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CONFIDENTIAL FALL 2020 Board of Directors Meeting
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2020 STRATEGIC ACCOMPLISHMENTS ������������������������������������������������������������������������������� . 3
SPEAKER BIOGRAPHIES ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� . 14
BOARD OF DIRECTORS ROSTER ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� . 15
MEMBER LIST ����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� . 18
ANTI-TRUST COMPLIANCE POLICY AND GUIDELINES ������������������������������������������������� . 20
RESOLUTIONS����������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� . 22
Exhibit A. Fall 2019 Meeting Minutes��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� 23
STATEMENT OF ACTIVITIES ��������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������������� . 30
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
A Note from the CEO
Dear AGA Board of Directors:
AGA board meetings are always important, but this year we are convening virtually at an important time for our
nation and for our industry.
As we meet, a consequential lame duck session of Congress is underway, more than 60 newly elected freshman
(including at least 45 from gaming states) are preparing for the 117th Congress, and President-elect Biden’s
transition team is building a new administration ahead of the inauguration on January 20, 2021.
Of course, we’re also meeting while the nation grapples with a second wave of COVID-19, the implications of
which are hitting close to home for all of us as new mandates for reclosure and capacity restrictions are
implemented to try to curb the spread of the virus. While we may be socially distant, we are together in
addressing the unprecedented challenges we’ve faced as an industry throughout 2020. That’s true not only
because of the impact the pandemic has on our daily lives, but because the pressures our industry continues
to face are unrelenting.
CDC-discouraged holiday travel notwithstanding, Americans remain hesitant to get back on airplanes and stay
in hotels, the meeting and conventions business that supports our integrated resorts has been shuttered,
uncertainty slowed the pipeline for product sales, and the investments you are all making to ensure employee
and customer safety are significant.
But at the risk of being Pollyannaish, I do see reasons for optimism. Despite persistent challenges, our
communities are healthier because of their gaming partners, our team members are getting back to work, and
state and tribal governments are realizing revenues that had dried up throughout Q2. This next year will be
critical for the industry, and you can be sure that your association is strong and focused on delivering for you,
just as we did throughout 2020.
Earlier this year, the AGA scored a historic first for the gaming industry: ensuring our members were included
in the CARES Act and the hundreds of millions of dollars in relief that had been denied to us in every previous
federal stimulus package.
We took appropriate and significant austerity measures as the pandemic’s impact on the global economy
took hold, making smart decisions about how to best invest your resources. Beyond the remarkable results
in the stimulus fight, we made tremendous progress on industry priorities and safeguarded the long-term
viability of the association. We advanced responsibility in gaming and payments modernization; pivoted to offer
educational content and convening opportunities through webinars and a virtual G2E program; launched new
research and communication efforts to advance industry priorities and inform members’ decision-making
during this challenging time; and much more. None of which would have been possible without the hard work
of a talented, dedicated staff.
There has never been a more important time for a strong industry advocate, and we’re up for the task. As we
continue our evolution from response to reopening to recovery, the AGA will be with you every step of the way.
Thank you for your continued support of the AGA and your active participation in today’s meeting.
Bill Miller
President and CEO
American Gaming Association
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Agenda
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION • BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
DECEMBER 4, 2020 • 8:30 AM PT
Chairman’s Welcome
Trevor Croker, Managing Director and CEO, Aristocrat Technologies
Election Implications and Policy Discussion
Chris Cylke, Senior Vice President, Government Relations, American Gaming Association
Kirk Blalock, Partner, Fierce Government Relations
Steve Elmendorf, Partner & Co-Founder, Subject Matter
President’s Report
Bill Miller, President and CEO, American Gaming Association
Research Update
David Forman, Senior Director, Research, American Gaming Association
Reimagining G2E 2021
Bill Miller, President and CEO, American Gaming Association
Next Steps & Adjournment
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
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NAVIGATING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
In March, the AGA’s focus pivoted to navigating the gaming industry through the COVID-19 pandemic
from crucial advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill to research understanding the pandemic’s impact and
crafting a narrative on recovery to convening the membership and association virtually. The results of
AGA’s efforts provided needed relief, informed reopening and recovery, and advanced our industry’s
message on safely reopening.
ENACTMENT OF THE CARES ACT
• Led advocacy efforts early in the COVID-19 pandemic to Gambling Compliance
successfully ensure that gaming was eligible for the economic relief $2trn Coronavirus Bill
provided in the CARES Act, unlike in previous federal responses to Makes Billions in Loans
natural disasters and financial crises that excluded gaming
Available to U.S. Gaming
companies from assistance available to the rest of the business
Companies
community.
• Critical provisions of the CARES Act for gaming included:
– Access to emergency liquidity.
– Tax relief for gaming businesses.
– Support for small businesses.
– Relief for tribal communities.
– Tourism grants for economic revitalization.
– Enhancements to unemployment insurance.
GAMING ELIGIBILITY FOR PAYCHECK PROTECTION PROGRAM
• Engaged the administration on the Paycheck Protection Program The Washington Post
(PPP)—including sending a letter to the President—and worked After Lobbying Push,
closely with a bipartisan, regionally diverse group of Congressional Casinos Are Eligible for
lawmakers to successfully compel the Small Business Small-Business Funds
Administration and Department of Treasury to issue revised
Under New Stimulus Rules
regulatory guidelines on April 24.
• Letters from members of Congress included:
– The Bipartisan Nevada House Delegation
– Representative Guy Reschenthaler (R-PA) - Co-Chair of the Congressional Gaming Caucus
– Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Michael Bennet (D-CO)
– Senators Martha McSally (R-AZ), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Kevin Cramer (R-ND)
– Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA)
– Representative Greg Gianforte (R-MT)
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SECURING ADDITIONAL RELIEF FOR THE GAMING INDUSTRY
• Continue to seek additional relief measures, outlined in a September letter to Capitol Hill, to preserve
and restore the jobs, tax revenue, and the commercial and tribal economic support our communities
depend on, including:
– Targeted and temporary liability protections for responsible operators.
