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Caitlin McGarry
Caitlin McGarry is assistant editor of Global Gaming Business magazine and assistant editor of Casino Connection Nevada.
Authors
Carl J. Artman
Carl J. Artman is a shareholder in Godfrey & Kahn’s Indian Nations and Environmental & Energy practice groups. Prior to joining Godfrey & Kahn, Artman was the assistant secretary of Indian affairs for the United States Department of the Interior in Washington, D.C. He also served as the associate solicitor for Indian Affairs at the department. Prior to the appointments, Artman was chief legal counsel for the Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin in Green Bay. Artman can be reached at cartman@gklaw.com.
Dave Palermo
Dave Palermo is a former award-winning newspaper reporter and editor. He currently is a freelance writer and media consultant. He can be reached at dgpalermo@aol.com.
David G. Schwartz
David G. Schwartz (www.dieiscast.com) is the director of the Center for Gaming Research at UNLV and the author of several books, including his most recent, Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling.
Jacob L. Coin
Jacob Coin is executive director of public affairs for the San Manuel Band of Serrano Mission Indians. He is a citizen of the Hopi Tribe of Arizona and a member of the Tobacco Clan from the village of Kykotsmovi.
Judith Shapiro
Judith Shapiro is a Washington, D.C. attorney specializing in Indian law. She has provided input into the process of the NIGC’s development of Class II regulations. Shapiro can be reached at jshapirolaw@earthlink.net.
Kate Spilde Contreras, PH.D.
Kate Spilde is the executive director of the Center for California Native Nations at the University of California-Riverside Palm Desert Graduate Center. She can be reached at kates@ucr.edu.
Katharine Spilde Contreras & Jonathan B. Taylor
Kate Spilde Contreras, Ph.D, is endowed chair of the Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming at San Diego State University, where she is also an associate professor in the School of Hospitality and Tourism Management. Previously, Contreras was executive director of the Center for California Native Nations at UC-Riverside and was also a senior research associate at Harvard University’s Kennedy School of Government. Prior to her appointment at Harvard, she was the director of research for the National Indian Gaming Association. In addition, Contreras was a policy analyst and writer for the National Gambling Impact Study Commission, a federal commission that produced a comprehensive study of U.S. gambling policy for Congress in 1999.
Jonathan B. Taylor is president of Taylor Policy Group, Inc. He is an economist with expertise in natural resources, gaming, and American Indian development. He provides counsel to tribes and bands in the United States and Canada consisting of public policy analysis, strategic advice, and economic research. He has authored or supported expert testimony in litigation and other public proceedings for a number of Native American groups.
The original paper complete with citations is available from the authors: kspilde@mail.sdsu.edu and jonathan@taylorpolicy.com.
Marjorie Preson
Marjorie Preston is a contributing editor of Global Gaming Business magazine and managing editor of Casino Connection Atlantic City.
Mark Elmore
a 25-year casino industry veteran, is a principal of Gaga Market-ing, a full-service branding, advertising and marketing firm specializing in regional casinos and tribal gaming. For more information, visit gaganation.com or email mark@gaganation.com.
Matt Sodl & Steve Rittvo
Matt Sodl is president, managing director and co-founder of Innovation Capital, an investment banking firm headquartered in Los Angeles. The firm has a practice dedicated to the gaming, leisure and hospitality industries where it provides expert merger and acquisition, corporate finance, restructuring and valuation advisory services to middle market companies in the $20 million to $500 million value range.
Steve Rittvo is chairman of the Innovation Group of Companies, five affiliated firms providing consulting, investment banking, management services, marketing and development services to the gaming, leisure and hospitality industries.
Michael J. Anderson and Patrick R. Bergin, Partners
Michael Anderson is a partner with the AndersonTuell law firm in Washington, D.C. He has practiced law for over 20 years, and has served for the past six years as outside legal counsel to more than a dozen American Indian tribes. Prior to his most recent tenure in the private sector, Anderson served for eight years in the U.S. Department of the Interior as associate solicitor for Indian affairs and as deputy assistant secretary for Indian affairs. He has also served as associate counsel and general counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, Special Committee on Investigations. His practice areas include advocacy before federal agencies, legislative advocacy, counseling on all facets of the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, trust land acquisition, counseling, tribal gaming commission counseling and National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) counseling. Anderson is a member of the Muskogee (Creek) Nation.
Patrick Bergin is a partner with the AndersonTuell law firm in Washington, D.C. He is an advocate for American Indian tribal governments before the United States Congress and state and federal agencies. He currently is registered to lobby before Congress on behalf of a number of American Indian tribal governments. Previously, he served as a senior staff member for a member of the California state legislature.
Roger Gros
Roger Gros is publisher of Casino Connection International, LLC. Global Gaming Business magazine, Casino Connection Atlantic City and Casino Connection Nevada are among the monthly publications Gros publishes. Prior to joining CCI, Gros was president of Inlet Communications, an independent consulting firm. He was vice president of Casino Journal Publishing Group from 1984-2000, and held virtually every editorial title during his tenure. Gros was editor of Casino Journal, the National Gaming Summary and the Atlantic City Insider, and was the founding editor of Casino Player magazine. He was a co-founder of the American Gaming Summit and the Southern Gaming Summit conferences and trade shows. He is the author of the best-selling book, How to Win at Casino Gambling (Carlton Books, 1995), now in its third edition. Gros was named “Businessman of the Year” for 1998 by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce.
Stephen J. Szapor, Jr.
As a senior partner of the Innovation Group of Companies, Steve Szapor has provided high-level research, analysis, strategic planning, finance, marketing, operational and management expertise to clients around the world. A 23-year veteran of the gaming, entertainment and hospitality industries, he currently serves as president of the Innovation Group and Innovation Management Services, and is also an active senior owner of the organization's other affiliates-Innovation Capital, Innovation Marketing and Innovation Project Development. He has worked with numerous tribes throughout the country on both gaming and non-gaming strategic developments. For more information, he can be reached via szapor@theinnovationgroup.com.
