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Jennifer Togliatti - Chair
Chair Togliatti brings three decades of legal experience to the Commission. Her legal career began in 1993 with Clark County District Attorney’s Office, Criminal Division. After her promotion from the Appellate Division, she spent much of her time as a Deputy District Attorney assigned to SVU. It was in her position as a criminal prosecutor that she became familiar with gaming enforcement and investigations, as gaming offenses were part of her caseload. Togliatti’s judicial career began in 1998 when she was elected Justice of the Peace for the Las Vegas Township Justice Court and she served that court as Chief Judge in 2000. She also sat as an acting Federal Magistrate for U.S. District Court. In 2002, she was appointed by then Governor Kenny Guinn to the Eighth Judicial District Court and served there for over 17 years. As a trial judge in one of the busiest general jurisdiction trial courts in country, she has managed the assignment of over ten thousand criminal and civil cases. She has presided over 300 jury and bench trials in her career.
Togliatti was elected Chief Judge of the Eighth Judicial District by acclamation of the 52 judges in 2011 and was re-elected for a second term in 2013. During this time, she oversaw the administration of the court’s budget and 630 employees, including over 100 POST certified peace officers. These challenges have given Togliatti extensive experience in administrative law, government budgeting, labor/public employee relations law, collective bargaining, and legislative issues in the state of Nevada on both local and statewide levels.
In 2019, Chair Togliatti retired from public service to focus on developing a private alternative dispute resolution practice with a focus on complex matters as a mediator, special master, and private judge. During her thirty-year career Togliatti has settled many notable cases including the CityCenter Harmon Hotel construction defect lawsuit, the Little Valley Fire litigation, and thousands of claims related to the One October Mass Shooting.
In addition, Chair Togliatti continues to serve as a member of the Nevada State Bar Board of Bar Examiners where she has served as a member for over 10 years. Togliatti continues to volunteer her time and expertise to mentor students and young lawyers in the areas of mock trial and trial practice. She has also enjoyed membership in the mother-child philanthropic organizations, National Charity League and the Young Men’s Service League.
Chair Togliatti has been a Las Vegas resident for 44 years and graduated from Bishop Gorman High School and University of Nevada, Las Vegas with a degree in business administration. She then attained her Juris Doctor from California Western School of Law.
Richard A. Schonfeld
Richard A. Schonfeld is a Las Vegas attorney and named partner at the law firm Chesnoff & Schonfeld. Mr. Schonfeld earned his law degree in 1998, and was admitted as a member of the Nevada Bar that same year. Through his law practice, Mr. Schonfeld has served as outside corporate litigation counsel to numerous Las Vegas businesses, including entertainment companies, industrial enterprises, and restaurant management organizations. Mr. Schonfeld has been widely recognized for his extensive experience in handling complex legal matters and trial litigation, having made appearances in over 18 States. Mr. Schonfeld's court admissions include numerous United States District Courts, multiple United States Courts of Appeals, as well as the United States Supreme Court.
Brian Krolicki
Brian Krolicki was first appointed to a vacancy on the Nevada Gaming Commission in 2023 and reappointed to a full four-year term in 2025. Additionally, Krolicki serves as the elected Vice President of the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR), the leading international industry body for gaming and gambling regulators, representing jurisdictions and regulators across the globe. He is scheduled to begin serving a two-year term as IAGR President beginning in late 2026.
Through his leadership with IAGR, Krolicki collaborates with gaming regulators and policymakers across North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America on issues including digital wagering, anti-money laundering compliance, emerging technologies, regulatory modernization, cross-border enforcement, and international best practices. He is a frequent speaker at gaming and regulatory conferences worldwide and is an advocate for strong international cooperation in addressing the opportunities and challenges facing the rapidly evolving gaming industry.
A veteran financial executive and nationally recognized public official, Krolicki has built a distinguished career at the intersection of gaming regulation, public finance, economic development, and governance. He began his professional career on Wall Street in private banking and capital markets with Smith Barney and Bankers Trust before working overseas in Europe and the Middle East. His early experience developed expertise in institutional finance, investment management, risk assessment, and complex financial structures.
In 1990, what was expected to be a temporary appointment as Chief Deputy State Treasurer of Nevada evolved into a remarkable 24-year full-time public service career. Krolicki won four statewide elections to constitutional office—twice as Nevada State Treasurer and twice as Nevada Lieutenant Governor—becoming the first individual in Nevada history to be term-limited twice. He concluded his elected service in 2015, having never lost an election.
