PROFESSIONALS
* (Denotes In Memoriam)
Alex Macey, CEO & Founder, Gamvisory Group, England, UK
Adrian Crossley, Barrister, Thomas More Chambers / Cornwall Street Barristers, UK; Fellow, Centre for Social Justice, UK
Arnie and Sheila Wexler, Wexler Associates, NJ / FL
Alan Feldman, Distinguished Fellow in Responsible Gaming, UNLV IGI, Las Vegas, NV
Anthony Cabot, Professor, Esq., Distinguished Fellow of Gaming Law, UNLV Boyd School of Law, Las Vegas, NV
Anthony Wang, Esquire, Las Vegas, NV
Alex Blaszczynski, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Sydney, Australia
Alex Weldon, Managing Editor, PokerScout, Nova Scotia
Alexander Lewis, Founder, The Invisible Addiction Podcast, UK
Adrian Sladdin, Seventh Wave Corporate Training & Enviro Education, Ltd., London, UK
Andrew Tottenham, Managing Director Tottenham & Co, International Gaming Consultant, UK
Andrew Walsh, MSW, LSW, NJ Family and Addiction Institute, NJ
Bobby Kahler, Regional Director Marketing Operations, Caesars Entertainment Corp., Atlantic City Region, NJ
Bo Bernhard, Ph.D., Vice President of Economic Development, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Becky Harris, (Former Senator), Distinguished Fellow in Gaming and Leadership, Office of Economic Development, UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Bill Pascrell III, Esq., Partner, Princeton Public Affairs Group, Inc./Strategic Advisor/Public & Government Affairs Professional/ Lobbyist, NJ
Judge Brendan Sheehan — Judge, Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas, Ohio; led Ohio’s gambling diversion program in Cuyahoga County
Brett Abarbanel, Ph.D., Executive Director, UNLV International Gaming Institute, Las Vegas, NV
Brianne Doura-Schawohl, Founder and CEO, Doura-Schawohl Consulting LLC, Reston, VA
Brian Hatch, Creator/Host of ALL IN: The Addicted Gambler’s Podcast, MI
Bea Aikens, BS, Founder, Lanie’s Hope, Virginia
Charles P. (CP) Mirarchi, III, Esq., ICGC-II, BACC, LCADC, LPC, Board Cert Prof Counselor, TheGamblingCounselor.com, Philadelphia, PA*
Carol O’Hare, Executive Director (Retired), Nevada Council on Problem Gambling, Las Vegas, NV
Carolene Layugan, Caesars Director of Responsible Gaming, Las Vegas, NV
Connie Jones, AGEM Director of Responsible Gaming, Las Vegas, NV
Camille Bloomberg, LPC, LCADC, ATR, CPS, Private Practitioner, NJ
Carol Spiker, LAC, KCGC, Retired, Kansas Dept of Aging and Disability Services, Kansas
Carolyn Hawley, Ph.D., Virginia Commonwealth University, Virginia
Celina Levy, Executive Director, Governor’s Council on Substance Use Disorder, NJ
Chan Lengsavath, Chief, Tax and License Division, Nevada Gaming Control Board, Las Vegas, NV
Rep. Chris Stearns — Washington State Representative; sponsor of HB 2055, the Washington Gambling Treatment Diversion Court Program bill (2024)
Christina Gray, Indiana Council on Problem Gambling, Indiana
Daniel Umfleet, CEO & Founder, Kindbridge, Denver, CO
Dan Trolaro, MS, Co-Managing Director, IC360, US
David Mee-Lee, M.D., Retired, DML Training and Consulting, CA
Dayvid Figler, Esq., McLetchie Law, Las Vegas, NV
David Yeager, Advocate for Veterans in Gambling Crisis, Reading, PA
Deborah Therkorn, MA, LAC, Counselor and Adjunct Professor, NJ*
Denise Quirk, MA, MFT, LADC, NCGC-II, CPGC-S, Red Hawk Counseling, NV
Derek Longmeier, Executive Director, Problem Gambling Network of Ohio, OH
Diana Goode, Executive Director, Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling, CT
Don Weinbaum, MBA, LCADC, CCJP, ACGC, Clinical Consultant, Former President, NJ Public Health Association; Historian, Association of Professionals Treating Problem Gambling, NJ
Donald Hallcom, Ph.D., NJ DHS, Division of Mental Health & Addiction Services, NJ
Douglas Crawford, Las Vegas, NV
Elizabeth Lanza, Director of Office of Compulsive and Problem Gambling of PA Gaming Control Board, Philadelphia, PA
Eric Randazzo, Marketing and Communications Specialist, The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, FL
Eva Wang, M.D., Retired, Southern Nevada Adult Mental Health System, Las Vegas, NV*
Felicia Grondin, MPA, CPM, Executive Director, Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey
