Conference Advisory Board

 
Glenn Christenson*
Managing Director, Velstand Investments, Inc., and Chairman, National Center for Responsible Gaming

Peter Collins
Professor, Public Policy Studies, and Director, Centre for the Study of Gambling, University of Salford; and Executive Director, South African National Responsible Gambling Programme

Linda B. Cottler, Ph.D., M.P.H.+
Professor of Epidemiology in Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis; and Chair, Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Research on Gambling Disorders

Jeff Derevensky, Ph.D.+
Professor of Applied/Child Psychology, Associate Professor of Psychiatry, and Director of the Youth Gambling Research and Treatment Clinic, McGill University

Alan Feldman*
Senior Vice President of Public Affairs, MGM MIRAGE

Jon E. Grant, M.D., M.P.H., J.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Co-director of the Impulse Control Clinic, University of Minnesota Medical School

Dean Hestermann
Corporate Director of Public Affairs, Harrah’s Entertainment, Inc.

Nanette Horner
Director of Compulsive and Problem Gambling, Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

Connie Jones
Director of Responsible Gaming, International Game Technology (IGT)

Eileen Luna-Firebaugh, J.D., M.P.A.+
Associate Professor, American Indian Studies Program, University of Arizona

Reece Middleton
Executive Director, Louisiana Association on Compulsive Gambling

Judy Patterson*
Senior Vice President and Executive Director, American Gaming Association

Marc N. Potenza, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Founding Director of the Problem Gambling Clinic, Yale University School of Medicine

Christine Reilly
Executive Director, Institute for Research on Gambling Disorders

Kate Spilde, Ph.D.
Chair, Sycuan Institute on Tribal Gaming, and Associate Professor, School of Hospitality and Tourism Management, San Diego State University

Mark Vander Linden
Coordinator, Iowa Gambling Treatment Program

Harold Wynne+
President, Wynne Resources, Ltd.

*Member or Officer, Board of Directors, National Center for Responsible Gaming
+Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Institute for Research on Gambling Disorders