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Alan Zajic
Lake Tahoe-based Alan W. Zajic is a security consultant with more than 30 years of experience in the security sector, mostly in the gaming industry. He is the vice chairman of the gaming and wagering council of ASIS International, the association of security professionals.
Becky Kingman-Gros
Becky Kingman-Gros is director of operations for Casino Connection International, LLC, the publishers of Casino Connection Nevada, Casino Connection Atlantic City and Global Gaming Business magazine. Along with overseeing the daily operations of CCI, Becky is a photographer and editorial contributor.
Bill Bible
Casino Connection Nevada contributing editor Bill Bible is the president of the Nevada Resort Association. Bible has a long history with the state of Nevada and the gaming industry. He has served as a controller for Nevada, the chairman of the state Gaming Control Board, and a member of the National Gambling Impact Study Commission.
Bob Schwieterman
Bob Schwieterman is the vice president and general manager of TRACOM’s Performance Consulting Division, which provides leadership development, employee engagement, team performance and individual performance solutions.
Bobbi Taylor
Bobbi Taylor is a freelance writer and formerly entertainment coordinator at Trump Marina in Atlantic City.
Dave Bontempo
Casino Connection Sports Editor Dave Bontempo is an award-winning sports writer and broadcaster who calls boxing matches all over the world. He has covered the Philadelphia Flyers in the playoffs, as well as numerous PGA, LPGA and Seniors Golf Tour events, and co-hosted the Casino Connection television program with Publisher Roger Gros.
David Schwartz
David G. Schwartz an Atlantic City native and the director of the Center for Gaming Research at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. He is the author of Roll the Bones: The History of Gambling. His web site can be viewed at www.dieiscast.com.
Debra Gitto
Debra Gitto is the executive director of the Northeastern School of Etiquette and Protocol in Ventnor City, New Jersey. For more information, call 609-822-8164 or visit the website at www.etiquetteinfo.com.
Eric Skinner
Eric Skinner is an affiliated dentist and Regional Clinical Director for Gental Dental. Call 1-800-GENTLE1 for locations in Nevada.
Frank Legato
Frank Legato is editor of Casino Connection and also senior editor of Global Gaming Business magazine. He has been writing on gaming topics since 1984, when he launched and served as editor of Casino Gaming magazine. Legato, a nationally recognized expert on slot machines, has served as editor and reporter for a variety of gaming publications, including Public Gaming, IGWB, Casino Journal, Casino Player, Strictly Slots and Atlantic City Insider. He has an B.A. in journalism and an M.A. in communications from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. He is the author of the recently published book on gaming, How To Win Millions Playing Slot Machines... Or Lose Trying.
Greg Jones
Greg Jones is managing editor of Casino Connection Nevada, as well as associate editor of Global Gaming Business magazine.
Joseph Harrison
Joseph Harrison is a Casino Connection staff writer who covers news and trends in the casino industry as well as community related stories.
Joshua Cohen
Joshua Cohen is a licensed real estate agent with Wilkerson Real Estate and Investments. He can be reached at 702-785-7654.
Mark Birtha
Mark Birtha is vice president of development and operations for the Edge Group in Las Vegas. Prior to joining Edge, he was with the Venetian, where he managed casino marketing and served in management positions in corporate development and conference management. He opened the Bellagio in 1998 and started his career at the Mirage in food and beverage operations. He can be reached at 702-686-0279 or at markbirtha@msn.com.
Martin Baird
Martin R. Baird is CEO of Robinson & Associates, Inc., a customer service consulting firm that works with casinos around the world. He is creator of the company's Advocate Development System, and author of Advocate Index: An Operational Tool.
Peter Davenport
Peter Davenport is president of Creative Business Productions, LLC. He can be reached at 732-506-7977 or via email petedavenport7@aol.com.
Rachelle Rankin
Rachelle Rankin is the senoir loan officer for Family Home Lending Corporation. She works with residential and investment real estate loans. She can be reached at 800-706-1416.
Roger Gros
Roger Gros is publisher of Casino Connection and editor and publisher of Global Gaming Business magazine, the industry’s leading gaming trade publication. Prior to joining Global Gaming Business, Gros was president of Inlet Communications, an independent consulting firm. He was vice president of Casino Journal Publishing Group from 1984-2000, and held virtually every editorial title during his tenure. Gros was editor of Casino Journal, the National Gaming Summary and the Atlantic City Insider, and was the founding editor of Casino Player magazine. He was a co-founder of the American Gaming Summit and the Southern Gaming Summit conferences and trade shows. He is the author of the best-selling book, How to Win at Casino Gambling (Carlton Books, 1995), now in its third edition. Gros was named “Businessman of the Year” for 1998 by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce.
Sharon Denning
Sharon Denning is a former employee of the MGM Grand Hotel where she worked in the table game’s department for more than 12 years. She is now a freelance journalist residing in the Mountain Community of Shingletown, in Northern California.
Steve Friess
Steve Friess is a Las Vegas-based national freelancer and co-host of the weekly celebrity interview podcast The Strip, which can be found at The StripPodcast.com.
