Penn National Gaming CEO and leadership

Jay Snowden joined Penn National Gaming in October 2011 as Senior Vice President-Regional Operations and was later promoted to Chief Operating Officer in January 2014. In March 2017, Mr. Snowden was named President and Chief Operating Officer, and led the Company’s successful margin improvement plan, as well as the integration of the acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment, which nearly doubled the size of Penn National. In January 2020, Mr. Snowden assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer. One of his first actions as CEO was to acquire a minority interest in Barstool Sports, a leading sports media and entertainment company, which is the centerpiece of his vision to evolve Penn National from a retail casino operator into a leading omnichannel provider of retail and interactive gaming, sports betting and entertainment.

Despite the challenges presented by the Coronavirus pandemic in his first few months as CEO, which included the temporary closure of all of the company’s properties, Mr. Snowden successfully navigated Penn National through a series of mitigation efforts and capital raises to help secure the Company’s future.

Prior to joining Penn National, Mr. Snowden was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Caesars and Harrah’s in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and prior to that, held various leadership positions with Caesars in St. Louis, Missouri; San Diego, California; and Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Snowden holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.

In her role as Senior VP, Chief Accounting Officer, Christine is responsible for all accounting strategy, including financial reporting, corporate accounting, tax and accounting shared service activities.

Before joining Penn, Christine was the Senior Vice President and Chief Accounting Officer at Pinnacle Entertainment. She has also held various leadership positions in Accounting and Internal Audit in both property and corporate roles at Ameristar Casinos and Caesars Entertainment.

Christine holds a bachelor’s degree from Michigan State University and a master’s degree from the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

In his role as Senior VP, Chief Strategy Officer, Chris leads the team in developing and pursuing Penn’s strategic growth initiatives.

During his past seven years with Penn, Chris has served as Vice President, Deputy General Counsel and Senior Vice President, Corporate Development.

Prior to joining Penn, Chris was a corporate attorney at the Dallas-based law firm Vinson & Elkins and the Boston-based law firm Ropes & Gray, as well as a CPA for PricewaterhouseCoopers and Arthur Andersen.

Chris holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Oklahoma’s Price College of Business and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.

Financial Executive with 23 years of Wall Street experience which has afforded me the opportunity to deeply analyze and evaluate a wide variety of consumer discretionary companies over my career. Key skills include: Financial analysis (annual reports, 10Ks, 10Qs, proxies, company press releases)Fluency in communicating with and presenting to the investment communityExpertise in advising management teams on strategy and messaging

Experienced technology executive with a demonstrated history of working in the Hospitality, Consumer Package Goods (CPG) and Management Consulting industries. Skilled in Strategic Planning, Organizational Transformation, Service Delivery and Leadership. Passionate about enabling teams to unlock their performance potential. Focused on delivering strategically aligned initiatives while maintaining operational excellence and performance transparency.

Jay Snowden joined Penn National Gaming in October 2011 as Senior Vice President-Regional Operations and was later promoted to Chief Operating Officer in January 2014. In March 2017, Mr. Snowden was named President and Chief Operating Officer, and led the Company’s successful margin improvement plan, as well as the integration of the acquisition of Pinnacle Entertainment, which nearly doubled the size of Penn National. In January 2020, Mr. Snowden assumed the role of President and Chief Executive Officer. One of his first actions as CEO was to acquire a minority interest in Barstool Sports, a leading sports media and entertainment company, which is the centerpiece of his vision to evolve Penn National from a retail casino operator into a leading omnichannel provider of retail and interactive gaming, sports betting and entertainment.

Despite the challenges presented by the Coronavirus pandemic in his first few months as CEO, which included the temporary closure of all of the company’s properties, Mr. Snowden successfully navigated Penn National through a series of mitigation efforts and capital raises to help secure the Company’s future.

Prior to joining Penn National, Mr. Snowden was the Senior Vice President and General Manager of Caesars and Harrah’s in Atlantic City, New Jersey, and prior to that, held various leadership positions with Caesars in St. Louis, Missouri; San Diego, California; and Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Snowden holds a bachelor’s degree from Harvard University and an MBA from Washington University in St. Louis.