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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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SCOTT ANDRESS is a Partner in the Balch & Bingham Business section. His practice focuses primarily on gaming law and commercial transactions. Along with the handling of general commercial transaction matters, Mr. Andress' practice includes the regular representation of privately owned and publicly traded casino operators and developers, gaming equipment manufacturers and distributors, private equity and investment banking firms, commercial lenders, and holders of gaming sites.
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PAUL G.V. BAKER is Deputy Chief Operating Officer of Genting Malaysia Berhad, a Malaysian-based publicly listed company with operations in Malaysia, Europe, and North America. Genting Malaysia Berhad is part of the larger Genting Group. In his position, Mr. Baker has responsibility for all operations at Resorts World Genting, one of the largest and most successful integrated casino resort destinations globally. Mr. Baker previously held leadership positions at Wynn Macau, Caesars Entertainment (formerly Harrah’s Entertainment), First Union Securities, and the United States Army.
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JEFF BARBIN of Phelps Dunbar practices in business and finance with an emphasis on business transactional and regulatory matters, specifically focusing on gaming transactions requiring local gaming regulatory approvals and other complex transactional and regulatory matters, often working closely with the firm’s gaming lawyers in Mississippi to achieve efficiencies for the client in both jurisdictions. In this context, he has represented casino operators, management, investors, lenders, manufacturers and other vendors in their Louisiana gaming regulatory matters.
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VASILIOS CHRISOS, a Principal with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Financial Crimes Unit, has over 20 years of experience assisting companies on all aspects of financial crime compliance with a particular focus on AML and sanctions matters. He has assisted casino operators on the design and implementation of comprehensive, risk-based AML and sanctions compliance programs, including the execution of enhanced due diligence (EDD) measures for higher-risk patrons and the investigation of potentially suspicious levels of play. He has also advised institutions on communication strategies with regulatory authorities, including regular updates and submissions on the progress of remediation efforts. Mr. Chrisos serves on the Global Advisory Board of the Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists.
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MARK A. CLAYTON is Co-Chair of Greenberg Traurig’s Global Gaming Practice. He focuses on gaming regulatory matters, including those related to land based gaming, internet gaming and the manufacturing and distribution of gaming equipment. He also counsels clients on gaming legislation and regulatory projects. He represents clients with matters concerning gaming in U.S. and international jurisdictions. Mark has wide-ranging experience in the gaming industry, and has served as an executive and as counsel for many casino corporations prior to joining the firm. He is a former member of the Nevada State Gaming Control Board.
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PETER COHEN has been Director of Regulatory Affairs for The Agenda Group since February 2011. The former Executive Commissioner and Chief Executive Officer of the Victorian Commission for Gambling Regulation, he was responsible gambling regulation aspects in Victoria, including oversight of a casino with 2,500 slot machines and 500 tables, 27,500 slot machines in over 500 venues, two public lottery operators, a pari-mutuel operator offering fixed odds and sports betting, bookmakers, keno and charitable gaming.
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JENNIFER CARLETON, an attorney with Howard & Howard, was previously a Shareholder with Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, and counseled clients on corporate and regulatory matters, focusing on the licensing of deal structures and transactions, mergers and acquisitions, reorganizations, and public finance. Jennifer has developed a unique multi-jurisdictional gaming practice, assisting clients with casino operations in numerous U.S. states, advising investors in gaming companies that hold licenses worldwide, and facilitating negotiations with Indian gaming operators.
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TIM DONOVAN became Caesars Entertainment’s Executive Vice President in November 2011, General Counsel in April 2009 and Chief Regulatory and Compliance Officer in January 2011. He served as Senior Vice President from April 2009 to November 2011. Prior to joining Caesars Entertainment (then Harrah’s Entertainment), Donovan served as Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Republic Services, Inc. after a merger with Allied Waste Industries, Inc.
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MARK R. DUNN is Executive Vice President and General Counsel of Aristocrat Technologies, where he is head of global legal operations and compliance. Prior to Aristocrat, Mark worked for more than nine years at Caesars Entertainment Corporation (and its predecessor in interest, Harrah’s Entertainment), finishing as its Vice President of Legal Affairs – Western Division, where he managed legal affairs for property operations for all of the company’s casinos in Nevada, California and Arizona and its international locations.
