Former Member, Careers & Competition Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Joint Legislative Auditing Committee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Natural Resources & Public Lands Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, PreK-12 Appropriations Subcommittee, Florida State House of Representatives

Former Member, Public Integrity & Ethics Committee, Florida State House of Representatives

Member, Appropriations Committee

Member, Education Committee

Member, Subcommittee on Business and Professions

Vice Chair, Subcommittee on Gaming Control

Member, Subcommittee on Health Quality

Chair, Subcommittee on Higher Education

— Awards:

• Additional Honors & Awards

  2009 In Business Las Vegas 40 Under 40 Award

— Publications:

• It's Not God's Fault(Link)
• CDC Gaming Reports
• May 29, 2014

  Over the past several weeks, most regional gaming companies have reported their first quarter results. The following quote could have been pulled from any number of releases:

  "Our first quarter 2014 performance was impacted by unusually extreme weather conditions across the country, increased competition and soft consumer trends."

  Click on the link to read the rest....

• When The House is Losing: Managing Casinos Through Restructuring(Link)
• Journal of Corporate Renewal
• January 2014
• From 'Players' Club to 'Patron' Club(Link)
• Global Gaming Business Magazine
• May 23, 2012

  Our loyalty programs struggle to incorporate non-gaming spend, and when was the last time you heard of a direct mail program built around non-gaming value?

• A Whole New Ballgame - Why Tribal Casino Restructurings are Changing Quickly(Link)
• Global Gaming Business Magazine
• August 1, 2010

  In this article, three disparate experts--a financial consultant who specializes in casino restructurings, a gaming operator who has improved the operating performance of dozens of distressed properties, and an attorney who specializes in tribal gaming law--have come together to lay out a comprehensive guide to what makes tribal restructurings different, and a game plan for how to proceed.

  Scams of Saviors?(Link)

• Global Gaming Business Magazine
• July 6, 2010

  In the end, working with a firm that doesn't own other properties means that their highest priority is that of their clients. Because of that, firms like this don't have the ability--or interest--in moving players from one property to the next, and certainly don't have conflicting fiduciary duties to lenders.

• Embrace Your Ugliness(Link)
• Global Gaming Business Magazine
• April 30, 2010

  You don't have to have the nicest bricks and mortar in a market to win. Sure, there is some level of quality that is necessary to be open-but once you reach it, there are many, many ways to differentiate yourself.

• Marketing in Troubled Times(Link)
• Global Gaming Business Magazine
• January 5, 2010

  How did an industry that so many said was "recession-proof" end up in its biggest recession ever?

• EBITDUMB?(Link)
• Global Gaming Business Magazine
• November 12, 2009

  In general, our industry is focused on the EBITDA that a property generates. EBITDA stands for Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation, and Amortization expenses. Let's go through each of these. Earnings are that "actual profit" that the board member was asking me about. But why do we remove these other four items?

• It's All About Execution(Link)
• Global Gaming Business Magazine
• April 9, 2009

  Ah, if it were only 2007. There are many gaming CEOs--heck, CEOs from all industries--muttering that under their breath during analyst conference calls and meetings with investors and debtors.

• Lieutenant Governors: The Office and Its Powers(Link)
• The Council of State Governments
• June 1996

  Unified Player Rewards(Link)

• United States 7410422
• Issued August 12, 2008

  Patent securing the mechanism by which customers earn point value in Caesar's Entertainment's Total Rewards Program.

• Methods and Apparatus for Personalized, Interactive Shopping(Link)
• United States US 2003/0171944 A1
• Issued May 31, 2002