U.S. gaming company Full House Resorts announced on July 2 that it has appointed Eric J. Green and Michael P. Shaunnessy to its board of directors.
Full House owns and operates gaming facilities throughout the United States including the Silver Slipper Casino and Hotel in Hancock County, Mississippi; Bronco Billy’s Casino and Hotel in Cripple Creek, Colorado; Rising Star Casino Resort in Rising Sun, Indiana; and Stockman’s Casino in Fallon, Nevada, as well as the Grand Lodge Casino at the Hyatt Regency Lake Tahoe Resort, Spa and Casino in Incline Village, Nevada.
Green brings more than 20 years of investment expertise to the board. Since 1997, he has worked at Penn Capital, an investment firm with approximately $3 billion of assets under management. Green currently serves as Penn Capital’s Chief Investment Officer of Equity, where he is responsible for guiding the firm’s equity strategies.
He is also a senior portfolio manager for Penn Capital’s equity strategies and a member of the executive team that oversees the firm’s overall corporate strategy and management. Prior to joining Penn Capital, Green was with the Federal National Mortgage Association, the Royal Bank of Scotland and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission, where he served as a financial analyst in the Division of Investment Management.
Shaunnessy brings 37 years of experience in the gaming and hospitality industries to the company’s board. Most recently, he was president and CEO of Nevada Gold & Casinos, Inc., which he led for more than six years until its sale in 2019. From 2005 to 2012, Shaunnessy was executive vice president of operations at MGM Resorts International. In that capacity, he was the chief operating and financial officer overseeing operations of MGM’s Railroad Pass and Gold Strike casino hotel properties, both in the Las Vegas area.
Before joining MGM, Shaunnessy was vice president of administration of Monarch Casino & Resort, Inc. And from 1998 to 2004, he served as executive vice president and CFO of Full House Resorts, as well as a member of its board of directors from 2001 to 2004.
“We are proud to welcome Eric Green and Mike Shaunnessy as new independent members of our board of directors,” said Dan Lee, president and CEO of Full House Resorts. “Both Eric and Mike are well-regarded and bring new knowledge and experiences to our board. We look forward to their wise counsel and thoughtful contributions to our company.”
