Jennifer Togliatti
The first woman to chair the Gaming Commission
A longtime judge appointed in October 2021 as the Nevada Gaming Commission’s first woman chair.
A judicial background
The Commission’s biography follows Togliatti from the Clark County district attorney’s office to justice court, district court and service as chief judge. She retired from the judiciary in 2019 and worked as a mediator. [1]
A separate regulatory institution
Steve Sisolak appointed her Commission chair in October 2021. Her milestone concerns the Commission; Becky Harris’s 2018 appointment concerned the Gaming Control Board. [1] [2]
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