WORKSHOPS: Regulatory Management

Richard G. McGee is the principal attorney at the Law Office of Richard G. McGee, LLC in Plymouth, Minnesota. Mr. McGee's practice focuses on protecting the rights of individuals, businesses and tribes. Mr. McGee works with tribal employers on the full range of employment related issues.

Mr. McGee was Assistant General Counsel for the Prairie Island Indian Community. The Prairie Island Indian Community owns and operates Treasure Island Resort & Casino, which employs more than 2,000 employees. Both the Prairie Island Indian Community and Treasure Island Resort & Casino are located in southeast Minnesota.

Before joining the Prairie Island Indian Community, Mr. McGee spent a decade litigating business and employment cases as a lawyer at Arnold, Anderson & Dove in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Those experiences were concentrated in the Midwest, and he also litigated cases on both coasts, as well as cases in southern Texas. Mr. McGee is a graduate of the Oklahoma University Law School located in Norman, Oklahoma.

Dennis Edeal is the Director of Surveillance for the Santa Ana Star Casino in Santa Ana Pueblo, NM. He has worked in Indian Gaming for 14 years in various capacities including Licensing, Investigations and Surveillance. He can be reached at dennise@santaanastar.com

Donna is Tribal Chairwoman of the Tubatulabals of Kern Valley, CEO - NAVA Tech Tribal Consulting, and member of the California State University of Sacramento President's Community Advisory Board.

Her Life Through Services Experience:

• Legislative Advocate for 25 years, supporting Indian Health and Education, Sacred Lands Bill, and develop improved government-to-government working relationships.
• National Council on Urban Indian Health in Washington, D.C. (1997-1999)
• Chairperson of the State's Chief Information Officers Strategic Planning for Information Technology (2001-2002)
• Assisted UCLA with the design of California Health and Information System (CHIS) (1997-1999)
• Sacramento Urban Indian Health Program - Chairperson (1992-2001)
  National Council on Urban Indian Health - Washington, D.C. (1997-1998), Council Member
• California State CIO IT Strategic Planning Committee, Chairperson (2000-2001)
  Former Governor Appointee (Gov. Davis and Schwarzenegger administration) State Department of Rehabilitation
• California Water Resources Tribal Water Plan Communication Committee Member (2007-Currently).

Education:

• B.S. Accounting and MIS, CSUS
• M.S. Computer Science - University of Phoenix
• Project Management - U.C. Davis
• Ph.D. ("in-progress") Leadership and Organizational Behavior - University of Phoenix. Dissertation = "Impact of Indian Gaming on California Tribal Leadership".
  

Alan Bailey has been involved in the criminal justice system for the past 25 years in various capacities. I worked for several different law enforcement agencies in San Diego CA, he was a Licensed Private Investigator and for the past 15 years has been in the Tribal Gaming field. Mr. Bailey has been employed in various positions in both Casino Surveillance and Tribal Gaming Agencies. He is currently the Lead Tribal Gaming Commissioner for the Cahuilla Tribal Gaming Agency. Mr. Bailey also has a private consulting business (Alan Bailey and Associates) that specializes in training and development of Casino Surveillance and Tribal Gaming Agencies. He currently teaches both the on-ground and on-line Casino Surveillance and Security course at San Diego State University. He has been teaching Criminal Justice courses both the undergraduate and master's level at University of Phoenix since 2004. He has a Master's Degree in Security Management and a Paralegal Certificate. He also holds a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) designation from American Society of Industrial Security (ASIS). Mr. Bailey has been directly involved in numerous external and internal theft investigations and is a court qualified expert witness in Card Cheating Scams and Casino Surveillance Digital Recording systems.

Ms. Judy Saez has been in the California Indian Gaming business since 1994. She has held several positions such as Tribal Police Officer, Surveillance Operator, Training Supervisor and Acting Surveillance Director. She is currently a Surveillance Supervisor for Harrah's Rincon Casino & Resort. In her current position, she conducts training in the areas of basic and advanced surveillance techniques, table games protection and has developed a 90-day training program that include detecting advantage players. She currently teaches the on-line Casino Surveillance and Security course at San Diego State University. Additionally, she has been involved in casino expansions, development of new technologies, training techniques, various scams, investigations, and fraudulent documents.

Charles has been in public accounting for over fifteen years primarily serving the gaming and construction industries. He has provided audit, tax and consulting services to a wide range of clients ranging from SEC Registrants, Tribal Governments and casinos, to small closely held businesses. His experience includes conducting audits of companies subject to the provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley both for accelerated and non-accelerated filers. Charles has provided professional services to Native American Tribes for over twelve years including external and internal audit services, and consulting services. Charles’ experience also includes extensive gaming regulatory compliance work in multiple jurisdictions, including Nevada, California, Colorado, Indiana, Illinois, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Oregon. Charles has also provided forensic audit services to clients. Charles is a seasoned professional in the gaming industry and has a demonstrated track record of providing exceptional service to his clients through close interaction and open communication on often complex subject matters. He has been an active instructor of continuing professional education classes on a wide range of auditing and gaming related topics.