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AMY ELDER of Baker Donelson focuses on Mississippi and Louisiana gaming, representing all types of clients including casinos, manufacturers, distributors, lenders, lessees, landlords, shareholders, officers, directors and key employees. She helps her clients address regulatory issues and transactional matters, assisting with development, licensing, financing, registration, findings of suitability, transfers of ownership, operation, training, compliance, permits, patron disputes, investigations, disciplinary proceedings and more.
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KELLY E. 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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CHRISTOPHER GRIPPA specializes in advising clients on complex matters involving compliance, investigations and disputes. For more than a decade, he has worked working with attorneys and management to provide accounting and financial guidance to organizations across the globe and has led numerous forensic accounting investigations and compliance assessments, including engagements related to anti-money laundering and the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act including in gaming. Mr. Grippa has provided advice on casinos’ title 31 compliance programs, including developing training materials, performing risk assessments, developing and evaluating KYC and transaction monitoring procedures.
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MARK HARMS is founder of Global Leisure Partners LLP, an advisory and private equity boutique merchant bank in London. As a leading provider of specialist advisory and principal investment services to the global leisure industry, GLP focuses on gaming, hospitality, fitness and healthy living, travel and tourism, retailing, consumer goods and services, and out of home entertainment sectors. He is also a Vice Chairman of the World Travel and Tourism Council, an organization representing global travel and tourism leaders.
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MARK HEMMERLE is Vice President of Legal & Compliance for Worldpay Gaming where his responsibilities include contractual matters and evaluating companies’ proposed gaming models, especially those in on-line and mobile markets, to ensure the operations and offerings comport with existing state and USfederal laws and regulations, as well as payment industry requirements. Mark joined Worldpay Gaming (formerly Vantiv Entertainment Solutions) in 2014. Prior toWorldpay Gaming, Mark spent more than 15 years in the casino industry as a General Manager, General Counsel and Assistant General Manager for several casinos in the mid-west. Most recently he was General Manager for Indiana Live! Casino responsible for the opening and operation of both its temporary and permanent facilities.
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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. Prior to rejoining the firm, Jeremy served as Executive Vice President, Regulatory & Business Affairs for Coastal Development, LLC, a developer, investor and operator in casino resorts and racetracks.
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ADAM KREJCIK is a principal at Eilers & Krejcik Gaming, LLC, a boutique research and consulting firm where he follows the digital and interactive gaming industry. Mr. Krejcik has over 10 years of equity research experience primarily covering the global interactive entertainment industry. He has become one of the authoritative voices in the social casino, iGaming, and fantasy sports industry and his proprietary research has been cited by various industry executives and corporations.
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STEPHEN MARTINO is Senior Vice President & Chief Compliance Officer, MGM Resorts Intl. and directs MGM Resorts International's compliance with federal and state requirements for gaming activity and financial transactions. He has oversight of MGM Resorts properties in Las Vegas and throughout the United States. In his role, he draws on a dozen years of experience in the casino, interactive, lottery and pari-mutuel gaming industries. He served in regulatory positions as executive director of the Kansas Racing and Gaming Commission from 2005-2010 and then as director of the Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency from 2010-2015.
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KEVIN P. MULLALLY is Vice-President of Government Relations and General Counsel for Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) and is responsible for all risk management policies and supervision of all outside attorneys and consultants. He is GLI's elected and appointed officials liaison and interacts with regulatory agencies, organizations developing gaming and casino policy and executives of equipment manufacturers, lotteries, pari-mutuel wagering facilities, social gaming firms and casino operators.
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LARRY ORLANSKY is a Member of Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann L.L.C. in New Orleans, where he chairs the firm's Gaming Law practice group and serves on its Management Committee and as Loss Prevention and Ethics Counsel. His practice concentrates on gaming law, commercial litigation and legal ethics and professional liability. His gaming representations include licensing, regulatory, administrative, and litigation matters in Louisiana on behalf of casino developers and operators, investors, lenders and suppliers.
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MICHAEL PRESCOTT is IGT's Senior Vice President and General Counsel--North America Gaming and Interactive where he is responsible for managing and overseeing legal matters for the North America Gaming and Interactive Group, IGT’s social gaming company, Double Down Interactive, and global intellectual property matters. He is also responsible for monetizing IGT’s extensive global intellectual property portfolio. Prescott previously served as GTECH Corporation’s Senior Vice President and General Counsel. Prior to joining GTECH, Mr. Prescott was a corporate attorney at Edwards Angell (now Locke Lord).
