Global Gaming Expo (G2E) Webinar Panelists
Scott Crowell is founder of Crowell Law Offices. He and his firm work solely for tribal governments. Crowell has been a principle negotiator for tribal state compacts in several states as well as lead litigation counsel on several cases, including the recent decision in Rincon Band vs. Schwarzenegger.
Tom Foley is president and founder of Foley Law Group, a national gaming law practice. He represents tribes and gaming corporations on state and federal regulatory and administrative issues. In 1995, he was appointed to the National Indian Gaming Commission for a three year term during which he served as commissioner, vice chairman and acting chairman.
Jason Giles is a tribal citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation located in Oklahoma and deputy executive director/general counsel for the National Indian Gaming Association. Giles attended the United States Military Academy and law school at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Upon graduating from law school in 2000, Giles began his legal career as an associate attorney at a labor law firm in Honolulu, Hawaii., where he focused on labor law, real estate law, and bankruptcy issues. He is currently a member of the Wisconsin, Hawaii and Oklahoma bar associations.
Rochanne L. Hackett is a senior vice president and director of National Gaming Development at Wells Fargo Bank. In this role, Hackett is responsible for developing relationships and providing innovative solutions for Native American and commercial gaming operators across the country. She has been involved in providing more than $10 billion of capital for at least 30 tribes and commercial gaming companies, and has 30 years of banking and finance experience.
Kristi Jackson is the CEO of Tribal Financial Advisors, a firm founded to exclusively serve tribes with their debt-related issues. In her prior role, she served as a managing director at Banc of America Securities LLC, where she raised more than $15 billion of capital for 30 Native American tribes, including syndicated bank debt, high yield and tax-exempt bonds. Previously, Jackson worked with most of the major commercial gaming companies, including MGM MIRAGE, Harrah's Entertainment, Boyd Gaming Corp. and Station Casinos. She holds a bachelor's degree and MBA from the University of California, Los Angeles.
Jana McKeag is president of Lowry Strategies and a partner in The Franklin Partnership. She is a former commissioner of the National Indian Gaming Commission and has worked on Indian issues for more than 30 years. McKeag also writes a political column for Casino Journal and sits on the G2E conference advisory board. She is a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma and a graduate of Gettysburg College and Harvard University.
Sheila Morago is executive director of the Arizona Indian Gaming Association and is a member of the Gila River Indian community in Arizona. Previously, Morago served as director of public relations for the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA). She was recruited from NIGA to be the tribal liaison for Arizonans for Fair Gaming & Indian Self Reliance, the Prop 202 campaign, where she was responsible for coordinating all efforts between the campaign offices, the 17 tribes belonging to the coalition and the tribal casino operations. Morago also designed and managed the successful outreach effort for Prop 202 in Arizona Indian Country. She began her career in tribal gaming in 1994 when she was appointed director of marketing for the Gila River Casinos where she created the marketing department for this multimillion-dollar enterprise and opened two successful tribal casinos. Morago also was vice president of national relations for Initial Impressions based in Tempe, Ariz., where she was responsible for political and public relations for tribal and non-tribal clients.
Kevin Quigley is an attorney with Hamilton Quigley Twait, PLC, a St. Paul, Minn.-based law firm focused on Indian gaming development and regulatory matters. Quigley provides legal and business counsel to casino development/management companies, gaming equipment suppliers, financial institutions and tribal governments and agencies concerning regulatory compliance, financing, taxation and Indian land issues. Quigley is a member of the International Masters of Gaming Law and a frequent speaker and writer on Indian gaming business matters.