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The people behind the Board and Commission: current leadership, the historical chair succession and a growing directory of verified members.

CURRENT LEADERSHIP · VERIFIED OCTOBER 14, 2026

Mike Dreitzer

Chair, Nevada Gaming Control Board

Appointed in June 2025, Dreitzer brings experience as Nevada gaming counsel and an equipment-industry executive. His profile follows that career, the succession from Kirk Hendrick and the responsibilities of the Board chair.

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Serving now

Eight members across two separate bodies, verified against official membership pages on October 14, 2026.

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Nevada Gaming Control Board chairs

Chairmanship years from the state’s historical roster. These are not full membership terms; exact appointment days and interim designations are not supplied consistently by that roster. “Present” was checked October 14, 2026.

ChairChairmanshipRecord
Robbins Cahill1955–1959Official roster
Ray Abbaticchio1959–1961Official roster
Ed Olsen1961–1966Official roster
Alan Abner1967Official roster
Frank Johnson1967–1971Official roster
Philip Hannifin1971–1977Official roster
Roger Trounday1977–1979Official roster
Richard Bunker1980–1982Official roster
James Avance1983–1984Official roster
Barton Jacka1985–1987Official roster
Michael Rumbolz1987–1989Official roster
William Bible1989–1998Official roster
Steve DuCharme1998–2000Official roster
Dennis Neilander2001–2010Official roster
Mark Lipparelli2011–2012Official roster
A.G. Burnett2012–2017Official roster
Becky Harris2018–2019Official roster
Sandra Douglass Morgan2019–2020Official roster
J. Brin Gibson2020–2022Official roster
Brittnie T. Watkins2022–2023Official roster
Kirk D. Hendrick2023–2025Official roster
Mike Dreitzer2025–presentOfficial roster

Nevada Gaming Commission chairs

Chairmanship years from the state’s historical roster. These are not full membership terms; exact appointment days and interim designations are not supplied consistently by that roster. “Present” was checked October 14, 2026.

ChairChairmanshipRecord
Miles Pike1959Official roster
Milton Keefer1959–1961Official roster
Norman Brown1961–1965Official roster
Milton Keefer1965–1967Official roster
George Dickerson1967–1968Official roster
John Diehl1968–1973Official roster
Peter Echeverria1973–1977Official roster
Harry Reid1977–1981Official roster
Carl Dodge1981–1983Official roster
Paul Bible1983–1987Official roster
John O'Reilly1987–1991Official roster
William Curran1991–1999Official roster
Brian Sandoval1999–2001Official roster
Peter Bernhard2001–2014Official roster
Tony Alamo2014–2020Official roster
John T. Moran, Jr.2020–2021Official roster
Jennifer Togliatti2021–presentOfficial roster

84 verified people

Alphabetical by the name shown in the source. A dated membership observation establishes service at that point, not an entire term. Chair-only records remain labeled as chairmanships.

Abbi Silver

  • Membership · Nevada Gaming Commission: April 2024 – present (verified October 14, 2026). Source

Alan Abner

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 1967. Source

Arthur Marshall

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated August 9, 2006. Source Official notice lists these members on its letterhead.

Augie Gurrola

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated March 20, 2003. Source Dated evidence establishes membership, not full tenure endpoints.

Barton Jacka

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 1985–1987. Source

Ben Kieckhefer

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated November 1, 2021. Source Dated evidence establishes membership, not full tenure endpoints.

Betty Vogler

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 1987. Source Court identifies Jerry Lockhart as former commissioner and remaining names as present commissioners in the 1987 suit; full tenure dates not established.

Bobby L. Siller

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated July 23, 2003. Source Dated evidence establishes membership, not full tenure endpoints.
  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated December 28, 2005. Source Dated evidence establishes membership, not full tenure endpoints.

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Brian Krolicki

  • Membership · Nevada Gaming Commission: 2023 – present (verified October 14, 2026). Source

C. Brian Harris

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated February 24, 1994. Source Dated evidence establishes membership, not full tenure endpoints.

Carl Dodge

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Commission: 1981–1983. Source

Chandeni K. Sendall

  • Membership · Nevada Gaming Control Board: January 2025 – present (verified October 14, 2026). Source

Clair Haycock

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 1979. Source Court identifies Frank Schreck as former member and the other four as members in the 1979 suit; full tenure dates not established.

Deborah J. Fuetsch

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated April 17, 2017. Source Snapshot confirms membership on this date; does not establish full membership term.

Deborah P. Griffin

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated April 24, 1998. Source Contemporary report identifies her as outgoing commissioner; no exact start/end dates inferred.

Dennis Amerine

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated 1987. Source Court identifies these Board members in the 1987 suit; full tenure dates not established.

Ed Olsen

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 1961–1966. Source

Frank Johnson

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 1967–1971. Source

Frank Schreck

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 1979. Source Court identifies Frank Schreck as former member and the other four as members in the 1979 suit; full tenure dates not established.

