Politics & Government

Gov. Patrick Appoints Stephen Crosby Chair of the Mass. Gaming Commission

Governor Deval Patrick appointed Stephen Crosby as chair of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission Tuesday.

Governor Deval Patrick appointed Stephen Crosby as chair of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission Tuesday. A former CEO, secretary of Administration and Finance and gubernatorial chief of staff, Crosby currently serves as dean of the McCormack Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies at UMass Boston.

“Steve Crosby possesses the integrity and strong management skills we need to lead the new Gaming Commission,” said Governor Patrick in a statement. “I trust Steve to build an organization that meets the public’s high expectations and my own for integrity and professionalism. I look forward to working with the attorney general and treasurer on the remaining appointments.”

As the chair of the newly created Commission, Crosby will lead the implementation of expanded gaming in Massachusetts.

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“It will be up to me and the Commission to assure both the public and the participants in the gaming industry that the process for developing expanded gaming in Massachusetts is honest, transparent and fair,” said Crosby. “The Commonwealth and its residents have much to gain, most particularly in the creation of jobs.”

Crosby has served in a variety of senior leadership positions in the private and public sectors, serving under both Republican and Democratic governors. In May of 2000, Governor Paul Cellucci appointed Crosby as his secretary of Administration and Finance. In January 2002, acting Governor Jane Swift named Crosby chief of staff. In 2006, Governor Deval Patrick named Crosby a co-chair of the Patrick-Murray Administration’s budget and finance transition team. In March of 2009, Governor Patrick tapped Crosby to lead a review studying compensation of top managers at the state’s quasi-public agencies and in 2010, Crosby was picked by the state’s Supreme Judicial Court to serve on a task force to review hiring practices of the Massachusetts courts and probation department.

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Crosby was founder and publisher of CCI/Crosby Publishing in Boston. He has served as chairman and CEO of technology and publishing companies, including Interactive Radio Corp., Inc., SmartRoute Systems, Inc., Crosby Vandenburgh Group and MetroGuide, Inc.

The expanded gaming legislation signed by Gov. Patrick in November allows for up to three destination resort casinos in geographically-diverse locations, along with one slots facility, competitively awarded statewide.


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