Former two-term Nevada treasurer and Lt. Gov. Brian Krolicki was named to the Nevada Gaming Commission on Friday, a spokeswoman for Gov. Joe Lombardo confirmed to The Nevada Independent.
Krolicki, who served as state treasurer from 1999 to 2007 and as lieutenant governor from 2007 until 2015, is being appointed to an open term in the part-time five-person gaming commission, which makes final decisions on licensing and other matters based on recommendations from the full-time, three-member Nevada Gaming Control Board.
Krolicki will fill out the remaining few months of the term vacated by Ben Kieckhefer, who became Lombardo’s chief of staff.
In a statement late Friday, the governor’s office said Krolicki is a longtime business leader in Nevada who is “credited with bringing critical economic development initiatives to the state throughout his time in public service and in the private sector.”