– Enhancing the Employee Retention Tax Credit by increasing the credit to 80 percent from 50 percent;
increasing the wage base to $15,000/quarter for up to three quarters from $10,000/year; easing the
qualifying rules for revenue decline; including health benefits in the definition of qualified wages;
and allowing businesses that receive a PPP loan to qualify for the credit.
– Accelerating the travel and tourism sector’s recovery by providing
tax incentives to encourage business meetings and conventions Associated Press
and by allowing businesses to fully deduct the cost of ordinary Still Hampered by Virus,
and necessary business expenses at restaurant, hospitality, and U.S. Casinos Want Aid in
entertainment facilities.
Recovering
– Implementing a tax credit for the purchase of personal protective
equipment.
– Supporting vital economic support for tribal communities by extending the lifeline for Coronavirus
Relief Fund (CRF) use to December 31, 2021, and providing additional flexibility for tribal
governments to use the CRF to replace lost revenue.
AMPLIFYING GAMING’S VOICE THROUGH COALITIONS
• Joined five association and business coalitions to advocate for the gaming industry’s key legislative
priorities, including:
– America’s Recovery Fund Coalition, an alliance of more than 100 trade associations and business
organizations advocating for a grant-based federal assistance program to power the resilience of
American enterprise. Together, the Coalition’s members span 30 business sectors and employ 45
percent of the nation’s workforce — more than 58 million workers.
– Pushed efforts to create a targeted and limited safe harbor from liability for companies that
implement federal public health guidelines related to the transmission of COVID-19 with more than
100 hospitality, travel, restaurant, retail, gaming, attractions, and entertainment industries.
– Urged Congress to quickly enact temporary and targeted liability relief legislation related to the
COVID-19 pandemic with more than 200 trade groups.
– Asked congressional tax writers to allow businesses the option to monetize their general business
credits to aid economic recovery, which provides immediate access to a source of liquidity, with
more than 100 industry associations and chambers of commerce.
– Called on Congress to provide additional support ahead of 2020 Election as part of the COVID Relief
Now Coalition, a group of nearly 250 public and private sector groups across the country.
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MEASURING AND COMMUNICATING COVID-19’S IMPACT
• Created proprietary COVID-19 resources to provide context on the health and recovery of the industry.
These resources provided members with data to inform their own reopening actions and proved central
to our regular member calls on reopening.
– Launched an ongoing monthly casino visitation barometer in
March to gauge Americans’ willingness to return to casinos and Cheddar
their perceptions of casino health risks.
Casino Industry Calls
– Provided members with a bi-weekly snapshot from May to July on Washington for
of consumers’ evolving perceptions around COVID-19, their Economic Support
willingness to return to casinos and other travel and entertainment
options, and what it would take to increase their comfort with a
return to normal activities.
– Produced two rounds of focused surveys of past-year casino goers to understand their specific
health concerns around casinos, what health and safety efforts undertaken by casinos would be
most or least reassuring, and what efforts would have an outsized negative impact on the casino
experience.
• Produced estimates around COVID-19’s economic impact on the industry and its workforce, helping to
build our case on Capitol Hill for economic assistance and other support.
• Tracked the operating status of each casino
property in the country and created a real-time
map of casino openings and closures. By
mid-November, the map had been viewed
nearly 750,000 times, providing policymakers,
investors, media, and consumers with an
up-to-date view of the industry’s reopening.
• Developed tools and resources to guide AGA
members, industry, media, and the general
public through the COVID-19 crisis, including: COVID-19 Casino Tracker
– AmericanGaming.org COVID-19 resource
page—updated regularly with best
practices, government and public health agency guidance, and gaming gives back stories—which
reached nearly 20,000 visitors.
– Best practices from AGA member health and safety protocols to inform regulators, the public, and
media of the industry’s approach to responsible reopening.
– COVID-19 grassroot advocacy playbooks to support CARES Act advocacy efforts for policymakers in
14 key gaming states.
– Factsheets and other collateral outlining COVID-19’s significant impact on the gaming industry, our
employees, and communities to support advocacy efforts on Capitol Hill.
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• Created and launched Cards on the Table with
Bill Miller video series featuring AGA member
CEOs discussing the pandemic’s impact on
gaming, recovery, and responsibly reopening
as part of AGA’s initiative to elevate gaming
industry’s response to COVID-19.
CONNECTING OUR MEMBERSHIP VIRTUALLY
• Created the AGA Best Practices Working
Group, which engaged more than 40 members
for weekly discussions on reopening and Cards on The Table with Bill Miller & Matt King, FanDuel
recovery.
• Hosted 11 webinars to deliver high-value content to more than 1,100 members and non-member
attendees on a variety of topics, including liability, safety, research, and payments modernization.
• Convened eight AGA member groups virtually during the pandemic to drive conversation on industry
priorities around critical topics, including COVID-19 relief, anti-money laundering (AML) best practices,
regulatory modernization efforts, continued sports betting expansion, and responsibility.
ADVANCING GAMING POLICY PRIORITIES IN WASHINGTON
While COVID-19 advocacy took top priority, the AGA continued to press forward on a number of key
federal gaming priorities on Capitol Hill and within the administration.
• Worked with members of the Congressional Gaming Caucus, led by
Reps. Dina Titus (NV-01), Guy Reschenthaler (PA-14), and Darin Las Vegas Review-Journal
LaHood (IL-18), to request the U.S. Treasury Department to raise Gaming Association
the threshold for reporting slot tax winnings from $1,200 to $5,000, Renews Request for Higher
including:
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– Congressional Gaming Caucus letter to the Department of
Treasury that outlined why the Treasury should use its regulatory
authority to raise the threshold.
– Department of Treasury response showing it’s receptive to our concerns.
– Fiscal Year 2021 Financial Services and General Government Appropriations bill that passed the
House of Representatives included report language that the AGA requested regarding the slot tax
threshold.
• Worked successfully with members to block the inclusion of a Yucca Mountain amendment during the
House Appropriations Committee’s consideration of Energy and Water funding bill.
• Effectively advocated for the Department of Commerce to clarify its broadly written WeChat executive
order to only apply to Americans within the United States using WeChat, allowing U.S. companies to
continue utilizing the platform in Macau.
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BUILDING GAMING CHAMPIONS AND RELATIONSHIPS WITH KEY ALLIES
The AGA’s advocacy efforts benefit from gaming champions at the federal, state, and grassroots level.
