The International Center for Responsible Gaming (ICRG) convened last week in Las Vegas and elected Mark Lipparelli as chair of the governing board and bid farewell to Alan M. Feldman. The board also welcomed new members, Birgitte Sand, former executive director of the Danish Gambling Authority, and M. Cristina Romero De Alba, partner at the LOYRA law firm in Madrid Spain.
Mark Lipparelli, the founder of Gioco Ventures LLC, is the past chairman of the Nevada Gaming Commission and Control Board and a past member of the Nevada State Senate. He has served on numerous boards of gaming companies and is the current board chairman of Galaxy Gaming.
The ICRG Board honored outgoing chair, Alan M. Feldman, for his vision, leadership and tireless work on behalf of the ICRG’s mission. Feldman was elected chair emeritus of the ICRG. He is a Distinguished Fellow in Responsible Gaming at the UNLV Harrah Hotel College & International Gaming Institute.
Birgitte Sand served as executive director at the Danish Gambling Authority from 2008 to 2020. She is currently an independent consultant covering gambling legislation and regulation, gambling authorities, player self-exclusion, responsible gambling, market strategies, reporting and the use of gambling data.
M. Cristina Romero De Alba is a partner at the LOYRA law firm in Madrid, Spain. She specializes on advising financial institutions and investors including private equity, operators and suppliers in the gaming and betting industry. She is focused on multi jurisdiction and cross border transactions as well as regulatory and licensing proceedings in the United States, Latin America, the European Union and the United Kingdom.
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