The Seneca Gaming Corp. will replace Catherine Walker with Audrey Oswell as president and CEO. Seneca Gaming, based in Niagara Falls, runs the Seneca Niagara Casino in Niagara Falls, in addition to gambling facilities in Salamanca and Buffalo.
Oswell came on board with Seneca Gaming in 2013 as COO in 2013, with a healthy resume consisting of over 30 years industry experience.Previously, she held roles as chief gaming officer at Atlantis, on Paradise Island in the Bahamas, in addition to senior management roles at Resorts International and Caesars in Atlantic City, and the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.
Walker came in as COO of Seneca Gaming in 2008, and in 2009 was named the company’s acting principal executive officer. The following summer Walker became president and CEO, not a bad rise. For now, Oswell will also remain COO and add the other responsibilities, said Phil Pantano, a Seneca Gaming spokesman.
Seneca Gaming would not comment on the change at leadership, and simply called it a “personnel matter.” Seneca Gaming has 4,000 employees spread out among its three locations.
