Regulator Relations Committee
The Regulator Relations Committee assists IAGA with reaching out to gaming regulators and gaming regulator associations including the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) and the Gaming Regulators European Forum (GREF) to foster stronger relationships between IAGA and regulators, including attendance and participation at IAGA’s conferences and other events. The Committee is chaired by CJ Fisher who is supported by co-chairs Robert Fontaine and James Maida.



          

CJ FISHER, Chair 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.
          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.
          BRUCE CAUGHILL is Managing Director (Canada) for Rush Street Interactive, a trusted online gaming company carrying on business exclusively in regulated markets. Previously, he served as Chief Legal Officer with Ontario’s Alcohol and Gaming Commission, providing key legal and policy insight in the development of Canada’s first regulated competitive igaming industry and as Vice President/Legal and Chief Compliance Officer at the Niagara Casinos, Canada’s largest casino operation.
          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.
          RONNIE JONES is a regulatory consultant and currently serves on the US Compliance Committee at Entain. He assumed the role of a consultant in 2020 after closing out his 45th year of public service in Louisiana. In 2013 he was appointed Chairman of the 9 member Louisiana Gaming Control Board, but it was during his previous 33-year career with the Louisiana State Police that he first engaged gaming as public policy. Jones was recognized as North American Regulator of the Year in 2017 by IMGL for his work as Chairman a position that oversaw 15 riverboat properties, the land-based casino in the city of New Orleans, more than 2,000 licensed video poker establishments and four racetrack slot gaming facilities. 
          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 by then Governor Charlie Baker, 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.


          JAMES MAIDA 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.


          CHRISTINE MASINO is the Senior Director 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.