Our continued focus on building champions and cultivating relationships with key allies proved essential
in advancing gaming policy priorities in 2020.
• Helped the Congressional Gaming Caucus grow its membership to
35 bipartisan members of Congress from 18 different states and Gaming Intelligence
continued to engage the group throughout the year to advance US Representatives
gaming priorities. Relaunch Congressional
• Hosted caucus co-chairs, Reps. Dina Titus (NV-1) and Guy Gaming Caucus
Reschenthaler (PA-14), to participate in an AGA member-only
webinar to provide an update on congressional efforts in response to
the COVID-19 pandemic.
• Developed a comprehensive political action committee (PAC) giving strategy that focuses on federal
candidates who understand and play an active role in advancing AGA policy goals. While a difficult year
for candidate and PAC fundraising due to pandemic restrictions, the AGA PAC has been able to
support our gaming champions both virtually and with limited in-person interaction.
• Launched our grassroots outreach program to engage and inform individuals about the issues
impacting the gaming industry and will serve as the basis for a more robust grassroots program in 2021.
• Cultivated relationships with state gaming association leaders, allowing for better information sharing on
potential state policies that could be harmful to licensees, and prompted a number of the state
associations to sign onto COVID-19 travel and hospitality coalition letters supported by the AGA.
• Continued to engage with organizations that represent state policymakers, including the Attorney
General Alliance, National Council on State Legislatures, the National Council of Legislators from
Gaming States, and more.
MODERNIZING GAMING REGULATION
The AGA continued our focus on modernizing federal and state gaming regulation to streamline processes
and remove barriers to innovation.
• Advanced efforts on AML effectiveness measures through formal comments submitted to FinCEN in
November, including allowing Suspicious Activity Reports (SAR) “lite” filings on chip walking and
structuring; allowing the gaming industry to join the 314(a) program; changing the thresholds for SAR
currency transaction report (CTR) filings; clarifying sports betting and online gaming requirements; and
other key issues.
• Successfully deterred potential action by federal regulators to require in-person ID verification for
opening an online gaming account by reinforcing with FinCEN the industry’s rigorous processes when
an account is opened, providing a rich regulatory foundation for our argument, and requesting that no
distinction be made between online and in-person accounts.
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• Hosted the 5th Annual AML Summit to virtually convene more than 125 AGA members in the
compliance and regulatory space to share best practices and hear from federal partners at FinCEN,
IRS, OFAC, ICE, and FBI. The two-day event featured keynote addresses from United States Attorney
of Nevada Nick Trutanich and ICE Homeland Security Investigations Executive Director Derek Banner.
• Led the collaboration of a new 314(b) template, as part of FinCEN’s Bank Secrecy Act Advisory Group,
to help our members participate in the program more easily and increase information sharing across
financial institutions. Because of our leadership, AGA members were the first to receive the template
and presentation, which the AGA will work with JPMorganChase and Wells Fargo to present to other
financial institutions in the coming months.
• Maintained periodic email newsletter communications to commercial and tribal gaming regulators
emphasizing AGA’s commitment to serving as a resource for policymakers and arming them with AGA
research and tools.
• Released a new resource on the value and importance of Regulatory Reform in the COVID-19 Era,
highlighting how many of AGA’s previously identified regulatory reforms offer new essential
opportunities to support the gaming industry’s recovery from COVID-19.
• Organized and sponsored AGA’s 6th Annual Regulator Roundtable to virtually convene more than 80
commercial and tribal regulators and other stakeholders around business matters facing the industry,
including COVID-19, responsible gaming, and considerations as new sports betting markets evolve into
mature sports betting jurisdictions.
• Partnered with the Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers
(AGEM) to launch an ongoing campaign to provide state and local The Hill
policymakers, law enforcement, and regulatory agencies with new Gaming Industry Works to
resources and tools to stop the proliferation of unregulated gaming Combat Unregulated
machines. The campaign attracted involvement from more than 20
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professional gaming association organizations, including the
National Indian Gaming Association, North American Association of
State and Provincial Lotteries, International Center for Responsible
Gaming, National Council on Problem Gambling, multiple state casino and tribal associations, and both
of the leading independent gaming equipment test labs.
GROWING AND PROTECTING THE SPORTS BETTING OPPORTUNITY
The AGA continued our focus on growing and protecting the legal sports betting market, which has seen
five states legalize sports betting and another six legal markets go live in 2020.
• Updated AGA’s Sports Betting Policy Principles in July 2020 to
Associated Press
better address issues that face American policymakers and sports
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betting today. The policy principles served as the foundation for
weighing in on select state policy discussions, such as:
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– Responded to a consortium of Massachusetts colleges and universities letter to the state legislature
asking for an unprecedented ban on wagering on college sports by explaining why legalizing
regulated wagering on college sports is the right choice to protect game integrity, athletes, and
consumers.
– Advocated for a regulatory approach that allows regulators
flexibility to interpret, implement, and update rules governing
payment methodologies in Georgia and Massachusetts in
response to proposed sports betting legislation that did not
provide for mainstream digital payment options in funding
wagering activity to advance payments modernization.
• Testified at the Senate Judiciary Committee’s hearing, “Protecting
the Integrity of College Athletics” on July 22, 2020. AGA CEO Bill
AGA CEO Bill Miller testifies in July 2020.
Miller’s testimony underscored the need for a regulated, legal
market to ensure integrity and responsible gaming around collegiate
sports. During questioning, the AGA was able to dispel the notion that a federal framework for sports
betting is necessary and asked for assistance to root out illegal sportsbooks.
• Continued to push for a repeal of the federal sports betting excise and head taxes in order to help level
the playing field and with illegal operators.
• Continued efforts to educate members of the media on the legal vs. illegal market by monitoring and
following-up with more than two dozen reporters who cited illegal odds.
