Governor Corbett Appoints Annmarie Kaiser to Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

Names Christopher Carusone as Secretary of Legislative Affairs

HARRISBURG, Pa., Aug. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Governor Tom Corbett today announced that he has appointed Annmarie Kaiser, currently his Secretary of Legislative Affairs, to serve as a member of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. The board oversees the 11 casinos now operating statewide.

"Annmarie Kaiser has done a tremendous job to help me achieve some of my administration's key legislative accomplishments," Corbett said. "She helped to secure the enactment of historic education and tort reforms as well as two on-time state budgets. I am grateful for her service to my office and to the commonwealth."

Kaiser has had a long association with Governor Corbett. When Corbett was Pennsylvania's Attorney General prior to being elected governor, Kaiser served as the acting Chief of Staff and the Director of Legislative Affairs for the Office of Attorney General.

She previously served as Executive Director of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association, a position she held from May 1997 until April 2005.

Kaiser also served as the Director of the Pennsylvania District Attorneys Institute, the training affiliate of the organization. Kaiser served as a Deputy District Attorney in Dauphin County, specializing in child abuse prosecution and sexual assault cases. She also previously served as law clerk for the Dauphin County Argument Court.

Kaiser earned her bachelor's degree from Loyola College and her law degree from the Widener University School of Law.

The seven-member Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board was established through the passage of Act 71 of 2004, also known as the Race Horse Development and Gaming Act. The board oversaw the creation of a casino industry offering both slot machine and table gaming. The 11 casinos now in operation in Pennsylvania offer both slot machine and table game gambling, employ more than 16,000 people, and collectively have generated more than $6.5 billion in tax and license fee revenue since the first casino opened in November 2006.

Governor Corbett also named Christopher Carusone to succeed Kaiser as Secretary of Legislative Affairs. Carusone is currently Executive Deputy General Counsel in the Office of General Counsel. Previously, he was a Chief Deputy Attorney General when Corbett served as Attorney General of Pennsylvania.

For more information about Governor Corbett and his leadership team, visit www.governor.pa.gov.

Media contact:  Kevin Harley, 717-783-1116

SOURCE Pennsylvania Office of the Governor