On October 8, Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak appointed former Judge Jennifer Togliatti and state Senator Ben Kieckhefer to the state Gaming Commission.
According to the Nevada Current, Togliatti, a former prosecutor and district court judge who retired in 2019, will be the first woman to serve as chair of the commission in its 62-year history. Kieckhefer, a Reno Republican, resigned from his state Senate seat the day before Sisolak made the appointment public. The former senator was ineligible to run for reelection due to term limits.
“Both Judge Togliatti and Senator Kieckhefer are highly qualified appointments to these positions, and I am glad to have them continue their service to the Silver State by serving on the Nevada Gaming Commission,” Sisolak said in a statement.
Togliatti and Kieckhefer will replace former commission members Deborah Fuetsch and John Moran Jr. The commission is scheduled to meet next on October 28.