ADVANCING PAYMENTS MODERNIZATION
The COVID-19 pandemic accelerated AGA’s efforts on payments
modernization with progress in establishing a framework for payments CNBC
policy, driving media interest, and engaging key stakeholders. Coronavirus May Sway
Regulators to Allow Casinos
• Developed and released new AGA Payments Policy Principles, a
to Say Good-Bye to Cash
result of AGA member collaboration, to educate state and tribal
regulators who are considering expanding payment choice. To Cheddar
accompany the principles, we also produced a responsible gaming Casinos Considering Going
factsheet and FAQ. Cashless to Prevent Spread
• Capitalized on accelerated demand for digital, contactless payment of Coronavirus
options by conducting outreach to select state and tribal regulators The Wall Street Journal
in California, Indiana, Iowa, Nevada, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania Casinos Consider Cashless
to educate them on payments modernization. These efforts resulted
Gambling to Fight
in:
Coronavirus
– Nevada reformed its regulations in June 2020 to streamline the
process for testing and approving new payments options.
– Pennsylvania revised its regulations to expressly allow for pre-paid instruments.
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• Engaged responsible gaming and problem gambling groups in early adopter states ahead of
discussions with regulators, informing them of AGA’s efforts, detailing the role of payments
modernization in driving responsible gaming, and gather critical feedback on potential barriers to use.
The proactive conversations yielded positive results as these groups did not oppose the use of digital
payments within their jurisdictions and were instead interested in further educational opportunities
around digital payments in gaming.
• Engaged leadership at issuing banks and other financial institutions to unlock market opportunity by
encouraging updates to gaming and sports betting transaction policies.
INFORMING MEMBERS, INDUSTRY, AND MEDIA
Research and communications efforts were refocused on delivering
frequent COVID-19 updates while continuing our proprietary industry The Financial Times
and advocacy research and industry reputation enhancement and US Sports Betting Revenues
protection. Remain Up in 2020 Despite
INDUSTRY & ADVOCACY RESEARCH Cancellations
Despite COVID-19, the AGA produced nearly 20 research products in
Sports Business Journal
2020 by bringing polling and other industry data collection efforts in-house,
Legal Sports Gambling
minimizing costs, and increasing internal capabilities and expertise.
Draws Bettors Away From
• Launched the Commercial Gaming Revenue Tracker in August to Illegal Bookies
provide members and the gaming industry with monthly and CNBC
year-to-date gross gaming revenue (GGR) at a state and national Record Number of Bets
level, broken down by individual gaming verticals. The tracker
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provides policy makers and the public with industry revenue
snapshots and allows members exclusive access to detailed data on Associated Press
industry revenue trends. US Commercial Casinos
• Published the first all-digital version of our annual State of the States
Won $43.6 Billion in 2019,
report, the AGA’s flagship reference guide to the commercial gaming Up 3.7%
industry.
• Expanded our consumer research with a study of consumer
movement between the legal and illegal sports betting markets to illustrate for media, policymakers,
and other stakeholders the importance of ongoing consumer education and the continued expansion of
legal sports betting.
• Continued to provide members and the public with research to support the push for payments
modernization by conducting multiple rounds of consumer research exploring how COVID-19 impacted
perceptions toward cash and alternative payment methods.
• Updated our data on industry spending with diverse suppliers, providing AGA members with the first
update to that data since 2007.
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• Conducted our annual American Attitudes survey of public views of
gaming and our companion survey of policymakers’ views toward SBC Americas
the gaming industry, which inform our communications with the Gaming Is Critical to
public, gaming consumers, and policymakers on Capitol Hill, as well Louisiana Economy Says
as provide member-only data on trends in key stakeholder opinions AGA report
around gaming issues.
Michigan Bets
• Created comprehensive reports on the complete tax burden faced
Report: Gaming Industry
by the gaming industry across a representative set of four states.
Has $6.3b Impact on
These reports showed that gaming is among the most heavily taxed
industries in each of the states evaluated and highlighted the need
Michigan Economy,
for more competitive tax structures. Supports Almost 38,000
Jobs
• Continued the Casinos & Communities series with the development
and release of Louisiana and Michigan state reports and timed each
report release to pandemic reopening to support a positive narrative
for the industry.
• Maintained and updated industry data with the creation of a new interactive map on the legal status of
sports betting by state and regular updates to our State of Play tool, including detailed information on
state gaming regulations and the industry’s economic impact.
COMMUNICATIONS
• Continued to advance industry interests and advocacy priorities
through robust media and marketing campaigns resulting in more
than 125 interviews with AGA spokespeople and top tier media
coverage in CNBC, The Wall Street Journal, Associated Press,
The Financial Times, and more.
• Reinforced the gaming industry’s role in the economy and
communities across the country during the 2020 election, including
an advertisement in the Las Vegas Review-Journal during the 2020
Democratic Presidential Primary debate.
• Published more than 30 op-eds and thought leadership pieces
supporting AGA advocacy and industry positioning objectives,
including:
– Placed an op-ed in The Baltimore Sun ahead of Maryland’s
sports betting referendum in November that educated voters on
how legal sports betting could boost tax revenue (including funds
for K-12 education), create jobs, and provide Marylanders with
the protections of the legal market.
– Placed an op-ed in the Las Vegas Sun in support of Rep. Susie
Lee’s (NV-03) and her efforts to overturn the Small Business Las Vegas Review-Journal Ad During
2020 Democratic Presidential Primary Debate
Administration’s guidelines that prohibited gaming companies
from receiving PPP funding.
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• Upgraded marketing efforts to ensure effective and modern digital communications to AGA members,
industry, and other key stakeholders growing our email audience by six percent and website traffic by
43 percent.
AMPLIFYING OUR INDUSTRY’S RESPONSIBILITY EFFORTS
As a core association priority, the AGA continued efforts to advance gaming’s commitment to responsibility
with a focus on the nascent sports betting market.
• Launched the Have A Game Plan.® Bet Responsibly. public service
campaign to protect the sports betting opportunity while educating Sports Business Journal
new and seasoned sports bettors on responsible sports wagering. SBJ Betting: NHL Puts
The campaign started in Capital One Arena in Washington, DC and Weight Behind AGA
T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, NV and expanded through league
Campaign
partnerships with NASCAR and the National Hockey League.