Krista is a senior manager in our Las Vegas office with over ten years of experience in public accounting during which time she has specialized in serving gaming industry clients throughout the United States.

Krista has extensive experience in external audit engagements of both commercial and Native American casinos. She has served a number of SEC registrants in the gaming industry, and has also participated in numerous private and public debt offerings. Her experience includes extensive regulatory compliance work in multiple jurisdictions including Nevada, California, Colorado, Indiana, Louisiana, and Mississippi.

Don Romero is a Business and Technology Consultant out of San Diego, CA, and manages a diverse client base in Tribal and casino consulting services. His areas of expertise include:

• Internal Control and Internal Audit
• Fraud Investigation, Assessment & Loss Prevention
• Compliance, MICS & Risk Management
• Technology Audit & Assessments, Systems Selection, Integration & Migration
• Business Process Improvement
• Financial Management, Budgeting & Accountability
• Business Strategy, Economic Development & Diversification
• Training in many facets of Indian Gaming and Administration

Don has over 15 years of experience providing exciting and innovative business solutions to complex and challenging situations throughout the world. Don is a regular speaker in Indian Country on leadership, strategy, customer service, fraud, and ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning).

Don is a dynamic leader helping companies drive revenue growth and strengthen market position. He introduces leading-edge change management, technology and operational competencies to affect positive change with a relentless drive for results. A leader with creative ideas, well-defined vision, reliable intuition, superior judgment and the courage to face challenges.

Don is certified in Internal Audit, Fraud Examination, Financial Audit and Information Systems Audit.

Don graduated from Colorado State University with Bachelor of Science degrees in Accounting and Computer Science Beta Gamma Sigma. He also graduated from the BAI Graduate School of Banking with honors.

Rachel Loudon has been working in the compliance department of Finley & Cook since July, 2003. During her time at the firm, she has had the opportunity to work in nearly every area of casino accounting and compliance and has gained much experience in all areas. At the present time, her responsibilities include assisting casinos in writing policies and procedures, development of compliance programs and Tribal Internal Control Standards, as well as performing compliance reviews of existing casinos throughout the state of Oklahoma and elsewhere. In addition, she supervises the Title 31 Compliance department which includes oversight of staff, drafting and review of departmental procedures, review and implementation of Title 31 regulations, participating in IRS Title 31 audits etc. Through her experience, Rachel has developed a deep understanding of the Title 31 requirements as outlined by regulations and more importantly as interpreted by actual IRS audits.

Ms. Minash has more than 20 years experience working in the gaming regulatory environment. Currently she is serving as the President of Gaming Informatics, a Wisconsin-based technology company that specializes in gaming regulatory software and services. For the past 15 years, she has been responsible for oversight of Indian Gaming regulation in Wisconsin. Ms. Minash served in the dual capacity for the State of Wisconsin as the Director of Indian Gaming and Regulatory Compliance, and Deputy Administrator of the Division of Gaming. Ms. Minash instituted many technological innovations in casino regulation during her career with state government and as president of Gaming Informatics. She served as the President of the North American Gaming Regulators Association from July 2000 to July 2001. Ms. Minash is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin - Madison, with a Bachelor of Business Administration.

Jim has spent the last fifteen years helping businesses build innovative software systems and to fully utilize their IT resources. He is currently the Executive Vice President of Gaming Informatics, a Wisconsin-based technology company specializing in regulatory software and services. Jim has worked with a variety of industries including health care, insurance, and financial services. In all of these, Ross has worked to identify core business needs, and to find efficient and cost effective ways to assist these processes with technology. Through Gaming Informatics, Mr. Ross has created IRIS, the Integrated Regulatory Information System. IRIS provides a unified and flexible platform for casino regulatory applications, giving regulators and operators a single source for managing all of their regulatory requirements. Mr. Ross is a life long Wisconsin native, and holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from UW Madison.

Born in Englewood, Colorado in 1960, Barron Stringfellow was transported to Sin City (Las Vegas) by his mom in 1962. He grew up a Nevada native, his exposure was to gaming, entertainment & (through surveillance) Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Dept. He has been performing magic for over 35 years. (gaming scams was a natural by-product.) He was with Las Vegas Metropolitan PD's youth narcotics task force for 4 1/2 years. He has been in the gaming industry for more than 26 years.

Barron's current position takes him all over the world training surveillance rooms, commissions and state/federal agencies in gaming compliance, integrity & asset protection. he is called upon for undercover and assessment operations as well. Well versed in IGRA, NIGC & minimum internal control standards, he also writes IC's & P&P's.