He was also a partner in R&R Partners, the Las Vegas firm best known for its “What happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas” campaign for the Las Vegas Convention & Visitors Authority. He created the Los Angeles office for R&R with clients like The Boeing Company, Western Digital, Norwegian Cruise Lines and others.

His personal campaign management experience includes work for brands like Bank of America, The Howard Hughes Corporation, Cap Cana (30 thousand-acre master-planned community in Punta Cana, Dominican Republic), and TXU Energy (the 5th largest utility in the world at the time), among others.

Phil’s gaming experience includes The Arizona Lottery, as well as Del Webb’s Mint Casino Hotel Las Vegas, 4 Bears Casino in North Dakota and Cypress Bayou Casino & Shorty’s in Louisiana (the latter three with Tom Odisho). In the development arena, he has personally worked with clients, land planners, developers and architects in the conceptualization, planning, building and roll-out of large-scale developments and community launches throughout mainland USA, Mexico, the Caribbean, and Hawaii.

Phil holds a BS in communication from Arizona State University.

David served for 5 years as deputy commander of the Louisiana State Police Bureau of Investigations, Casino Gaming Section in New Orleans where he supervised all land-based and riverboat casino operations. His staff of over 50 commissioned investigators, EGD technicians and auditors enforced Louisiana’s gaming laws at properties such as Harrah’s, Bally’s, Treasure Chest and Boomtown.

In addition to his regulatory oversight duties, David has supervised security details for large-scale events as Mardi Gras New Orleans, gubernatorial conventions, Super Bowls, NCAA Final Four Basketball Tournaments, and New Orleans PD work actions, as well as US Presidential and other dignitary visits. Additionally, he has been invited as a guest lecturer, including a locker room presentation the New Orleans Pelicans NBA team on offshore gambling.

David has extensive experience in the oversight of Indian Gaming, as well. For 10 years, he was assigned to the Louisiana Chitimacha Tribe’s Cypress Bayou Casino, leading the conversion of the Tribe’s high stakes bingo operation into the state’s first NIGC-approved Indian Gaming operation. Working with the Tribal Gaming Commission, David oversaw the licensure process of thousands of individuals and hundreds gaming and non-gaming entities.

He has supervised investigations of criminal violations and represented the interests of the state of Louisiana, serving an instrumental role in the re-negotiation of state-tribal gaming compacts. David also spent several years as the executive officer of the Louisiana State Police Operational Development Section in Baton Rouge. There, he directed the department’s strategic planning, research, recruiting and public affairs units. Following hurricanes Katrina and Rita in 2005, David was appointed to represent the department on the Governor’s staff of the Louisiana Recovery Authority (LRA). Chosen for his business background, he was responsible for gathering and analyzing field data to determine the effectiveness of the state’s recovery efforts.

Demonstrating his versatility, David also was recruited by a group of leading physicians to become chief operations officer of a multi-specialty, physician-owned hospital.

He holds a BS in Criminal Justice from Loyola University in New Orleans and a master’s degree in Business Administration from The University of New Orleans.

Denise began her career in high-stakes Indian bingo with operations in multiple state jurisdictions. She has extensive experience in the oversight of operational policies and procedures regarding on-site, tribal, state and federal regulatory compliance.

Throughout her career, she has held positions ranging from executive assistant to the president to vice president of administration and public relations, and director of governmental affairs.

Denise holds a bachelor of business administration in marketing from the University of North Dakota.

He was selected to attend the Metropolitan Police Hostage Negotiation Course in London with law enforcement officials from around the world, thereafter counseling new agents at the FBI Training Academy in Quantico, VA. Following his notable work in law enforcement, he served as director of compliance for RAM Holdings and the Chitimacha Tribe’s Cypress Bayou Casino in Louisiana. John holds a bachelor of science in criminal justice from The American University, Washington, DC.

He was also a member of the FBI SWAT Team. Garland has served as a director of corporate security for ES&H, a security consultant for Axcess Construction and Telecom, a Louisiana State Trooper, and a St. Martin Parish patrol deputy sheriff and a narcotics detective. Notably, Garland was also a running back with the NFL New Orleans Saints in the late 80s.

Previously, Chris worked in Washington, D.C., advising public and private sector clients in Indian Gaming Law and regulations. He was also the Navy’s legal counsel for the multi-year $750,000,000 base closure and redevelopment of Naval Support Activity New Orleans as Federal City, a mixed-use public-private venture. In addition, he served as executive director of the Northshore Business Council, a non-profit business league comprised of CEO’s and senior executives of major companies in the Greater New Orleans Region.

Since 1999, Chris has served as a military officer and attorney in the U.S. Navy Judge Advocate General’s Corps, on active duty and in the Navy Reserve. A captain (select), he has served world-wide in diverse leadership, management and legal positions. He is an Afghanistan War Veteran and has held a Top Secret Clearance.

A member of the Chitimacha Tribe of Louisiana, Chris has extensive Federal Indian Law and Tribal Law experience, including substantial review and revision of tribal codes. Along these lines, he completed specialized training in American Indian Law and Native American Nation Building under Dr. Joseph Kalt, founder of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development.

He joined management after graduation, ultimately earning positions as both corporate director of food services and corporate executive chef, responsible for 25 restaurants in 5 states with over $60 million annual sales.

After 17 years of work for major operators in the restaurant chain and hotel industry, Craig opened his own food and beverage consulting firm. He has consulted numerous restaurants, casinos, caterers, and allied businesses. He’s been an independent consultant for 30 years, advising food and beverage operators businesses, with a special emphasis on tribal casino operators most recently.

Craig has provided F&B development services to clients in the areas of new concept development, design, layout, equipment acquisition, project management, guest service programs, revenue generation, operational/financial improvement, menus, recipes, staff and supervisor development, corporate direction, and focus, short- and long-term planning, green programs, purchasing and rebate programs and special projects. He has opened around 80 new food and beverage outlets in his career.