The Hill
• Convened the gaming industry for Responsible Gaming Education
Safe, Responsible Casino
Week, Sept. 13-19, to promote the industry’s commitment to RG
and gaming literacy with a focus on the Have A Game Plan
Gaming Supports State
campaign. Highlights include an op-ed from Congressional Gaming Economies At Crucial Time
Caucus Co-Chairs Reps. Dina Titus and Guy Reschenthaler in The EGR
Hill, hundreds of AGA members and gaming stakeholders American Gaming
participating online and on-property, and leading a webinar with the
Association Ignites Sports
International Center for Responsible Gaming.
Betting Ad Enforcement
• Contributed to the development and release of the Responsible Process
Gambling Collaborative’s Responsible Gambling Effectiveness
Principles to chart a new course in responsible gambling and led
Gaming Intelligence
the collaborative’s state gaming tax appropriation research to better RG Collaborative Charts
understand funding of state problem gambling programs. New Course for Responsible
Gambling in the US
• Developed and launched the Responsible Marketing Code for Sports
Wagering enforcement process, including the creation of the Code
Compliance Review Board chaired by UNLV’s Joe Bertolone and
Becky Harris.
• Expanded focus on diversity and inclusion through steering committee participation in U.S. Chamber of
Commerce workforce opportunity initiative and HBCU/gaming footprint mapping and introductions.
CONVENING THE GLOBAL GAMING INDUSTRY VIRTUALLY AT G2E 2020
The AGA navigated the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) franchise through the dynamics of the COVID-19
pandemic, ultimately offering virtual opportunities to connect and conduct business.
• Developed and executed a deliberate process to inform G2E decisions and planning for 2020 shows in
Las Vegas, Macau, and Philippines in the wake of the pandemic, including key stakeholders such as
the Association for Gaming Equipment Manufacturers.
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• Convened and regularly connected with AGA member supplier
CEO working group to inform the long-term strategy for G2E as the SBC Americas
AGA works with Reed Exhibitions to reimagine the event for 2021 AGA’s Bill Miller Offers
and beyond. Optimism in Global
• Planned and executed an all-virtual G2E 2020 from Oct. 27–28, Gaming Expo Address
which attracted more than 6,000 registrants and featured three
Las Vegas Review-Journal
keynotes and 19 concurrent education sessions, 75 supplier
Cortez Masto Touts
showrooms, and networking sessions for all attendees.
Pandemic Relief for
• Produced a G2E Asia webinar series on key gaming topics to Gaming Legislation At G2E
provide engagement opportunities for the Asian market.
Las Vegas Review-Journal
• Launched a year-round G2E platform, including the G2E Insider Live G2E 2020 Will Be
webinar series, new content offerings, and exhibitor opportunities to
Completely Different With
engage the G2E audience throughout the year.
Its Online Format
GROWING THE ASSOCIATION THROUGH MEMBERS
AND PARTNERS
AGA members and partners represent the breadth of the gaming industry and drive our agenda
and priorities.
• Renewed 88 percent of board-level AGA members, with nearly 20 percent of membership dues
coming in following the shuttering of the industry due to COVID-19.
• Formalized AGA’s ad hoc payments group by creating the AGA Payments Modernization Working
Group with 35 member organizations currently participating.
• Continued growth and engagement of AGA partners to help provide strategic and financial value to
the association and our members across key AGA priorities.
• Convened 15 member CEOs for AGA’s annual CEO Roundtable, which focused on providing
attendees with opportunities to network, learn about key trends facing the industry, and discuss the
future of gaming.
• Added seven new members, including five core members and two ally members: Ainsworth,
Bally’s Corporation, Bluberi, DraftKings, Eckert Seamans, LexisNexis Risk Solutions, OneComply,
TBG Security, and TransUnion.
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
13Speaker Biographies
KIRK BLALOCK
Partner, Fierce Government Relations
Kirk Blalock joined Fierce Government Relations in 2002 after serving President
George W. Bush as special assistant to the president and deputy director, White
House Office of Public Liaison. He was Bush’s lead staff liaison to the U.S. business
community. Since joining the firm, Kirk has focused on firm management and new
client development, while providing strategic counsel to the firm’s clients.
Previous to his Presidential appointment, Kirk served in several key positions,
including: Director of External Affairs, Philip Morris Companies Inc.; Special Assistant
to Chairman Haley Barbour, Republican National Committee; and Special Assistant to U.S. Secretary of
Education Lamar Alexander.
Kirk served as the national chairman for Young Professionals for John McCain during the 2008
Presidential election. He is a Member of the Board of Visitors of The Fund for American Studies.
The Atlanta, Georgia native is a graduate of Auburn University.
STEVE ELMENDORF
Partner & Co-Founder, Subject Matter
Steve is widely recognized as one of Washington, D.C.’s. preeminent political
strategists. With a career on Capitol Hill and in politics spanning more than 30 years,
Steve’s tenure in Washington has been grounded in daily interaction with the White
House, administration officials, senators, members of Congress and leading interest
groups on the front lines of the economic, social, domestic, national security and
foreign policy debates of the last decades.
Steve rose to the highest-level Democratic staffer in the House of Representatives as
chief of staff to House Democratic Leader Richard Gephardt. Upon leaving the Hill, he served as a senior
advisor to the Gephardt, Kerry, and Clinton presidential campaigns. Since 2006, Steve has represented
some of the nation’s most important corporations, trade associations, and organizations on critical
legislative and regulatory issues, helping to drive their businesses, build their brands, and expand their
market shares.
He has been a frequent guest on CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, and is consistently listed among the most
influential leaders in Washington by Politico, The Hill, GQ, and other national publications.
