Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Conference Advisory Board
Board Member Bios
Executive Committee Courtney Muller, group vice president & show manager, Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Judy Patterson, senior vice president & executive director, American Gaming Association Ernie Stevens, chairman, National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA)
Overall Program Roger Gros, publisher, Global Gaming Business Mike Johnson, director of industry development, Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Keli Wallace, director of special projects, American Gaming Association
Contributing Industry Executives Alan Feldman,senior vice president, Public Affairs, MGM MIRAGE—NEW! Michael Pollock,publisher, Gaming Industry Observer Robert Russell,gaming analyst, Regulatory Management Counselors, P.C. Andrew Smith,president, Vox Populi Communications
Casino Design Julie Brinkerhoff-Jacobs, president & CFO, Lifescapes International Raj Chandnani,director of strategic planning & consulting, WATG Victoria Erickson, principal, Erickson Communications Ellie Hirschfeld, vice president, business development, The Friedmutter Group Jane Lee, director of marketing & business development, Bergman, Walls & Associates, Ltd.—NEW! Linda Roe, vice president, business development & client relations,
Thalden-Boyd-Emery Architects
Compliance, Law & Regulation Patricia Becker, executive director, UNLV International Gaming Institute Wes Ehrecke,president, Iowa Gaming Association Dean Hestermann, corporate director, public affairs, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc. Lloyd D. Levenson, Esq., CEO, Cooper Levenson, Attorneys at Law Eric Schippers, vice president of public affairs & gov't relations, Penn National Gaming
Corporate Social Responsibility Peter Golia, vice president of communications, Oneida Indian Nation—NEW! Sheila Morago,executive director, Arizona Indian Gaming Association—NEW! Lesley Pittman, president, Sierra Strategies, LLC—NEW! Thom Reilly, vice president, community reinvestment and social responsibility, Harrah's
Entertainment, Inc.—NEW!
Entertainment Clinton Billups, president, CFB Productions, Inc. Tom Cantone, vice president of entertainment, Mohegan Sun—NEW! Pat Merl, director of gaming outreach, UNLV International Gaming Institute —NEW!
F&B; Mark Birtha, vice president development & project manager, Marriott Las Vegas Joseph Grimaldi, vice president of food & beverage, Paris & Bally's Resorts & Casinos—NEW!
Finance Joseph Fath, analyst, T. Rowe Price—NEW! Bill Lerner, gaminganalyst, Deutsche Bank—NEW! Bill Newby, managing director, gaming & leisure industries, Banc of America Securities Adam Rosenberg, managing director, Goldman, Sachs & Co.—NEW! Scott Schweinfurth, executivevice president, CFO & treasurer, WMS Industries—NEW!
Gaming Technology Robert Bone, vice president of marketing, WMS Gaming, Inc.—NEW! Brooke Dunn, senior vice president, Shuffle Master, Inc. Michelle Olesiejuk, executive director, Gaming Standards Association Ed Rogich, vice president of marketing, International Game Technology (IGT) Bruce Rowe, senior vice president of business development, Bally Technologies Roy Student, president, Applied Management Strategies—NEW! Claudia Winkler, president, GHI Solutions, Inc.
Global Gaming & Development Jorge Bazan, director ejecutivo, Asociación Latinoamérica de Juegos de Azar (ALAJA) Harmen Brenninkmeijer, CEO, Octavian Fred Gushin, managing director, Spectrum Gaming Group Steve Karoul, president & CEO, Euro-Asia Consultants—NEW! Armin Karu, CEO, Olympic Entertainment Group AS—NEW! Andrew MacDonald, executive vice president, Genting Berhad—NEW! Dean Macomber, president & CEO, Macomber International, Inc. Steve Rittvo, chairman, The Innovation Group of Companies
Human Resources John Ceresani, principal, The Pharos Group, LLC—NEW! Beth Deighan, president, Casino Careers, LLC and Casino Executive Search, LLC—NEW!
Indian Gaming Jason Giles, deputy director & general counsel, National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) Jana McKeag, president, Lowry Strategies Bill Newby, managing director, gaming & leisure industries, Banc of America Securities Kate Spilde-Contreras, Ph.D., managing director, Center for California Native Nations,
University of California Ernie Stebbins, executive director, Washington Indian Gaming Association
Marketing Gary Border, president, Marketing Results, Inc.—NEW! Christine Eickelman, senior director of worldwide marketing, Gaming Laboratories International,
Inc. (GLI) Steve Rosen, senior vice president, marketing, Macau Studio City—NEW! John Schadler, managing partner, Schadler Kramer Group Advertising—NEW!
Players' Clubs & Incentives Jeffrey Compton, president, CDC Consulting—NEW! Randy Fine, managing director, Fine Point Consulting
Racino James Rafferty, president, Rafferty & Associates Doug Shipley, vice president & general manager, Isle of Capri Casino - Biloxi—NEW! Richard Thalheimer, Ph.D., president, Thalheimer Research Associates, Inc.
Retail Mark Birtha, vice president development & project manager, Marriott Las Vegas Elizabeth Blau, founder & CEO, Elizabeth Blau and Associates—NEW!
Security & Surveillance Alan Zajic, security consultant, AWZ Consulting Services
Table Games Tom Gaytan, president, T&P; Gaming—NEW! C.J. Graham, vice president of table games, Palms Casino Resort—NEW! Max Rubin, president, Max Rubin Enterprises—NEW! Jimmy Wike, vice president of table game operations, Caesars Palace—NEW! Mark Yoseloff, Ph.D., chairman & CEO, Shuffle Master, Inc.
