Nominating Committee
The Nominating Committee solicits nominations from the membership for members of the organization to be nominated for election to the Board of Trustees of IAGA and nominations for persons to be elected as officers of the organization. This committee is chaired by IAGA Vice President William Downey.

IAGA VICE PRESIDENT WILLIAM DOWNEY, Chair, is Co-chair of Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck's Gaming group, Bill Downey has built a reputation as one of the most respected attorneys in the gaming industry. With more than 25 years of experience in the Atlantic City and Pennsylvania markets, Bill has been counseling mid-Atlantic casinos and other participants in the casino and hospitality industries on the regulatory, corporate and real estate aspects of their ventures. He has extensive experience in the prosecution of license applications before regulatory bodies, operational issues and financing transactions. 

IAGA SECRETARY SANTIAGO ASENSI is Managing Partner of Asensi Abogados, a gaming and gambling law firm with offices in Spain and Colombia. Asensi provides legal advice to a large number of bookmakers, poker, casino, bingo and skill games operators, software providers, slot suppliers with interests located in Spain and Latin America as well as to gaming jurisdictions. Asensi Abogados was the official advisor of Coljuegos (the Colombian regulator) in the development of the first regulation for online gambling in Latin America.

IAGA TRUSTEE 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.

IAGA TREASURER 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.