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
14Board of Directors Roster
TREVOR CROKER BILL LANCE
CEO & Managing Director Secretary of Commerce
Aristocrat Technologies The Chickasaw Nation
Executive Committee (Chair) Executive Committee
Compensation Committee (Chair)
JANIE DILLARD
DAVID LOPEZ Senior Executive Officer,
President & CEO Division of Commerce
AGS Choctaw Nation
Nominating and Membership Committee
ROB NORTON
DARON DORSEY• President, Cordish Global Gaming
SVP, General Counsel & The Cordish Companies
Group Compliance Officer Nominating and Membership Committee
Ainsworth Game Technology
BILL MCBEATH
MARC CRISAFULLI President & CEO
Executive Vice President, Strategy & Operations The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas
and President of Twin River Casino Hotel & Finance and Investment Committee
Tiverton Casino Hotel
Bally’s Corporation BRIAN HANSBERRY
President, Gaming
WENDY ANDERSON Delaware North
Chief of Staff
BMM Testlabs STANTON DODGE
Chief Legal Officer
TED BOGICH DraftKings
EVP, Operations
Boyd Gaming MIKE RUMBOLZ
President & CEO
MATT BELL• Everi
President and CEO
Casino Association of Indiana CHRISTIAN GENETSKI
Chief Legal Officer and Chief Commercial Officer
MARK FULTON FanDuel Group
COO
Cherokee Nation Entertainment, LLC RODNEY BUTLER
Nominating and Membership Committee Chairman
Foxwoods Resort Casino
•At-Large Director
•Allied Director
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
15Board of Directors Roster
ANNA SAINSBURY RON REESE
Chairman & Founder SVP, Global Communications & Corporate Affairs
GeoComply Las Vegas Sands
Executive Committee
CHRISTOPHER JUSTICE Nominating and Membership Committee (Chair)
President
Global Payments JOHN MCMANUS
EVP & General Counsel
STEPHEN ARCANA MGM Resorts International
EVP & Chief Operating Officer Executive Committee
Golden Entertainment, Inc.
JAMES SIVA
ERIC HAUSLER Vice Chairman, Tribal Council
CEO Morongo Band of Mission Indians
Greenwood Racing
BRUCE DALL
LEE FELDMAN President
Roar Digital Board Member, appointed by GVC MotorCity Casino Hotel
GVC
RICK MEITZLER
MIKE DABADIE• President, CEO North America
Co-CEO and Founder Novomatic
Heart+Mind
MICHAEL DOMINELLI
RENATO ASCOLI President
CEO, Global Gaming NRT Tech
IGT
Executive Committee MARK MACARRO
Compensation Committee Tribal Chairman
Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians
JOHN CONNELLY
Global CEO JAY SNOWDEN
Interblock President & CEO
Penn National Gaming
STEVE SUTHERLAND Executive Committee
President & CEO
Konami Gaming ROB MESIROW•
Finance and Investment Committee Partner
PricewaterhouseCoopers
•At-Large Director
•Allied Director
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
16Board of Directors Roster
GREG CARLIN BO BERNHARD, PH.D•
CEO Executive Director
Rush Street Gaming UNLV International Gaming Institute
Executive Committee Professor
Compensation Committee UNLV William F. Harrah College of Hospitality
Finance and Investment Committee (Chair)
JOHN PAYNE
LAURENS VOSLOO President & COO
CEO VICI Properties
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians
JOE ASHER
BARRY COTTLE CEO
CEO William Hill US
Scientific Games
Executive Committee JAY DORRIS
President & CEO
JIM ALLEN Wind Creek Hospitality
CEO
Seminole Hard Rock Gaming WARREN TRISTRAM
Executive Committee President
Worldpay Gaming Solutions
JOE PAPPANO
President, Americas ELLEN WHITTEMORE
Sightline Payments EVP & General Counsel
Wynn Resorts
GLEN GOLDSTEIN Executive Committee
Executive Vice President, Diversified Markets
TransUnion BILL MILLER
President & CEO
American Gaming Association
•At-Large Director
•Allied Director
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
17Member List
CORE MEMBERS
CASINO OPERATORS GAMING SUPPLIERS
COMMERCIAL DIVERSIFIED GAMING SUPPLIERS
Bally’s Corporation* Ainsworth Game Technology•
Boyd Gaming* AGS*
The Cordish Companies* Aristocrat Technologies*
The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas* Bluberi Gaming
Delaware North* DraftKings, Inc.*
Golden Entertainment* Everi*
Greenwood Racing* FanDuel Group*
Las Vegas Sands* GamingArts
MGM Resorts International* GeoComply*
MotorCity Casino Hotel* GVC Holdings PLC*
Penn National Gaming* IGT*
Rush Street Gaming* Incredible Technologies
South Point Hotel & Casino Interblock*
VICI Properties, Inc.* Konami Gaming*
Wynn Resorts* LexisNexis Risk Solutions
Novomatic*
TRIBAL Scientific Games*
Cherokee Nation Entertainment, LLC* TransUnion*
The Chickasaw Nation* William Hill US*
Choctaw Nation*
FireKeepers Casino Hotel INDEPENDENT TESTING LABS
Foxwoods Resort Casino* BMM Testlabs
Morongo Band of Mission Indians* Gaming Laboratories International (GLI)
Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians*
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians* PAYMENT & TRANSACTION SYSTEMS
Seminole Hard Rock Gaming* ACS PlayOn
Wind Creek Hospitality* Global Payments*
JCM Global
Mazooma
NRT Tech*
Sightline*
Worldpay from FIS*
*Board-level Member Company
•At-Large Director
•Allied Director
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
18Member List
ALLY MEMBERS STATE ASSOCIATIONS
Casino Association of Indiana•
FINANCIAL
Illinois Casino Gaming Association
Morgan Stanley
Iowa Gaming Association
Louisiana Casino Association
NON-GAMING VENDOR: Mississippi Gaming & Hospitality Association
BUSINESS TO BUSINESS Missouri Gaming Association
Cintas Nevada Resort Association
Covington & Burling LLP Regulatory Management Counselors
Deloitte
Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC
Ernst & Young
Heart+Mind Strategies•
Nutanix
OneComply
PricewaterhouseCoopers•
Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits of Nevada•
Steelman Partners
Sysco
TBG Security Inc.
*Board-level Member Company
•At-Large Director
•Allied Director
Updated as of November 30, 2020
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
19Anti-Trust Compliance Policy
and Guidelines
The American Gaming Association (“AGA” or “Association”) and its members share a common interest in
promoting the gaming industry and its appeal in the U.S. through education and advocacy. In doing so the
Association not only promotes the interests of its members, but also contributes to the U.S. economy and
consumer welfare. Yet, AGA members compete with other members of their industry. Accordingly, both
the AGA and its members must ensure that the Association and its various programs are used only to full
the mission of the Association, and not to restrict competition in any way, or even to create the appearance
of doing so.
