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.  

JEFFREY CATANZARO is a Principal and US Head of Legal Managed Services for KPMG. With over 25 years of experience spanning legal and consulting roles, Jeff combines deep legal expertise with a strong focus on operational excellence and innovation. A lawyer by trade, his approach integrates cutting-edge solutions with a thorough understanding of organizational challenges and opportunities. Jeff’s extensive background includes delivering transformative results across a wide range of industries. His expertise in process design, contract management, and risk mitigation enables him to craft solutions that optimize operations while addressing complex legal and operational challenges. 

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 Ashurst 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. 

SUE DAWSON  serves as Chief Legal Officer for Light & Wonder, overseeing the legal, compliance, information security, and government relations functions of the Company. Sue is a seasoned executive with more than 25 years of gaming experience across both B2B and B2C operators in a mix of top tier law firms and large private and public gaming organizations. Sue joined Light & Wonder (then Scientific Games) in September 2012. Most recently, Sue served as Senior Vice President and Deputy General Counsel for the Company’s iGaming business, using her expertise to effectively guide the business through significant transformation and growth while managing legal and regulatory risk. 

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.

 

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.

LARRY IWANSKI recently retired after ten years as a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal in Washington, D.C., specializing in financial crimes compliance and investigations including Bank Secrecy Act, anti-money laundering and Office of Foreign Assets Control programs, trade and export compliance, investigations and remediations, accounting and forensic investigations and classified government matters. He is an experienced senior executive with more than 30 years' leadership across financial crime, regulatory oversight, crisis management and national security issues.

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.

STEVEN KASTNER is Vice President of Compliance for International Game Technology (IGT)’s PlayDigital business, where he leads global regulatory strategy and operations across digital gaming and sports betting. He builds and scales compliance organizations, systems, and frameworks that integrate directly into product development and operations—supporting regulatory requirements while enabling speed, innovation, and market access. His work spans product, technology, and regulatory functions, shaping how digital gaming businesses operate in complex, multi-jurisdictional environments. 

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).

DAVID REBUCK is the former Director, New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement and is a current Advisor to IC 360, the American Gaming Association and the Responsible Online Gaming Association. He was named by Governor Chris Christie in April 2011 to be Director of the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement serving until March 1, 2024. He served in the Governor’s Office as a Senior Policy Advisor to Governor Christie from January 2009 until April 2011. Earlier he had served for 23 years as a Deputy Attorney General for New Jersey, specializing in policy guidance and regulatory reform. 

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.

SIMON THOMAS is founder, Executive Chairman and majority shareholder of Hippodrome Casino Limited, the landmark leisure and entertainment complex in Leicester Square. As the West End’s leading entertainment venue, the Hippodrome spans 80,000 ft², employs more than 820 people, and attracts over 32,000 customers each week. It includes three casinos, 10 bars, two restaurants, a theatre hosting Magic Mike Live, a poker suite, outdoor terraces, private dining rooms, Paddy’s sportsbook (a UK first), a barber shop, and more. He is immediate past chairman of the casino industry group within the UK’s Betting and Gaming Council and is a director of the European Casino Association.