Nevada Gaming Control Board member Terry Johnson, whose four-year term in office expired last month, will remain in place for several months in a “holdover capacity” role, Gov. Steve Sisolak said Monday.
Johnson, who is currently the Control Board’s longest-serving member, was first appointed to the position in 2012 and reappointed in 2017.
Sisolak said he plans to appoint a replacement board member but said Johnson’s experience would help during the current legislative session that began last week.
In a statement, Sisolak said Johnson would provide “continuity and longtime experience,” while the agency works with the gaming industry “to achieve widespread vaccination against COVID-19 while also managing their regulatory responsibilities and additional tasks associated with the current session.”
The three-member Control Board makes recommendations on licensing and other gaming policy matters to the part-time Nevada Gaming Commission.
The Control Board saw a change last year when Chairwoman Sandra Douglass Morgan resigned to accept a board position with Fidelity National. In November, Sisolak appointed Brin Gibson as chairman. Gibson spent four years as the chief of the gaming division for Nevada’s attorney general and had been in private practice. Sisolak also appointed Philip Katsaros to the board in 2019.
“Board Member Johnson will provide experience as the Gaming Control Board continues to work with the gaming industry,” Sisolak said. “I thank Terry for his longtime contributions and for his willingness to provide continuity and his expertise to our great state.”
Sisolak said the new board member’s term would run for four years from the final date of Johnson’s current term, which was Jan. 29.
Before joining the Control Board, Johnson served as the director of the Nevada Department of Business & Industry, a cabinet-level position. He was previously an assistant director at the Clark County District Attorney’s Office. He previously served in the cabinet of former Nevada Gov. Kenny Guinn, and also served as the State Labor Commissioner for five years.
Former Gov. Jim Gibbons first appointed Johnson to the Control Board. He was reappointed by former Gov. Brian Sandoval.
Howard Stutz is the executive editor of CDC Gaming. He can be reached at hstutz@cdcgaming.com. Follow @howardstutz on Twitter.