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RUI PINTO PROENCA is a partner at MdME, where he heads the firm’s Corporate|Gaming practice. He has been based in Macau for the past eight years, where he is recognized as one of the leading gaming lawyers. 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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CRISTINA ROMERO DE ALBA is a partner in charge of the international department at LOYRA, a specialised gaming and leisure boutique, present for over 30 years in Latin America and Spain advising governments, operators (online and offline), manufacturers and other stakeholders in the gaming industry in regulatory and corporate matters, including the latest groundbreaking M&A transactions. Romero is ranked in the Chambers Global directory since 2012 and previously served as senior associate at Clifford Chance and as a financial analyst at Credit Suisse Securities in London.
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KIMBERLY MAXSON RUSHTON of Cooper Levenson is immersed in the U.S. gaming market, advising casinos, gaming suppliers and other businesses related to the gaming industry who depend on her guidance in this rapidly changing field of law. She began her career in the Clark County District Attorney's Office from 1993 to 1998 and also served in the Attorney General's Office as Chief of the Las Vegas office and Counsel to the Nevada Gaming Commission from 1998 to 2003, and as Chairman of Nevada's Transportation Services Authority from 2003 to 2007.
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DAVID SMAIL is Executive Vice President & Chief Legal Officer for Scientific Games where he oversees legal strategy and operations. A dynamic, hands-on business leader with more than 20 years’ experience working for global companies, he was most recently with Morgans Hotel Group Co. as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Before that, he served as Executive Vice President and Group General Counsel at Havas S.A., a France-based global advertising and communications services company. Earlier in his career, he was a Partner with the international law firm Hogan Lovells, where he worked in Paris and Washington D.C.
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GIL WHITE is the joint head of HFN’s Gaming department where he counsels the world’s leading internet gaming companies on corporate and commercial issues. His practice focuses on advising clients on the law of online gaming, concentrating primarily on matters pertaining to licensing, regulation, litigation and day-to-day operations. Gil has also coordinated initial public offerings and M&A transactions on behalf of online gaming companies which have proved to be standard-setting in this nascent industry.
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MICHAEL COHEN is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for Playtika Holding Corp. Most recently he was Senior Vice President, Corporate Development, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary for Caesars Acquisition Company, the managing member of Caesars Growth Partners, a joint venture between Caesars Acquisition Company and Caesars Entertainment Corporation. Caesars Growth Partners owns Planet Hollywood Las Vegas, The Linq Las Vegas, Bally’s Las Vegas, the Cromwell, Harrah’s New Orleans and a joint venture interest in Horseshoe Baltimore.
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MARTHA A. SABOL is Co-Chair of the Greenberg Traurig Gaming Practice. She focuses her practice on gaming regulatory and business law, representing national and international casino owners, operators and suppliers in the areas of regulatory compliance, acquisition, licensure, internal investigation matters and corporate counseling. Martha's previous legal experience includes her role as Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary and Chief Compliance Officer with Hyatt Gaming Management, Inc., which owns, manages and consults with casinos in the United States and abroad. Martha brings a business perspective to every matter, drawing on more than 10 years of experience in management, sales and sales leadership from the contact management industry.
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KATIE LEVER is Chief Legal Counsel for The Drew Las Vegas, an integrated property opening in Las Vegas, with responsibility for structuring and managing all legal, regulatory, and compliance functions. Formerly, she was General Counsel and EVP at Baha Mar, a $4.3 billion luxury resort in the Bahamas, where she implemented and managed the legal, compliance, AML, risk, and surveillance functions. Previously, Katie spearheaded the legal strategy for the $1.3B acquisition of SHFL entertainment by Bally Technologies, and, twelve months later, the $5.3B acquisition of Bally Technologies by Scientific Games. Through those transactions, she was General Counsel and EVP of Scientific Games and SHFL entertainment, Inc., and General Counsel and SVP of Legal & Regulatory Affairs at Bally Technologies. Katie was the first General Counsel and EVP of Global Cash Access (now Everi) and was a Partner with the law firm Schreck Brignone (now Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck).
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