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Gordy Kanofsky has been Co-Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ameristar since November 2006 and has served as Executive Vice President of the Company since 2002. Gordy oversees corporate development, as well as governmental and legal affairs, and regulatory compliance. He joined the Company in 1999 as Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs after having served as Ameristar's outside general counsel since 1998 and its securities counsel since 1993.
Gordy was in private practice as a corporate and securities lawyer for approximately 20 years before joining Ameristar. He became a partner in Hughes Hubbard & Reed in 1989 and later became a shareholder in Sanders, Barnet, Goldman, Simons & Mosk.
He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Washington University in St. Louis, as well as a Juris Doctorate with honors from Duke University. He was also a member of the Duke Law Journal.
Gordy is a Co-Trustee and a member of the Board of Directors of The Craig H. Neilsen Foundation, which is primarily dedicated to spinal cord injury research and treatment. In addition, he serves on the Board of Directors of the American Gaming Association and the Association's Task Force on Diversity. He also serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors of the Southern California Chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. | 