Frances Gizzi, LCSW, C-CATODSW, ICGC-II, Problem Gambling Therapist, NJ
Frank L. Greenagel II, MPAP, MSW, LCSW, LCADC, CASAC, ICADC, ACSW, CJC, CCS, Greenagel Counseling Services, NJ
Glenn Osowski, ICGC-II, CPSS, Vocational Rehabilitation Readjustment Counselor, Healthcare for Homeless Veterans and Therapeutic Supported Employment Services, VA Ann Arbor Health Care System, Michigan
Gloria Block, MS Ed., NY Council on Problem Gambling, APTPG, NY
Greta Coe, Problem Gambling Services Manager, Oregon Health Authority, Health Systems Division, Portland, OR
Harry Levant, J.D., ICGC-I, Director of Gambling Policy, Public Health Advocacy Institute, Northeastern University School of Law
Howard J. Shaffer, PhD, CAS, Retired (formerly Harvard Medical School / Division on Addiction, Cambridge Health Alliance)
I. Nelson Rose, Professor Emeritus, Whittier College, California
Janet Miller, MS, LAC, CCGC, CCDP-D, AADC, Executive Director, Council on Alcoholism & Drug Abuse of Northwest Louisiana (CADA), LA
Jeffrey Derevensky, Ph.D., Professor, McGill University, Quebec, Canada
Jeffrey Wasserman, JD, ICGC-II, CPRS, Judicial Outreach & Development Director, Delaware
Jennifer Kruse, Executive Director, The Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling, FL
Jennifer Davis-Walton, MA, Director of Gambling Services, Virginia Partnership for Gaming & Health, Virginia Commonwealth University, VA
Jeremy Phillips KC, Licensing and Disciplinary, Gambling, Sports and Professional Conduct, UK
Jeremy Wampler, LCSW, ICGC-II, BACC, LADC, Behavioral Health Clinical Supervisor, DMHAS Problem Gambling Services, Connecticut
Joe Zanzonico, J.D., Treatment Advocate at Recovery Centers of America
Jody Bechtold, LCSW, ICGC, IGDC,PC, The Better Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
John Hanamirian Esq., Hanamirian Law Firm, NJ
John J. White, LPC, LCADC, ACS, Gambling Disorder Program Manager, DMHAS, NJ
Jon Grant, M.D., J.D., M.P.H., Professor of Psychiatry, University of Chicago, IL
Joseph Bufalino, Executive Director – Responsible Gambling, Marina Bay Sands, Singapore
Josephine Bonomo — GTDC Court Coordinator, Eighth Judicial District Court, Clark County, Las Vegas, NV
Josh Ercole, Executive Director, PA Council on Compulsive Gambling, PA
Joshua Krakow, Esq., Former Judicial Law Clerk, Las Vegas / NJ
Judith Glynn, M.S., President, PRET Solutions, Responsible Gambling Trust, Ontario, Canada
Julie Hynes, MA, RD, CPS, Director of Responsible Gaming, DraftKings
Kaitlin Brown, LPC, LADC, ICGC II, BACC, Senior Director of Programs & Services, Connecticut Council on Problem Gambling
Kayte Conroy, Ph.D., Mapleview Center, LLC, Clinical Associate Professor, University of NY at Buffalo, NY
Keith F. Pickard, Former Nevada Senator, Founding Partner, Nevada Family Law Group, Las Vegas, NV
Keith Whyte, Founder, Safer Gambling Strategies; Responsible Gaming Strategic Adviser, FanDuel
Ken Litwak, MS, CADC, ICGC-II, CCTP, DRCC, Counselor, Kindbridge Therapy, NJ
Kenneth Saucier, MSW, LCS, Network Services Coordinator, State of Louisiana, LA
Kenneth Strait, Retired Municipal Court Judge, Gambling Counselor, Peer Recovery Specialist, Program Counselor, NJ
Kristine Kuzemka, Esq., Lawyers Concerned for Lawyers, Las Vegas, NV
Larry Ashley, Ph.D., Professor, Michigan*
Lawrence Lustberg, Esq., Director of Gibbons, P.C., NJ
Lia Nower, JD, Ph.D., Director of Rutgers University Center for Gambling Studies, NJ
Justice Linda Bell — Justice, Nevada Supreme Court; second presiding judge of Nevada’s Gambling Treatment Diversion Court
Linda Graves, PsyD, ICGC-II, Executive Director (Retired), National Association of Administrators for Disordered Gambling Services, CA
Lori Rugle, Ph.D., ICGC-II, BACC, Clinical Psychologist, OH
Luis Del Orbe, MPA, CSW, Assistant Executive Director, Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey, NJ
Marc Lefkowitz, ICGC-II, BACC, Director Program Management, Kindbridge, Inc., AZ
Judge Maria Gall — Presiding Judge, Gambling Treatment Diversion Court, Eighth Judicial District Court, Dept 9, Las Vegas, NV
Judge Mark Farrell — Retired Judge; ran the first gambling treatment diversion court in the United States, a pilot program in Amherst, New York, 2001–2013*