George Assad

  • Membership · Nevada Gaming Control Board: January 29, 2023 – present (verified October 14, 2026). Source

George C. Swarts

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 1979. Source Court identifies Frank Schreck as former member and the other four as members in the 1979 suit; full tenure dates not established.

George Dickerson

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Commission: 1967–1968. Source

George M. Markantonis

  • Membership · Nevada Gaming Commission: April 2023 – present (verified October 14, 2026). Source

J. Brin Gibson

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 2020–2022. Source
  • Membership · Nevada Gaming Control Board: November 18, 2020 – 2022. Source

Jack Stratton

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated 1979. Source Court identifies Jeffrey Silver as former Board member and Jack Stratton as member in the 1979 suit; full tenure dates not established.

Jack Walsh

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 1979. Source Court identifies Frank Schreck as former member and the other four as members in the 1979 suit; full tenure dates not established.

James Avance

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 1983–1984. Source

Jeffrey Silver

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated 1979. Source Court identifies Jeffrey Silver as former Board member and Jack Stratton as member in the 1979 suit; full tenure dates not established.

Jerry Cunningham

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated 1987. Source Court identifies these Board members in the 1987 suit; full tenure dates not established.

Jerry Lockhart

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: former-member evidence dated 1987. Source Court identifies Jerry Lockhart as former commissioner and remaining names as present commissioners in the 1987 suit; full tenure dates not established.

John Diehl

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Commission: 1968–1973. Source

John O'Reilly

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Commission: 1987–1991. Source

John T. Moran, Jr.

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Commission: 2020–2021. Source

Joseph W. Brown

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 2014. Source Snapshot confirms membership on this date; does not establish full membership term.

Ken Gragson

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 1987. Source Court identifies Jerry Lockhart as former commissioner and remaining names as present commissioners in the 1987 suit; full tenure dates not established.

Kirk D. Hendrick

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 2023–2025. Source

Mark A. Clayton

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated December 28, 2005. Source Dated evidence establishes membership, not full tenure endpoints.

Mark Lipparelli

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 2011–2012. Source

Michael Rumbolz

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 1987–1989. Source

Michonne Ascuaga

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated February 9, 2016. Source Snapshot confirms membership on this date; does not establish full membership term.

Miles Pike

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Commission: 1959. Source

Milton Keefer

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Commission: 1965–1967. Source
  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Commission: 1959–1961. Source

Norman Brown

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Commission: 1961–1965. Source
  • Membership · Nevada Gaming Commission: 1959 – 1973. Source
  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 1959–1973. Source Official memorial resolution supplies complete year-granularity Commission membership span.

Ogonna M. Brown

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated January 2021. Source Snapshot confirms membership on this date; does not establish full membership term.

Pat Mulroy

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 2014. Source Snapshot confirms membership on this date; does not establish full membership term.

Patricia Becker

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated April 15, 2014. Source Retrospective interview and catalog describe earlier Board membership. April 15, 2014 is the interview date, not a date in office; exact term boundaries are not established here.

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Paul Bible

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Commission: 1983–1987. Source

Peter Echeverria

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Commission: 1973–1977. Source

Phil Katsaros

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated January 2021. Source Snapshot confirms membership on this date; does not establish full membership term.

Philip M. Pro

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated February 9, 2016. Source Snapshot confirms membership on this date; does not establish full membership term.

Radha Chanderraraj

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated August 9, 2006. Source Official notice lists these members on its letterhead.

Randolph J. Townsend

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 2014. Source Snapshot confirms membership on this date; does not establish full membership term.

Ray Abbaticchio

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 1959–1961. Source

Raymond D. Rawson

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated August 9, 2006. Source Official notice lists these members on its letterhead.

Richard A. Schonfeld

  • Membership · Nevada Gaming Commission: April 28, 2026 – present (verified October 14, 2026). Source

Robbins Cahill

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 1955–1959. Source

Robert Lewis

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 1987. Source Court identifies Jerry Lockhart as former commissioner and remaining names as present commissioners in the 1987 suit; full tenure dates not established.

Robert Peccole

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 1987. Source Court identifies Jerry Lockhart as former commissioner and remaining names as present commissioners in the 1987 suit; full tenure dates not established.

Roger Trounday

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 1977–1979. Source

Rosa Solis-Rainey

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated January 2021. Source Snapshot confirms membership on this date; does not establish full membership term.

Sandra Douglass Morgan

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 2019–2020. Source
  • Membership · Nevada Gaming Commission: April 2018 – end date not established. Source The January 2019 governor announcement identifies her as a sitting commissioner before the Board appointment; her Commission departure date is not established here.

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Scott Scherer

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated July 23, 2003. Source Dated evidence establishes membership, not full tenure endpoints.

Shannon L. Bybee, Jr.

