Michelle
Stevenson
Michelle currently serves as the Vice President & Corporate Compliance Officer at Golden Entertainment, Inc. (“GEI”), a publicly traded gaming company with operations in several jurisdictions within the United States. In this role, she oversees the regulatory environment of the company, including gaming and federal anti-money laundering regulations for 10 casinos, 70 taverns and over 1,000 slot route locations.
Prior to joining GEI, Michelle held compliance positions with Penn National Gaming, Inc., Tropicana Entertainment, Inc. and William Hill US. She also served 17 years in Biloxi, MS as a litigation paralegal and firm manager. While at Penn National Gaming, Michelle played an integral role in implementing new policies, procedures and gaming system installations at Tropicana Las Vegas.
Michelle has extensive knowledge in opening casinos, licensure, developing compliance programs and working directly with gaming officials to implement corporate compliance plans. She is knowledgeable of business management principles and is recognized for being proactive to developments in the compliance regulatory environment.
Michelle graduatedcumlaudewith a bachelor’s degree from Tulane University and completed a Master of Business Administration degree with concentrations in General Management and Finance from DeVry University’s Keller Graduate School of Management. She created and participated in teaching an AML Boot Camp at UNLV’s International Center for Gaming Regulation and currently sits on the Scholarship Sub-Committee of Global Gaming Women’s Education Committee and the Finance Committee of Global Gaming Women. Michelle is also the Programming Director for the Southern Nevada Chapter of ACAMS.