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Caitlin McGarry
Caitlin McGarry is assistant editor of Global Gaming Business magazine and assistant editor of Casino Connection Nevada.
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 Rittvo
David Rittvo is a senior financial analyst and the director of the Innovation Group's newly launched Food & Beverage division. Rittvo offers 10 years of experience with food and beverage operations across the globe. He can be reached at 407-702-6648 or via drittvo@theinnovationgroup.com.
Marjorie Preston
Marjorie Preston is a contributing editor of Global Gaming Business magazine and managing editor of Casino Connection Atlantic City.
Mark Birtha
Mark Birtha has been in the Las Vegas gaming market for more than 15 years and is currently vice president development Las Vegas for Marriott International Lodging Development. Birtha is also project manager for the 4,000-room JW Marriott Las Vegas Hotel Casino Convention Center property currently in development. Prior to joining Marriott, Birtha was VP development and operations for the W Las Vegas Hotel Casino and Residences. Prior to the W, he was an executive with the Venetian for six years where he managed casino marketing and served in management positions including corporate development/Macau and conference management. He opened the Bellagio Hotel in 1998 as director of beverage and started his career at the Mirage in food and beverage operations.
He can be reached at 702-496-1116 or markbirtha@msn.com.
Pamela Joy Ring
Pamela Joy Ring, president of Ring Retail Advisory, LLC, specializes in consulting resort and casino properties, retail real estate developers, retailers and consumers goods/services businesses in developing and improving their retail operations. As a business owner of a successful nationwide retail company, her 30-year track record of creating and growing retail and consumer-driven businesses is matched by her reputation for assisting clients in optimizing market reach and bottom line results. She is an author, speaker and serves on G2E’s 2009 board of advisers developing the conference’s retail curricula. Ring can be reached at 702-338-2665 or pamela@ringretailadvisory.com. Visit the website at www.ringretailadvisory.com.
Paul Heretakis
Paul Heretakis, RA, has designed hundreds of restaurants, bars and lounges over the past 10 years for casino giants Harrah's, MGM Mirage, the Venetian and Trump. He has designed a third restaurant for Mario Batali, a buffet for Paula Deen and several other celebrity chef projects. Heretakis graduated from the Pratt Institute in New York with a BA in architecture, and has been vice
president of WESTAR Architects, www.wagnarchitects.com, since 2002.
Rebecca Udell
Rebecca Udell is president of Floss Barber, Inc., an integrated design and concept studio specializing in casino, hotel and RD&E design as well as high-end corporate projects. Her leadership qualities and strategic mindset serves as the catalyst for change that has redefined Floss Barber, Inc. as a collaborative studio of experienced like-minded professionals providing a unique edge in a very competitive economy. For more information visit flossbarber.com.
Roy Student and Carolan Pepin Roy Student and Carolan Pepin
Roy Student is a longtime gaming and hospitality executive who currently utilizes his key expertise and experience as a sought-after consultant and speaker to the international casino and gaming industry from his base in Las Vegas. Student can be contacted via email at srsgsi@yahoo.com or by phone at 702-523-0444.
Since being recruited to Las Vegas in 1996, Carolan Pepin has helped to successfully market a number of gaming companies and an expansive catalog of new products and technologies to the world's largest casinos and gaming venues across the globe. She can be reached via pepinmarketing@aol.com or 702-526-5758.
Tom Wucherer
Tom Wucherer, AIA, is principal and partner of Las Vegas-based YWS Architects, and specializes in the integrated design of hotel-resort, dining, gaming and retail projects. With experience in assorted aspects on the design and development of numerous world-class leisure facilities, Wucherer has worked with virtually every major Las Vegas-based gaming company during his career.