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 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.

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.  

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 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. 

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), a non-executive Director of gordonmoody.org.uk/ and a member of the International Compliance Associations Global Practitioner Advisory board.

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. 

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

LARRY IWANSKI is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal Disputes and Investigations in Washington, D.C. He specializes in financial crimes compliance and investigations including Bank Secrecy Act (BSA), anti-money laundering (AML) and Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) programs, trade and export compliance, investigations and remediations, accounting and forensic investigations and classified government matters. He has 25+ years of experience providing organizations with advisory, financial crimes advisory, fraud and investigative services and operational and organizational leadership.

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.

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. 

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.

JONATHAN NABAVI serves as Vice President of Public Policy and Government Affairs for the National Football League (NFL) and is 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.

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. 

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.

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. 

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.