San Diego, California
Confirmed Speakers

As of April 22, 2014

Keynote Speaker

Katherine A. Spilde, Ph.D. MBA, Associate Professor, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, Endowed Chair, Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming, California

Speakers

Frieder Backu, Attorney at Law, SSW Schneider Schiffer Weihermuller, Germany

Steve Bodmer, Deputy General Council, Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians, California

A.G. Burnett, Chairman, Nevada Gaming Control Board, Nevada

Anthony N. Cabot, Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber, Nevada

David Chang, Chief Marketing Officer, Gamblit Gaming, California 

Jonodev Chaudhuri, Acting Chairman, National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington, D.C.

Mark A. Clayton, Shareholder, Lionel Sawyer & Collins, Nevada 

Uri L. Clinton, Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Baha Mar Ltd., Bahamas

Stacey Cohee, Deputy Attorney General, Delaware Division of Gaming Enforcement, Delaware

Tony Coles, Consultant, Jeffrey Green Russell Limited, United Kingdom 

Tiffany Conklin, Commissioner, California Gambling Control Commission, California

Maire Conneely, Senior Associate, A&L Goodbody Solicitors, Ireland

Scott Crowell, Owner, Crowell Law Office - Tribal Advocacy Group, Arizona

Norman DesRosiers, Gaming Consultant, California

James B. Deutsch, Partner, Blitz Bardgett & Deutsch, Missouri 

Frank Donaghue, Vice President Regulatory Affairs, Chief Compliance Officer, Penn National Gaming, Inc., Pennsylvania 

J. Kelly Duncan, Partner, Jones Walker LLP, Louisiana 

Marc H. Ellinger, Partner, Blitz, Bardgett & Deutsch, L.C., Missouri

Douglas Florence, Business Development Director, Avigilon, Nevada

Keith Furlong, CEO, Interactive Gaming Council (IGC), Canada

Violet Golden, Acting Chairman, Virgin Islands Casino Control Commission, Virgin Islands

Marion Goldstein, Executive VP, Corporate Development and General Counsel, Amaya Gaming Group Inc., Canada

Lauren Hammond, Commissioner, California State Gambling Commission, California 

Phil Harju, Tribal Attorney, Cowlitz Indian Tribe, Washington

Stephen M. Hart, Partner, Business Section, Lewis Roca Rothgerber, Arizona

Joerg Hofmann, President, IMGL & Senior Partner, MELCHERS law firm, Germany

Jamie Hummingbird, Cherokee Nation Gaming Commission, Tahlequah, Oklahoma

Dickson Jay, President, CrossPay Services US Inc., Canada

Connie Jones, Director of Responsible Gaming, International Gaming Technology, Nevada

Keith Kaneshiro, Prosecuting Attorney, City of Honolulu, Hawaii 

Matthew Katz, CEO, CAMS LLC, California

Tina Kilmer, Vice President Product Compliance, Bally Technologies, Nevada

Kyle R. Kirkland, President & General Manager, Club One Casino, Inc., California

Morden “Cookie” Lazarus, Partner, Lazarus, Charbonneau, Canada 

Katie S. Lever, General Counsel and Sr. VP of Legal & Compliance, Bally Technologies, Inc., Nevada

Jerome L. Levine, Partner, Holland & Knight LLP, California

Michael Lipton, Q.C., Senior Partner, Dickinson Wright, LLP, Canada 

Daniel Little, Associate Commissioner, National Indian Gaming Commission, Washington D.C.

Richard Lopes, Chairman, California Gambling Control Commission, California 

Kate C. Lowenhar-Fisher, Partner, Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck, Nevada 

G. Dean Luthey, Jr., Senior Partner, Gable Gotwals, Oklahoma

Luiz Felipe Maia, Founding Partner, Oliveira Ramos, Maia E Advogados Associados, Brazil

Stephen Martino, Director, Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, Maryland 

Paige Masters, Associate, Crowe & Dunlevy, Oklahoma 

John Maloney, Principal and General Counsel, Law Offices of John K. Maloney, Nevada 

Quirino Mancini, Head of Media, Sports & Gaming Practice, SCM Lawyers, Italy 

Stephen Martino, Director, Maryland Lottery and Gaming Control Agency, Maryland

D. Michael McBride III, Chair, Indian Law & Gaming Practice Group, Crowe & Dunlevy, P.C., Oklahoma

Donald McGehee, Chief of Alcohol and Gambling Enforcement Division, Michigan Attorney General, Michigan

Alan P. Meister, Ph.D., Principal Economist, Nathan Associates Inc., California

Dana Messina, Chief Financial Officer, Club One Casino, California

Eric Meyerhofer, CEO, Gamblit Gaming, California 

Darrell Miers, Co-founder, Core Partners, California

Robert Miller, Principal, Miller Companies, Illinois

Edwin-Dario Monzon, Partner, Lazarus, Charbonneau, Canada 

Donna B. More, Partner, Ungaretti & Harris, Illinois 

Roger M. Morris, Senior Partner, Lewis Roca Rothgerber LLP, Colorado

Kevin Mullally, Vice President of Government Relations & General Counsel, Gaming Laboratories International, LLC, Missouri

Jamie Nettleton, Partner, Addisons Lawyers, Australia

Jason Noto, Esq., Director of Regulatory Compliance for Online Gaming and Alternative Markets, New Jersey

Ray Patterson, Executive Director, Yocha Dehe Tribal Gaming Agency, California

Joc Pečečnik, Chairman of the Board, Interblock, Slovenia 

Kevin C. Quigley, President and Managing Member, Hamilton Quigley & Twait PLC, Minnesota

John Roberts, Executive Director, Pokagan Gaming Commission, Michigan

Victor Rocha, Owner and Editor, Pechanga.net, California

Tal Itzhak Ron, Chairman, Tal Ron, Drihem & Co. - Law Firm, Israel

I. Nelson Rose, Professor of Law, Whittier Law School, California

Randall Sayre, Gaming Consultant, RES Consulting, Nevada

Stephen D. Schrier, Partner, Blank Rome LLP, New Jersey

Judith A. Shapiro, Esquire, Washington D.C. 

Britt R. Singletary, Partner, Singletary & Thrash P.A, Mississippi 

George Skibine, Counsel, Dentons U.S. LLP, Washington, D.C. 

Robert Smith, Chairman, Pala Band of Mission Indians, California

Heidi McNeil Staudenmaier, Partner, Snell & Wilmer, Arizona

Les Stanley, Executive Director, Rincon Gaming Commission, California

Robert W. Stocker II, Member, Dickinson Wright PLLC, Michigan

Richard Williamson, Sr. Vice President Regulatory Education, BMM Testlabs, Nevada

Troy Woodward, Senior Policy Advisor, Office of Indian Gaming, Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C. 

Michael E. Zatezalo, Managing Partner/Director, Kegler, Brown, Hill & Ritter Co., L.P.A, Ohio

Jane Zerbi, Esq., Law Office of Jane Zerbi, California