GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST SPECIAL EDITION: Jonathan Michaels, Senior Vice President, Strategic Development and Government Affairs, Sightline Payments

This week, the GGB Podcast sits down with Jonathan Michaels, the senior vice president, strategic development and government affairs for Sightline Payments on his new job and how his former position at the AGA has prepared him.

GLOBAL GAMING BUSINESS PODCAST SPECIAL EDITION: Jonathan Michaels, Senior Vice President, Strategic Development and Government Affairs, Sightline Payments

Jonathan Michaels was hired by the American Gaming Association, a few years removed from the University of Maryland, to run the organization’s membership program in 2014. He left the AGA last year and was recently hired by Sightline Payments. At Sightline, Michaels is responsible for three areas—government affairs, corporate communications and strategic development that he calls the “catch all bucket.” He says the years at the AGA prepared him for his new job because he interacted with high-level gaming executives, including his new bosses, co-CEOs Joe Pappano and Omer Sattar. He spoke with GGB Publisher Roger Gros on his inclusion in the Emerging Leaders 40 Under 40 Class of 2022 from his home office in Washington D.C.


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Articles by Author: Roger Gros

Roger Gros is publisher of Global Gaming Business, the industry’s leading gaming trade publication, and all its related publications. Prior to joining Global Gaming Business, Gros was president of Inlet Communications, an independent consulting firm. He was vice president of Casino Journal Publishing Group from 1984-2000, and held virtually every editorial title during his tenure. Gros was editor of Casino Journal, the National Gaming Summary and the Atlantic City Insider, and was the founding editor of Casino Player magazine. He was a co-founder of the American Gaming Summit and the Southern Gaming Summit conferences and trade shows.
Roger Gros is the author of the best-selling book, "How to Win at Casino Gambling" (Carlton Books, 1995), now in its fourth edition. Gros was named “Businessman of the Year” for 1998 by the Greater Atlantic City Chamber of Commerce and received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the American Gaming Association in 2012 as part of the annual AGA Communications Awards.