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AGEM Announces Board of Directors Elected at 2025 Annual Meeting

Wednesday 19 de March 2025 / 12:00

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(Las Vegas).- The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) announced today that its membership elected a new Board of Directors at its 2025 Annual Meeting and a new Chair, Ryan Comstock, Chief Operating Officer for Ainsworth Game Technology.

AGEM Announces Board of Directors Elected at 2025 Annual Meeting

Ryan Comstock previously served as AGEM Treasurer and succeeds Robert “Bob” Parente as Chair for a two-year term, while Parente, Executive Vice President & Chief Business Development Officer for Light & Wonder, remains on the Board of Directors as Treasurer for a one-year term.

One-year terms on the Board of Directors were also approved for:

Ryan Comstock, CHAIR (Chief Operating Officer, Ainsworth Game Technology)
Thomas Jingoli, SECRETARY (Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer, Konami Gaming)
Bob Parente, TREASURER (Executive Vice President & Chief Business Development Officer, Light & Wonder)
Elaine Hodgson, DIRECTOR (President / CEO, Incredible Technologies)
Luke Orchard, DIRECTOR (Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance & Risk Management Officer, IGT)
David Lucchese, DIRECTOR (Executive Vice President of Sales, Marketing & Digital, Everi),
Lauralyn Sandoval, DIRECTOR (Vice President of New Markets, Aristocrat Gaming)
Randy Gilbert, DIRECTOR (Chief Financial Officer/Chief Operation Officer, TableTrac)

In addition, the AGEM Board of Directors also approved the creation of new positions for a forthcoming AGEM Europe Committee designee and an ex-officio/non-voting representative from Global Gaming Women, both of which will be slated in the months ahead. These efforts aim to further expand the perspectives and voices within AGEM from the global gaming supplier community.

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