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The Massachusetts Gaming Commission, which has been without key staff leadership for months, has been advancing the process toward filling two critical positions.
Executive Director Karen Wells announced her resignation early in the summer, and her last day was July 14. Investigations Enforcement Bureau Chief Loretta Lilios left the MGC in August.
On Oct. 3, the MGC posted a job opening for the executive director position on its website. That posting currently has no expiration date. The commission has plans to move forward in the coming months with interviewing candidates to replace acting director Todd Grossman, who is also MGC counsel.
The process for replacing Lilios, meanwhile, took a step forward Tuesday when the search subcommittee, made up of commissioners Brad Hill and Nakisha Skinner and Dave Muldrew, the agency’s chief people and diversity officer, selected Skinner as the chair. The group also has crafted a job description, which it will share with the full commission Thursday. The goal is to have the description approved at the Nov. 2 meeting and then posted internally and externally for up to 45 days.
Commissioners were initially uncomfortable with the timeline to replace Lilios, as Muldrew suggested it would be February before interviews would take place and a decision would be made, but Muldrew amended his timeline to aim for January. In either scenario, the commission will be without an investigations chief for a minimum of four months.
The subcommittee agreed to handle the search in-house, at least initially, without hiring an outside search firm, and Muldrew promised that his team would have the job description “widely posted externally.”
In seeking an executive director, the MGC is looking for a person with at least 10 years of management experience, a professional degree, and background in a regulatory or compliance environment. The posting reads that “Significant knowledge of gaming, racing and/or sports wagering regulatory requirements is strongly preferred.”
Massachusetts lawmakers legalized retail and digital sports betting Aug. 1, 2022. The MGC launched three brick-and-mortar locations Jan. 31 and six digital platforms March 10.
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