Thus, it is the policy of the AGA to comply fully with all applicable antitrust laws. Full compliance with the
antitrust laws is a requirement for AGA membership, and responsibility for compliance rests with each
member.
This Antitrust Compliance Policy & Guidelines is intended to reflect the mutual commitment of the AGA
and its members to comply fully with the antitrust laws, and also to assist Association members and staff
in avoiding any potential for antitrust exposure in the first instance. Please note that the guidelines apply
equally to all members whenever they are engaged in Association activities, including attendance at any
AGA programs or meetings. Accordingly, the guidelines apply whenever members are attending any
Association program, as well as when they are speaking informally (including while socializing) when
attending any AGA meeting or program.
PROHIBITED PRICE AGREEMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS
AGA members are prohibited from agreeing to the price at which they will sell their products or services
regardless of the reasonableness of the price or whether the agreement is to raise, lower, peg, or stabilize
prices.
Thus, at any meeting in which the AGA is in any way involved, AGA members are prohibited from
discussing: Prices, costs, margins, or profits, including but not limited to discounts and bids; Formulas,
policies, procedures, or other means for the setting of prices, discounts or other terms of sale or rental;
Non-public, company-specific negotiated prices, rates, agreements or contracts; and Data regarding
industry costs, revenues, capacity, inventory, sales, profit margins, or other data that bear on prices of
members.
ASSOCIATION MEETING GUIDELINES
An agenda will be prepared and distributed before the start of a meeting; Meeting discussions must be
limited to agenda items unless the Chair approves additional topics; Minutes of a meeting should be
recorded and represent the legal record of what transpired; Prior approval will be obtained before
submitting statistics or other sensitive data to the Board of Directors or any program of the AGA;
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
20Anti-Trust Compliance Policy and Guidelines
Members and staff must object to any discussions or activities that appear to violate these guidelines,
disassociate from such activities, and leave the meeting if they continue; and
Members and staff should avoid colloquial language that might be mischaracterized later (e.g., “dominance,”
“only game in town,” “control the market”).
OTHER PROHIBITED AGREEMENTS AND DISCUSSIONS
At any AGA meeting or any meeting in which the AGA is in any way involved, AGA members are prohibited
from entering into any agreements with respect to, and from discussing:
Any possible reduction in the output of services or products; Controls or limits on service or product quality
or research;
Any possible agreement to refrain from competition, including though the division or allocation of any
markets, territories, customers, or suppliers, or any limitation on the nature of business to be conducted
by competitors; or
Any possible agreement or conduct which could be construed to constitute a boycott or an attempt to
exclude any competitor from the U.S. market, or any part of the U.S. market, or from participation in an
AGA-sponsored program or forum in which the competitor has a right to participate under AGA’s bylaws or
other established policies.
LOBBYING AND GOVERNMENTAL RELATIONS
One of the AGA’s core strategic priorities is to advocate on behalf of the gaming industry. It is important
that all advocacy on behalf of the Association be coordinated through the AGA Public Affairs staff.
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
21Resolutions
AGA BOARD MEETING RESOLUTIONS, DECEMBER 4, 2020
1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
RESOLVED, that the Minutes of the November 7, 2019 meeting of Board of Directors of the AGA (the
“Board”) as set forth in the attached Exhibit A are approved.
2. COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
WHEREAS, the Board desires to appoint certain Board members to each of the Board-level committees as
of January 1, 2021; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the following directors are appointed or re-appointed, as the
case may be, to serve as members and/or as chairs of the indicated committees of the Board, effective as
of January 1, 2021 consistent with the AGA bylaws and until their respective successors are elected and
qualified or until their earlier death, resignation, or removal:
Executive Finance and Investment
Committee Committee
[TO BE PROVIDED [TO BE PROVIDED
AT MEETING] AT MEETING]
Nominating and Membership Compensation
Committee Committee
[TO BE PROVIDED [TO BE PROVIDED
AT MEETING] AT MEETING]
3. GENERAL AUTHORITY
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the proper officers of the AGA, and each of them, are hereby
authorized and directed to take all actions and execute, deliver, and file all agreements, certificates,
instruments, and documents, in the name and on behalf of the AGA; to pay or cause to be paid all
expenses; and to take all such other actions as the proper officers shall deem necessary, desirable,
advisable, or appropriate to consummate, effectuate, carry out or, further any transactions contemplated
by and the intent and purposes of the foregoing resolutions;
FURTHER RESOLVED, that in connection with any transactions or actions contemplated by the preceding
resolutions, the secretary of the AGA is authorized in the name and on behalf of the AGA to certify any more
formal or detailed resolutions as the secretary may deem necessary, desirable, advisable, or appropriate to
carry out the full intent and purposes of the foregoing resolutions; and that thereupon, such resolutions
shall be deemed adopted as and for the resolutions of the Board as if set forth at length herein; and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that that any actions taken by the proper officers of the AGA prior to the date of
the foregoing resolutions that are within the authority conferred thereby are ratified, confirmed, approved,
and adopted as actions of the AGA.
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
22Resolutions
EXHIBIT A. FALL 2019 MEETING Snowden (Penn National Gaming); and Suzanne
MINUTES Trout (Foxwoods) also attended.
MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE BOARD
Board Members Renato Ascoli (IGT); Ted Bogich
OF DIRECTORS OF THE AMERICAN GAMING
(Boyd); Rodney Butler (Foxwoods); Greg Carlin
ASSOCIATION
(Rush Street); Barry Cottle (Scientific Games);
The meeting of the Board of Directors (the
Bruce Dall (MotorCity); Janie Dillard (Choctaw
“Board”) of the American Gaming Association
Nation); Jay Dorris (Wind Creek); Lee Feldman
(“AGA”), a nonprofit corporation organized under
(GVC Holdings); Loren Gill (San Manuel Band of
the laws of the District of Columbia, was held at the
Mission Indians); Christopher Justice (Global
Washington, DC offices of Covington & Burling in
Payments); Parikshat Khanna (CG Technology);
the Burling Room at 850 Tenth Street, NW
David Lopez (AGS); Mark Macarro (Pechanga
Washington, DC 20001 at 8:39 a.m., Eastern Time,
Band); Bill McBeath (Cosmopolitan); John
on November 7, 2019. The following dDirectors
McManus (MGM Resorts); Rob Mesirow (PwC);
were present at the start of the meeting,
John Payne (VICI Properties); Ron Reese (Las
constituting a quorum: Chairman Tim Wilmott
Vegas Sands); Juan Rico (Chickasaw Nation); Mike
(Penn National Gaming); Jim Allen (Seminole Hard
Rumbolz (Everi); Michael Silberling (Mohegan
Rock); Wendy Anderson (BMM Testlabs); Stephen
Tribal Gaming Authority); James Silva (Morongo
Arcana (Golden Entertainment); Joe Asher (William
Band of Mission Indians); Ian Staller (Southern
Hill); Matt Bell (Casino Association of Indiana), Bo
Glazer’s); Christian Stuart (Caesars); and Ellen
Bernhard (UNLV); John Connolly (Interblock);
Whittemore (Wynn Resorts) were absent.
Trevor Croker (Aristocrat Technologies); Michael
Dominelli (NRT); Mark Fulton (Cherokee Nation
Also present were Bill Miller, President and CEO;
Entertainment, LLC); Kathy George (FireKeepers);
Alex Aragon, Allie Barth, Casey Clark, Elizabeth
Brian Hansberry (Delaware North); Elaine Hodgson
Cronan, Chris Cylke, Cait DeBaun, Will Dennis,
(Incredible Technologies); Edward King (Morgan
Jessica Feil, David Forman, Kerry Gaylor, Audra
Stanley); Kip Levin (FanDuel); Rick Meitzler
Hill, Brandon Leggiero, Yolanda Malry, Eloy
(Novomatic); Rob Norton (The Cordish
Martinez, Jonathan Michaels, Elsa Nguyen,
Companies); Joe Pappano (Vantiv Entertainment
Meredith Pallante, Mirvantz Pierre, Caroline
Solutions); Anna Sainsbury (GeoComply); Omer
Ponseti, Mario Rajan, Anton Severin, Gabrielle
Sattar (Sightline Payments); Steve Sutherland
Voorhees, and LaVonne Withey, all of the AGA;
(Konami Gaming); and Andrew Zarnett (Jefferies).
Jessica Chod, Outside General Counsel of the
Potomac Law Group; Kendall Bentz of High
Bo Bernhard (UNLV) and Andrew Zarnett
Lantern Group; and A.G. Burnett of McDonald
(Jefferies), both At-Large Directors were in
Carano. Presenters Kirk Blalock, Steve Elmendorf,
attendance.
and Rob Jekielek joined the meeting in progress
prior to their respective presentations.
Paul Anderson (Boyd), Titu Ashgar (Morongo),
Howard Glaser (Scientific Games), Deron Hicks
CHAIRMAN’S WELCOME
(Global Payments), Lou Jacobs (Delaware North),
Mr. Wilmott called the meeting to order and
Nick Khin (IGT); Bill Lance (Chickasaw Nation);
welcomed everyone to the meeting. He then
Martin Lycka (GVC); Patrick Nichols
referred directors to the antitrust policy in the
(Cosmopolitan); Dan Schrementi (Incredible
materials sent in advance of the meeting and that
Technologies), Darren Simmons (Everi); Jay
also had been provided to each director in hard
AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
23Resolutions
copy at the meeting (the “Board Book”). He asked Mr. Bretl to continue as Secretary and Treasurer of
that attendees be mindful of the policy and raise the AGA;
any questions regarding the policy with Ms. Chod.
WHEREAS, the offices of Assistant Secretary and
Mr. Wilmott then turned to the approval of certain Assistant Treasurer are currently vacant;
resolutions related to various corporate governance
items. First, he called the Directors’ attention to the WHEREAS, the Executive Committee has
draft Board minutes from the April 10, 2019 recommended to the Board that Ms. Chod and Ms.
meeting in the Board Book. He stated that these Voorhees be elected to fill certain vacant officer
minutes would need to be approved. Mr. Wilmott positions; and
then explained that the Board needed to vote on
the composition of the Board-level committees, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the
certain vacant officer positions, and a banking and Board acknowledges that Mr. Croker, current Vice
general authority resolution. He also noted the Chairman of the AGA, will, as provided in the AGA
support of the Executive Committee for the bylaws, succeed Mr. Wilmott as Chairman for a
resolutions related to the composition of the two-year term beginning January 1, 2020, or until
Board-level committees and certain vacant officer his earlier death, resignation, or removal, as
positions which had been approved by the provided for in the AGA bylaws.
Executive Committee at its November 6, 2019
meeting. Mr. Wilmott asked if there were any FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board elects the
questions on these actions and related draft following individuals to the officer positions that
resolutions; hearing none and upon motion duly appear next to their name below, to serve effective
made and seconded, the following resolutions were as of the date appearing next to their name below
approved: and until the earlier election or qualification of his
or her successor or until his or her death,
APPROVAL OF MINUTES resignation, or removal:
RESOLVED, that the Minutes of the April 10, 2019
meeting of Board of Directors of the AGA (the Dan Bretl-Secretary and Treasurer, effective July
“Board”) as set forth in the attached Exhibit A are 13, 2019; Jessica Chod-Assistant Secretary,
approved. effective November 7, 2019; Gabrielle Voorhees-
Assistant Treasurer, effective November 7, 2019
OFFICER APPOINTMENTS
WHEREAS, Mr. Wilmott’s term as Chairman ends COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
as of December 31, 2019; WHEREAS, the Board desires to appoint certain
Board members to each of the Board-level
WHEREAS, Ms. Papadopoulos has resigned her committees as of January 1, 2020; and
offices of Secretary and Treasurer, effective July 12,
2019; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the
following Directors are appointed or re-appointed,
WHEREAS, the Executive Committee has ratified as the case may be, to serve as members and/or
the Compensation Committee’s prior action which as chairs of the indicated committees of the Board,
appointed Mr. Bretl as Secretary and Treasurer of effective as of January 1, 2020 consistent with the
the AGA and recommended that such AGA bylaws and until their respective successors
appointment be ratified and that the Board elect
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETING
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