS FOLEY is Executive Director, Chief Operations Officer, and Executive Vice President - North America for BMM Testlabs, and is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Service Delivery teams in North America and Canada. Most recently he spent over 13 years with the Nevada Gaming Control Board’s Technology Division where he was involved in the creation of regulations and standards for new technologies such as server-based gaming, system supported gaming, and mobile gaming.
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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.
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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.
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DR. WULF HAMBACH is one of the founding partners of Hambach & Hambach. He regularly publishes articles in national and international legal media. Furthermore, he is a co-publisher and one of the authors of the legal commentary “Glücks- und Gewinnspielrecht in den Medien” (Gambling and Sweepstakes Law in the Media, C.H. Beck Verlag). Dr. Hambach is a sought-after lecturer at leading international conferences and board adviser of leading internet service companies.
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MARK HEMMERLE is Vice President, Gaming & Compliance Counsel for Shift4 Payments. With more than 20 years gaming and payments experience, he was General Counsel, Asst. General Manager and General Manager for two casinos under Hyatt (Hotels) Gaming Management Group including Grand Victoria Casino and subsequently opened and ran Indiana Live! Casino in Shelbyville, Indiana. Mark joined Worldpay (formerly Vantiv Gaming Solutions) in 2014 and was instrumental in building out the payments space for lawful gaming and gambling payment transactions.
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JEREMY P. KLEIMAN serves on Saiber's Executive Committee and heads its Gaming Law Practice Group. Jeremy focuses his practice on gaming, regulatory and business law, representing casino operators, gaming equipment suppliers, technology providers and financial institutions involved in the gaming and lottery industries. He specializes in gaming-related corporate, regulatory, licensing and compliance matters, with an emphasis on the online and mobile gaming industry.
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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, has been inducted into the AGA Gaming Hall of Fame and the Mississippi Gaming Hall of Fame, and has been named one of the most influential people in gaming.
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CHRISTINE MASINO is the Vice President of Regulatory Compliance with IGT. Her responsibilities include global oversight of IGT’s broad license portfolio, as well as focusing on regulatory matters in over 300 North American gaming jurisdictions. With over 15 years’ in the gaming industry, Ms. Masino has experience across multiple areas of gaming, including slot machines and video lottery terminals, casino and central systems, internet and mobile gaming, and sports wagering.
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RUI PINTO PROENCA is a partner at MdME, where he heads the firm’s Corporate|Gaming practice. Rui regularly acts for industry investors, casino operators, equipment manufacturers and gaming promoters in key regional projects. He also assists issuers, sponsors and underwriters in relation to listings of Macau gaming interests with overseas capital markets. Rui has been actively assisting sector players and governments in emerging gaming jurisdictions across the Asia-Pacific region.
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LORETTA A. TUELL is the managing principle at Tuell Law. She has practiced in the arena of federal Indian law and policy in Washington, D.C. for more than 20 years. In September 2017, she relocated to southern California and established Tuell Law. Her practice focuses on American Indian law, governmental law and policy, and gaming matters. In the private legal sector, Loretta was most recently a Partner at the international law firm, Greenberg Traurig, L.L.P.
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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.
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EDWARD R. WINKOFSKY is Chair of the Greenberg Traurig Gaming Practice and focuses his practice on gaming regulatory compliance, licensure, and internal investigations. He also advises clients on transactional and general corporate matters. Since joining the firm in 2010, Ed has served as regulatory counsel to licensed gaming industry suppliers and operators, horse tracks, video gaming and on-line providers, lottery providers, tribal licensees, and social gaming operators and investors.
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ELLEN WHITTEMORE serves as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary for Wynn Resorts and is a member of the board of directors of Wynn Interactive, Limited. She is a renowned expert in gaming law, compliance and licensing with more than 30 years of experience representing some of the world's largest and most progressive gaming companies. She has received numerous accolades throughout her distinguished career, including recognition as one of the "Best Lawyers in America" for gaming law and information technology law. Ms. Whittemore is responsible for the oversight of the Company's legal affairs and its philanthropic, community relations, and government affairs functions. Ms. Whittemore works closely with the Company's Board of Directors and other members of senior management.
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LUKE ORCHARD is a Corporate Compliance and Risk Management executive with more than 25 years’ experience. As IGT's Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance and Risk Management Officer, he oversees IGT’s corporate compliance, regulatory operations, enterprise risk management and security for all of the company’s gaming, lottery and digital businesses. Luke has spent most of his career managing global compliance teams, specializing in overhauling processes and implementing solutions to strengthen compliance and optimize operations, as well as navigating complex transactions and crises. Luke currently serves as Vice President for the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers and serves on the Board of two non-profit organizations; The Dr. Rob Hunter International Problem Gambling Center and the Boys and Girls Club of Southern Nevada.
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JOHN HAGAN of Harris Hagan specializes in all aspects of online and land-based gambling law. John qualified in 1993, practicing as a commercial litigator before specializing in gambling law from 1998. He has advised many of the world’s largest gambling operators as well as governments and trade associations. He is frequently instructed by other leading law firms, private equity firms and banks to provide specialist licensing and regulatory expertise in respect of corporate investments and transactions.
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