As Lieutenant Governor, Krolicki served as President of the Nevada State Senate, Chairman of the Nevada Commission on Economic Development, Chairman of the Nevada Commission on Tourism, Vice Chairman of the Nevada Department of Transportation, and a cabinet member to two governors. He led Nevada's efforts to expand and diversify its economy, promote tourism and hospitality, attract major business investment, and strengthen the state's competitive position in domestic and international markets.
His extensive involvement with Nevada's tourism and hospitality sectors provided him with a unique perspective into one of the state's most important industries, including the broader economic ecosystem surrounding gaming, resorts, entertainment, conventions, and international visitation.
As State Treasurer, Krolicki served as Nevada's Chief Banking and Investment Officer, overseeing the state's cash management, investment, debt issuance, and unclaimed property programs. His accomplishments included creating the Nevada Prepaid Tuition Program, establishing the College Savings Plans of Nevada, implementing the Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program, securing Nevada's first-ever credit rating upgrade, and helping Nevada become the first state in the nation to receive the Certificate of Excellence in Investment Policy.
Krolicki's leadership in public finance earned national recognition, including selection as the nation's "Most Outstanding State Treasurer" and recipient of the prestigious national Award for Excellence in Public Finance. He also served as President of the National Association of State Treasurers (NAST), representing officials responsible for managing more than $3 trillion in public assets and investments. In 2025 Krolicki was presented with NAST's highest honor, the Distinguished Service Award, presented to a dedicated and committed public servant whose outstanding career in government has provided a respected voice for NAST at all levels of state government.
Nationally and internationally, Krolicki has served on numerous public, private, and nonprofit boards and advisory bodies. He was appointed by both the Bush and Obama Administrations to the United States Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee, advising the Office of the United States Trade Representative on international trade matters. He also served as Chairman of the Republican Lieutenant Governors Association and Chairman of the International Committee of the National Lieutenant Governors Association.
Today, Krolicki remains active in corporate governance, regulatory oversight, and strategic advisory roles. He qualifies as a Financial Expert for audit committee purposes under the U.S. Securities Exchange Act and serves on multiple corporate and nonprofit boards in the United States and internationally.
A graduate of Stanford University, Krolicki resides in Lake Tahoe, Nevada.
George Markantonis
Governor Joe Lombardo appointed George Markantonis to the Nevada Gaming Commission on April 2023 for a term expiring April 2027.
Commissioner Markantonis brings almost three decades of international and domestic gaming integrated resort leadership experience to the Commission. His hospitality career began in Johannesburg, South Africa, at the Carlton Hotel-at the time, an international flagship of Westin Hotels and Resorts. Then, in 1985, he was transferred to and across the United States to varied senior assignments in Dallas and El Paso, Texas, Florida, Toronto, Canada, and finally to Houston, Texas, where he directed all operations of The Westin Galleria and Westin Oaks complex comprising over 900 rooms at The Galleria mixed-use luxury retail and hotel complex.
Following a 17-year international career with Westin, Markantonis joined Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, and was appointed Senior Vice President of Hotel Operations in 2000. In that capacity, he oversaw all operations, including the hotels, entertainment venues, banquet and convention facilities, over 30 food and beverage outlets, and the ongoing development of the 4,000-room multi-towered megaresort, including the opening of the additional 1,200-room Spa Tower and The Colosseum Theatre at which Celine Dion debuted her Las Vegas residency in 2000. Markantonis attributes his 9-year Caesars Palace tenure as the adventure of a lifetime-the dreamiest introduction to the gaming world and the foundation of his subsequent career track.
The next chapter came in 2004 when he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Kerzner International's Atlantis, The Palm, Dubai - a 125-acre, 2000-room mega waterpark resort under development on the crescent of The Palm, Dubai, United Arab Emirates. His role was to establish the pre-opening teams and initiate and oversee the commencement of the development of this now iconic project.
In 2005, upon the retirement of an incumbent, Markantonis was reassigned, this time as President & Managing Director of Kerzner International Bahamas Limited. In that capacity, at the helm of the six hotels that make up the renowned Atlantis Resort & Casino on Paradise Island, Nassau, Bahamas. This casino complex resort comprised 4,000 rooms, a 140-acre multidimensional Aquaventure water park, 36 restaurants and bars, two marinas, and multiple other real estate developments spread over this 550-acre world-class resort. These businesses employed 8,000 team members and generated almost $900 million in annual revenues. In addition, he had regional responsibility for the luxury One & Only Palmilla resort in Mexico and the One & Only Ocean Club resort in the Bahamas, both owned by Kerzner International.
