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20 May
2008 Pinnacle
Entertainment Announces Management
Promotions Pinnacle
Entertainment, a developer, owner and operator of
Casino
Gaming
resorts, have announced a series of executive
promotions. Arthur Schleifer
has been promoted to Vice President and Chief
Marketing Officer from his previous position as the
Company's Vice President of Real Estate
Development. In this newly created position, he
will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of
the Company's marketing, including brand
management, relationship marketing, guest services,
the call center, events and promotions. Mr.
Schleifer joined Pinnacle in 2007 from Harrah's
Entertainment, where he most recently served as
Director of New Business Development. Before
joining Harrah's in 2001, he served in various
roles with Excite@Home, including responsibilities
for merchandising and marketing within the commerce
channel. Prior to that, he served as Home Shopping
Network's Vice President of Merchandise Marketing.
He began his career in management with R.H. Macy's
and Circuit City. Mr. Schleifer holds a bachelor's
degree in history from Tufts University and a
master's degree from the Harvard University
Graduate School of Business
Administration. Lewis Fanger has
been promoted to Vice President of Investor
Relations from his previous role as Director of
Investor Relations. Prior to joining Pinnacle in
2003, Mr. Fanger worked for several years as an
investment banker at both Credit Suisse First
Boston and Lehman Brothers. He also worked as an
equity research associate in the gaming group at
Bear, Stearns & Co. A native of Las Vegas, Mr.
Fanger earned a bachelor's degree in industrial
engineering and a master's degree in business
administration, both from Stanford
University. Lynn Handler has
been named Vice President and Corporate Counsel,
where she will help oversee corporate and
property-level contracts, litigation, intellectual
property, labor, regulatory and other legal issues.
Ms. Handler, who joined Pinnacle's legal department
in 2004 as Associate General Counsel, had
previously served in the legal department at
Resorts International, Inc. from 2002 to 2004 as
well as from 1995 to 2000. From 2000 to 2002, she
practiced law in the Casino Law department at
Cooper Levinson April Niedelman & Wagenheim,
P.A., in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Ms. Handler
holds a bachelor's degree in sociology from Adelphi
University and a Juris Doctor degree from Seton
Hall University School of Law, and has taught
hospitality law for the Atlantic City Hotel &
Motel Association. Keith Henson, who
had served as Vice President of Relationship
Marketing since 2006, has been named Vice President
of Casino Operations. Mr. Henson, who will be
responsible for overseeing all aspects of the
Company's casino operations, joined Pinnacle in
1997 as a table games dealer at the Company's
Boomtown Reno property. A graduate of the
University of Arizona, Mr. Henson progressed
through various positions prior to being named
Senior Director of Marketing and Slot Operations at
Boomtown Reno. He also opened the Company's
L'Auberge du Lac casino resort as Senior Director
of Human Resources. Ed Mulholland,
who joined Pinnacle in 2007 as Associate General
Counsel, has been named Vice President and
Corporate Counsel. Mr. Mulholland will help manage
the legal issues for Pinnacle's growing number of
gaming properties, including contracts, litigation,
employment issues, labor, regulatory and other
issues. He joined Pinnacle after serving as Vice
President and Associate Corporate Counsel for the
Tropicana Resort and Casino in Las Vegas since
2000. Prior to that, he served for nine years as an
associate attorney with Schreck Morris in Las
Vegas, where he specialized in various aspects of
commercial litigation. Mr. Mulholland received his
bachelor's degree from Creighton University in
Omaha, Nebraska and his Juris Doctor degree from
the University of Nebraska College of
Law. Win Person has
been promoted to Vice President of Food &
Beverage from his previous position of Senior
Director of Epicurean Operations. Mr. Person will
oversee all restaurants, lounges and other food and
beverage operations at each of Pinnacle's
properties, and will help develop those facilities
for Pinnacle's current and future projects. He
joined Pinnacle in 2007 from Pure Management Group,
where he served as Vice President of Restaurant
Development. Prior to that, Mr. Person was Vice
President of Food and Beverage at Bellagio in Las
Vegas. Previously, he held a range of positions
with Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts properties in
the U.S. and Mexico. Mr. Person is a graduate of
the Hotel Management School of Lausanne and
Professional Chef School in Montreux,
Switzerland. Alex Stolyar has
been named Vice President of Corporate Development.
Mr. Stolyar joined Pinnacle in 2003 as a Finance
Associate, has served as Director of Development
since 2004, and worked closely on Lumiere Place and
River City in St. Louis, Sugarcane Bay in Lake
Charles, Louisiana and Riviere in Baton Rouge,
Louisiana. Prior to joining Pinnacle, he had worked
as a technology consultant, both with Andersen
Consulting (now Accenture) and independently. Mr.
Stolyar earned a master's degree in business
administration from Stanford University and a
bachelor's degree in business administration from
The Ohio State University. "We're pleased to
recognize these executives from several departments
and disciplines throughout the Company," said
Daniel R. Lee, Pinnacle's Chairman and Chief
Executive Officer. "We're particularly pleased to
have promoted each of these executives from within
Pinnacle, and will continue to develop talent at
the property and corporate levels to strengthen our
management in the future." Where
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