Martin Lycka, Vice President of Institutional Affairs, Oddin.gg
Matt Morris, Esq., Holland & Hart, Las Vegas, NV
Maureen Greeley, Evergreen Council on Problem Gambling, WA
Melanie White, Fraud & Responsible Gaming Expert, Malta
Melissa Etherington, Partnerships & Business Development, Gamban, England, UK
Michael Auer, Ph.D., Director, NECCTON, LTD., Austria
Michael Burke, Former Executive Director, Michigan Association on Problem Gambling, MI
Michael Pollock, Senior Policy Advisor, Spectrum Gaming Group, NJ
Michelle Malkin, J.D., Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Criminal Justice and Criminology and Director of the Gambling Research and Policy Initiative, East Carolina University, NC
Milan Karna, Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, OH
Mina Hazar, MA, Manager, Youth Gambling Awareness Program, YMCA of Greater Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nancy Murray, Problem Gambling Services Program Manager, Rhode Island Lottery, RI*
Nick Phillips, Former Founder & CEO, Gambling Guardian, Wales, UK
Naoyuki Nishimura, M.D., Ph.D., Representative Director CEO, Japan Sustainable Responsible Gaming Council, Japan
Olga Balakova, MA, NCC, LCADC, LAC, Private Practitioner, NJ
Owen Baily, Peer Mentor, NHS National Problem Gambling Clinic, UK
Pam Koopman, Executive Director, Arizona Council on Compulsive Gambling, AZ
Patrick Willard, Director of Policy & Advocacy, National Council on Problem Gambling, Washington, D.C.
Paul Buck, CEO, EPIC Global Solutions, London, England, UK
Paul Pellizzari, Vice President Global Social Responsibility, Hard Rock International, FL
Richard Schuetz, ABD Ph.D. Economics, B.S. Business, M.A. Philosophy, M.A. Finance, CEO, American Bettors’ Voice, Pennsylvania
Raymond Ortiz, Esq., Senior Attorney, New Jersey Lawyer Assistance Program, NJ
Rev. Janet Jacobs, B.A., CCGSO, IGCCB, Founding Director, Gambling Recovery Ministries, IN
Rex Stock, President & CEO, RDS, Inc.
Dr. Robert Custer* — Psychiatrist; co-designed Nevada’s first problem gambling treatment program at Charter Hospital, Las Vegas, in 1986
Dr. Robert Hunter* — Founder, Problem Gambling Center (now the Dr. Robert Hunter International Problem Gambling Center), Las Vegas, NV
Robert Ladouceur, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, Université Laval, Quebec, Canada
Roger Gros, Publisher, RG Journal; Editor-at-Large, Global Gaming Business, NV
Rory Reid, Ph.D., LCSW, ICGC-II, Clinical Director, Las Vegas Gambling Addiction Treatment Center; Assistant Professor of Psychiatry (part-time), UNLV, Las Vegas, NV
Rick Berman, Behavioral Health, Problem Gambling Consulting, Portland, OR
Robert Jacobson, Executive Director, California Council on Problem Gambling, CA
Ruben M. Robles, MS, Health Program Specialist/Educator, Office of Problem Gambling, California Department of Public Health, CA
Hon. Scott Frederick, Former Magistrate Judge, Ohio, LLM Gaming Law
Stefanie Hui, Ph.D., Behavioral Health Administrator, City of Las Vegas, NV
Stephanie Goodman — Executive Director, Dr. Robert Hunter International Problem Gambling Center, Las Vegas, NV
Stephen Aupy, Business Development Manager, Mindway AI, England, UK
Stephen Block, CPGC, ICGC-II, NYCPG, APTPG, President, NY Council on Problem Gambling, NY
Steve Crosby, JD, Co-Founder, The Civic Action Project; Former Chairman, Massachusetts Gaming Commission, MA
Steve Ruddock, Editor in Chief, Gaming Law Review, Director, BettingUSA.com, MA
Steven P. Perskie, Esq., Special Advisor, Atlantic City Mayor’s Office, NJ
Sue McNabb, JD, Former Executive Director, International Masters of Gaming Law, LA
Sue Schneider, Co-Founder, Defy the Odds, MO
Susan Sheridan Tucker, Executive Director, Northstar Problem Gambling Alliance, Minnesota
Ted Hartwell, MA, Associate Research Scientist Emeritus, Desert Research Institute, Las Vegas, NV
Timothy Fong, M.D., Professor of Addiction Psychiatry, UCLA, California
Tony O’Reilly, Gambling Addiction Counselor, Co-Author “Tony10: A Story of a Chronic Gambling Addiction”, Ireland
Tracy Parker, Senior Vice President, Accreditation, Advisory and Insights, Responsible Gambling Council, Ontario, Canada
Yvonne Lis, ABA and Financial Planner, Reading PA
