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Keith E. Smith is President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Boyd Gaming Corporation. He has been President and a director of the Company since April 2005, and he has served as Chief Executive Officer since January 2008. Keith Smith served as the Chief Operating Officer of the Company from October 2001 through December 2007, and prior to being appointed President, Keith Smith had served as the Company’s Executive Vice President since May 1998. Keith Smith joined the Company in September 1990, serving in various controllership positions, the last of which was Senior Vice President and Controller. In 2005, Keith Smith was appointed to the Board of the Nevada Resort Association and served as Chairman from December 2008 until December 2012. Keith Smith has been a member of the board of directors of the American Gaming Association since January 2008, including serving as its Chairman in 2010 and 2011. From 2005 to January 2011, he served as Vice Chairman of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority. In January 2012, Keith Smith was appointed by the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco to serve as Chairman of the board of directors of its Los Angeles Branch, and he has served as a director on that board since January 2009.

Thomas R. Reeg is Chief Executive Officer of Caesars Entertainment. He previously served as Chief Executive Officer of Eldorado Resorts, Inc. since January 2019 and was instrumental in spearheading the acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Corporation in 2020. Mr. Reeg served as President of Eldorado Resorts, Inc. since September 2014, at which time he was also appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors. He also served as the Company’s Chief Financial Officer since March 2016. Mr. Reeg’s involvement with the Company dates back to 2007 when he joined the Board of Managers of Eldorado Resorts LLC. Recognized and respected as a leading industry strategist, Mr. Reeg was instrumental in negotiating, structuring and financing the Company’s growth strategy, including its acquisition of Eldorado Shreveport in 2005, its merger with MTR Resorts in 2014, and its subsequent accretive acquisitions, including the 2017 acquisition of Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc., the acquisition of Grand Victoria Casino in Elgin, Illinois and the acquisition of Tropicana Entertainment in 2018. He was also instrumental in forging strategic agreements with The Cordish Companies to develop a new world-class, mixed-use entertainment and hospitality destination in Pompano, Florida, and William Hill PLC whereby William Hill US serves as Eldorado’s exclusive sports betting operator for a period of 25 years. Prior to joining the company, Mr. Reeg was a Managing Director and portfolio manager at AIG Global Investment Group (“AIG”), from 2002-2005 where he was responsible for co-management of the high-yield mutual fund portfolios. Prior to his role at AIG, Mr. Reeg was a senior high-yield research analyst covering various sectors, including the casino, lodging and leisure sectors, at Bank One Capital Markets. Mr. Reeg holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Finance from the University of Notre Dame.

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.

One of the few American women leading a multi-billion-dollar company, Lisa Lutoff-Perlo is a trailblazer in the global hospitality industry. She is recognized as the driving force behind transforming and re-defining today’s new luxury cruise experience and building demand with unparalleled brand vision and stewardship; award-winning guest service and operational expertise; and an innate ability for building high-performing, culturally-inclusive teams, among others. Taking the helm as President and CEO at Celebrity Cruises in 2014, Lutoff-Perlo led the company into an era of unprecedented growth, including record financial performance and shareholder value. She doubled operating income; delivered double-digit ROIC and double-digit yield improvement; and increased EBITDA by 70%. Along with accelerated financial performance, Celebrity also introduced the critically acclaimed Edge Series of ships in 2018, has achieved historic levels of guest satisfaction, and has won hundreds of top industry awards for innovation and service, all under her leadership.She is a member of the Board of Directors of Fortune 500 company AutoNation (NYSE: AN), America's largest and most recognized automotive retailer, where she sits on the Audit and Governance Committees. She also actively lends her expertise to numerous international and regional nonprofit organization boards including Best Buddies Global Board of Directors, United Way of Broward County and Nova Southeastern University, Broward Center of Innovation.

Gary L. Carano is Executive Chairman of the Board of Directors of Caesars Entertainment. Previously, he served as Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Eldorado Resorts, Inc. since September 2014, overseeing the successful acquisition of Caesars Entertainment Corporation in 2020. Mr. Carano began his career in gaming, hospitality and entertainment at Eldorado Hotel and Casino Reno in 1973 where, working under the leadership and guidance of founder and family patriarch, Don Carano, he was involved with every operational aspect of the business. He served as general manager and chief executive officer of Eldorado from 1980-1994. Mr. Carano was named General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of the Silver Legacy Resort Casino, a joint venture between Eldorado and MGM Resorts International, from its opening in 1995 to September 2014. He served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Eldorado Resorts LLC from 2004 to September 2014 where he directed and oversaw all aspects of the company’s development and operations in Nevada and Louisiana. Under his leadership, Eldorado executed an aggressive growth strategy, merging with MTR Gaming Group and growing the company’s portfolio to six properties across five states in 2014. Mr. Carano was appointed Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of the newly-created public company Eldorado Resorts, Inc., trading on NASDAQ under the ERI symbol. Mr. Carano led the company through the highly accretive acquisitions of Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. in 2017 and Grand Victoria Elgin and Tropicana Resorts in 2018. Mr. Carano was named Executive Chairman of the Board of Eldorado Resorts, Inc., in January 2019. Throughout his career, Mr. Carano has been recognized for his strong leadership traits and an innate sense of family values that extends across the company to its valued team members. He is an active philanthropist, serving on a number of charitable boards and foundations in the State of Nevada. Mr. Carano holds a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Nevada, Reno.

Dickson Tan is a Deputy Group Chief Executive Officer at Tropicana Las Vegas and is based in United States.

A Cornell University graduate with a bachelor’s degree in science, Mario Kontomerkos joined the Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment (MGE) in September of 2011 as Chief Financial Officer. As CFO, he oversaw all of the finance matters for Mohegan Gaming & Entertainment’s (MGE) growing businesses. In October 2017, he was elevated to Chief Executive Officer to focus on corporate diversification. His career path evolved through various key financial, research and analytical roles with companies like Penn National Gaming, Magnetar Capital LLC, J.P. Morgan Securities, Lehman Brothers and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP. Kontomerkos’ experience also includes service as a consultant for TPG Capital LLC on the acquisition of Harrah’s Entertainment, the largest leveraged buyout in the history of the gaming industry.

From Wall Street to Atlantic City and now at the helm of one of the top publicly-traded casino gaming companies in the United States, Eric Hausler remains committed to making the next right decision. Named chief executive officer in 2016, Eric brings nearly 20 years of gaming expertise and business acumen to the role. Eric joined Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. in 2009 as senior vice president strategic initiatives with responsibility for pursuing new acquisition and management opportunities. He was promoted to chief strategic officer in 2011. In 2014, he was named chief financial officer overseeing finance and accounting, strategic initiatives, information technology, purchasing, payroll, insurance and risk management. Prior to joining Isle of Capri Casinos, Inc. Eric led development initiatives at Trump Entertainment Resorts where he identified and evaluated possible acquisitions, new developments, asset divestitures, and joint ventures from 2006 until 2009. A graduate of both Binghamton University with a bachelor’s degree and New Jersey Institute of Technology with a master’s degree, Eric is a devoted family man who enjoys spending time with his family.