Following nine-plus years in the Bahamas, Las Vegas Sands Corporation announced Markantonis as President & Chief Operating Officer of The Venetian and The Palazzo resorts and the Sands Expo Center in Las Vegas, a position he assumed in March 2015. In this role, he oversaw all aspects of this iconic integrated casino resort comprising 7,100 suites, 200,000 sq. ft. of gaming floor, and 5th largest privately-owned convention and meeting space facility in North America. Under his leadership and with the support of a 9-000 person dedicated and passionate workforce, this property constantly generated record annual revenues while steadily achieving high customer satisfaction targets and often being recognized as the gold standard among its peers nationally. Apollo Global Management acquired the resorts in 2021. Markantonis served as Chief Executive Officer of the entity through the due diligence period of the acquisition and to completion. He then served as interim Special Advisor to the Board, a position held until his Commission appointment by the Governor of Nevada.
Markantonis is the recipient of multiple industry honors and recognitions. One of the most notable of these is a national award-the American Hotel & Lodging Association's Arthur Landstreet Award for his efforts in advancing hospitality education and personnel development throughout the country. In 2011, this time by the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, he was awarded that nation's "Cacique Hotelier of The Year" award for his contribution to the development of the largest private workforce in the country, for his leadership of the flagship Atlantis integrated resort on Paradise Island in Nassau. In 2014, he was bestowed the 2013 Hotelier of The Year award for the entire Caribbean region at the CHTA's annual convention in Jamaica in January 2014.
During the past 30 years, he has served on numerous boards and committees in the various jurisdictions assigned, always aiming to give back to the industry upon which he has based his entire career. Most notably, during 2015-2016, Commissioner Markantonis was an active member of the Southern Nevada Tourism Infrastructure Committee, which was the driving force behind the initiative to expand the Las Vegas Convention Center and initiated the process that resulted in the eventual relocation of the National Football League's Oakland Raiders to their new home in Las Vegas.
Justice Abbi Silver
In December 2014, Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval appointed Justice Silver as one of three judges to the Inaugural Court of Appeals of Nevada, and in November 2016 was elected to the seat. In January 2017, Governor Sandoval swore her in as the first female Chief Judge of the Nevada Court of Appeals.
Justice Silver has been practicing law for over 35 years and served as a judge for 20 of those years before retiring in October 2022. She is the only judge in the history of Nevada elected to every court in the State’s court system. Justice Silver was elected to the bench six times by the citizens of Nevada.
Justice Silver grew up in Boulder City, Nevada, and graduated from Ed W. Clark High School in Las Vegas. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) in 1986. Then, in 1989, she earned her Juris Doctor degree from Southwestern University School of Law in Los Angeles, California.
After passing both Nevada and California bars and working as a judicial law clerk for the Honorable Earle White, Jr., an Eighth Judicial District Court judge, she joined the Clark County District Attorney’s Office and ultimately was assigned as the Chief Deputy District Attorney of the Special Victims Unit. Justice Silver was elected to the Las Vegas Municipal Court in 2003, the Las Vegas Justice Court in 2006, and the Eighth Judicial District Court in 2008 and 2014.
Justice Silver has received the following prestigious awards: 2024 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Nevada Justice Association, 2023 Legacy of Justice Award from the UNLV William S. Boyd (Boyd) School of Law Student Bar Association, 2023 Abbi Silver Trailblazer Award from the Nevada Justice Association, 2021 Judicial Award of Excellence from the Clark County Bar Association, 2020 Women of Distinction Award-Glass Ceiling from the National Association of Women Business Owners Southern Nevada Chapter, 2020 Women of Impact Award from Nevada Women’s Lobby, 2020 Southwestern University School of Law Alumni Award, 2019 Honoree of the Southern Nevada Association of Women Attorneys Foundation, 2018 Society of Advocates Trailblazer Award from the UNLV Boyd School of Law for Excellence in Leadership and Mentorship, and 2016 Legacy of Justice Award from the UNLV Boyd School of Law Student Bar Association.