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated 1970s dispute; opinion 1980-09-05. Source Official-capacity caption establishes historical Board service; decision date is not asserted as membership date.

Shawn R. Reid

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated 2014. Source Snapshot confirms membership on this date; does not establish full membership term.

Steve DuCharme

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Control Board: 1998–2000. Source

Steven B. Cohen

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated January 2021. Source Snapshot confirms membership on this date; does not establish full membership term.

Terry Johnson

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated 2014. Source Snapshot confirms membership on this date; does not establish full membership term.

Thomas M. Roche

  • Nevada Gaming Control Board: service evidence dated May 25, 1993. Source Dated evidence establishes membership, not full tenure endpoints.

Walter Cox

  • Nevada Gaming Commission: service evidence dated 1979. Source Court identifies Frank Schreck as former member and the other four as members in the 1979 suit; full tenure dates not established.

William Curran

  • Chair · Nevada Gaming Commission: 1991–1999. Source

Coverage and original records

Chair history: every chair listed in the state’s October 2025 report is included, with current offices rechecked October 14, 2026. The Commission table preserves Milton Keefer’s separate chairmanships.

Membership history is still being completed. This edition does not claim to identify every nonchair member who has ever served. Historical notices, legislative records and court opinions establish additional names, but some appointment and departure dates remain unverified. Abbreviated names stay as published until a reliable record supports expansion.

Judicial records are used solely as evidence of public service. Being named in an official capacity is not evidence of wrongdoing. Collection and publication dates are not automatically appointment dates.

  1. NGCB/NGC Informational Report, updated October 2025

    PDF page 7 (printed page 4) · Current and Past Chairs, two independent columns. Names and year ranges below transcribed as factual data. This source identifies chair periods, not entire membership terms.

  2. About the GCB Members

  3. About the Commission Members

  4. Governor Lombardo Appoints Richard Schonfeld to Nevada Gaming Commission

    Published April 7, 2026

  5. 2014 Gaming Board Information Packet, legislative orientation exhibit

    PDF page 6 (printed page 3)

  6. NGC Notice 2016-08

    1 · Published February 9, 2016

  7. NGC Notice 2017-26

    1 · Published April 17, 2017

  8. NGCB/NGC Information Packet, January 2021

    PDF page 6 (printed page 3)

  9. Governor Sisolak appoints Sandra Douglass Morgan as new chair of Nevada Gaming Control Board

    Governor release states Morgan was a sitting NGC member, appointed April 2018.

  10. Governor Sisolak announces appointment of J. Brin Gibson to Nevada Gaming Control Board

    Published November 10, 2020

  11. Nevada Gaming Commission notice

    1 · Published August 9, 2006

  12. Rosenthal v. State of Nevada, 514 F. Supp. 907 (D. Nev. 1981)

    Published May 6, 1981 · Caption and section B identify commissioners and Board members in suit filed March13,1979; the decision gives official capacities, not full tenure dates.

  13. Thomas v. Bible, 694 F. Supp. 750 (D. Nev. 1988)

    Published August 10, 1988 · Caption and procedural history identify serving and former members in suit filed July10,1987. Dates are case context, not complete membership terms.

  14. Jacobson v. Hannifin, 627 F.2d 177 (9th Cir. 1980)

    Published September 5, 1980 · Opinion caption explicitly identifies Bybee as Board member; underlying licensing dispute followed 1972 bankruptcy. No exact appointment dates established.

  15. NGCB industry notice, July 23, 2003

    1 · Published July 23, 2003

  16. Nevada Gaming Abstract 2005

    PDF page 2 · Scanned signed letter dated December 28, 2005 visually inspected. Letterhead lists Dennis K. Neilander, Bobby L. Siller and Mark A. Clayton.

  17. NGCB advertising claims notice, February 24, 1994

    1 · Published February 24, 1994

  18. Nevada Assembly Taxation minutes, May 25, 1993

    Published May 25, 1993 · Search retrieval returned the substantive official minutes including guest list and testimony identifying Thomas M. Roche as member. Direct open encountered Unicode decoding error.

  19. NGC industry notice, March 20, 2003

    1 · Published March 20, 2003

  20. Sandoval gives up seat for gaming board — Las Vegas Sun

    Published April 24, 1998 · Search retrieval returned substantive article text identifying Deborah Griffin as outgoing commissioner after two four-year terms. Direct open returned 403; do not claim unrestricted access.

  21. NGC notice 2021-109, November 1, 2021

    1 · Published November 1, 2021

  22. Nevada Legislature memorial resolution for Norman D. Brown, 1975

    Resolution identifies Commission service 1959 until retirement in 1973, distinct from chair years 1961–1965.

  23. UNLV: Patricia Becker oral history, April 15, 2014

    Published April 15, 2014 · Institutional catalog and readable interview identify former Board membership and first-woman milestone. The interview date is not a service date. Exact appointment and departure dates remain to be reconciled against contemporary appointment records.