People: Ameristar Casinos Inc (ASCA.O)
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24 May 2013
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24 May 2013
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Summary
| Name | Age | Since | Current Position |
|---|---|---|---|
Luther Cochrane |
63 | 2011 | Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board |
Larry Hodges |
63 | 2008 | President, Chief Operating Officer, Director |
Gordon Kanofsky |
56 | 2011 | Chief Executive Officer, Director |
Thomas Steinbauer |
61 | 2003 | Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance, Treasurer, Secretary, Director |
Peter Walsh |
55 | 2008 | Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel |
Carl Brooks |
62 | 2006 | Independent Director |
Leslie Nathanson Juris |
65 | 2003 | Independent Director |
J. William Richardson |
64 | 2003 | Independent Director |
Biographies
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Luther Cochrane |
Mr. Luther P. Cochrane is Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Ameristar Casinos Inc. He was elected as a Director of the Company in January 2006 and non-executive Chairman of the Board in May 2011. He is Chairman of KBR Building Group (formerly BE&K Building Group, LLC), a diversified commercial, hospitality, healthcare, industrial and institutional construction firm in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions for which he also served as Chief Executive Officer from June 2004 to July 2011. Mr. Cochrane has announced his intention to retire from KBR Building Group in 2012. He is also Chief Executive Officer of the Cochrane Group, a consulting company. From 1998 to March 2003, Mr. Cochrane was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer or Chairman of Bovis, a global real estate and construction service company that provided a full range of construction, development, capital structuring and consulting services. Bovis was acquired by Lend Lease, an Australian real estate and asset management firm, in 1999 and changed its name to Bovis Lend Lease. Mr. Cochrane has held a variety of senior executive positions within the Bovis Group, beginning in 1990 as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of McDevitt Street Bovis and later as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Bovis Americas, the Bovis entity responsible for all operations in North and South America. Mr. Cochrane was formerly a senior partner in Griffin, Cochrane and Marshall in Atlanta, Georgia, a firm that specialized in real estate and construction law. He is a graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and the University of North Carolina School of Law at Chapel Hill. |
Larry Hodges |
Mr. Larry A. Hodges is President, Chief Operating Officer, Director of Ameristar Casinos Inc. He has been a Director of the Company since March 1994 and was elected President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company in May 2008. From September 2005 to May 2008, he was a consultant for CRG Partners Group LLC (formerly known as Corporate Revitalization Partners, LLC) ("CRP"), a privately held business management firm. From July 2003 to September 2005, he was a Managing Director of RKG Osnos Partners, LLC, a privately held business management firm that merged with CRP. Mr. Hodges has more than 35 years' experience in the retail food business. He was President and Chief Executive Officer of Mrs. Fields Original Cookies, Inc. from April 1994 to May 2003, after serving as President of Food Barn Stores, Inc. from July 1991 to March 1994. From February 1990 to October 1991, Mr. Hodges served as president of his own company, Branshan Inc., which engaged in the business of providing management consulting services to food makers and retailers. Earlier, Mr. Hodges was with American Stores Company for 25 years, where he rose to the position of President of two substantial subsidiary corporations. Mr. Hodges holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, San Bernardino and is a graduate of the Harvard Business School Program for Management Development. |
Gordon Kanofsky |
Mr. Gordon R. Kanofsky is the Chief Executive Officer, Director of Ameristar Casinos Inc. He joined the Company in September 1999 and has been Chief Executive Officer since May 2008 and a member of the Board of Directors since November 2006. He was also Co-Chairman of the Board from November 2006 to May 2008 and then Vice Chairman of the Board until May 2011. Prior to that, he was Executive Vice President since March 2002 after having initially served as Senior Vice President of Legal Affairs. Mr. Kanofsky was in private law practice in Washington, D.C. and Los Angeles, California from 1980 to September 1999, primarily focused on corporate and securities matters. While in private practice, he represented the Company beginning in 1993. Mr. Kanofsky is co-executor of the Estate of Craig H. Neilsen, the former Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and majority stockholder (the "Neilsen Estate"), and he is co-trustee and a member of the board of directors of the Craig H. Neilsen Foundation (the "Neilsen Foundation"), a private charitable foundation that is primarily dedicated to spinal cord injury research and treatment. He also has been actively involved as an advisory board member of the Neilsen Foundation since its inception in 2003. In addition, he serves on the board of directors of the American Gaming Association and previously served on the Association's Task Force on Diversity. Mr. Kanofsky has served in various volunteer capacities for the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. Mr. Kanofsky is a graduate of the Duke University School of Law and holds an undergraduate degree in History from Washington University in St. Louis. |
Thomas Steinbauer |
Mr. Thomas M. Steinbauer is Chief Financial Officer, Senior Vice President - Finance, Treasurer, Secretary, Director of Ameristar Casinos Inc. Mr. Steinbauer has been Senior Vice President of Finance of the Company since 1995 and Treasurer and a Director since inception. He was elected Secretary of the Company in June 1998 and Chief Financial Officer in July 2003. Mr. Steinbauer has more than 35 years of experience in the gaming industry in Nevada and elsewhere. From April 1989 to January 1991, he was Vice President of Finance of Las Vegas Sands, Inc., the owner of the Sands Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. From August 1988 to April 1989, he worked for McClaskey Enterprises as the General Manager of the Red Lion Inn & Casino, handling the day-to-day operations of seven hotel and casino properties in northern Nevada. Mr. Steinbauer was Property Controller of Bally's Reno from 1987 to 1988. Prior to that time, he was employed for 11 years by the Hilton Corporation and rose from an auditor to be the Casino Controller of the Flamingo Hilton in Las Vegas and later the Property Controller of the Reno Hilton. Mr. Steinbauer holds Bachelor of Science degrees in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Nebraska-Omaha. |
Peter Walsh |
Mr. Peter C. Walsh is Senior Vice President, Chief Administrative Officer, General Counsel of Ameristar Casinos Inc. Mr. Walsh joined the Company as Senior Vice President and General Counsel in April 2002 and was elected to the additional position of Chief Administrative Officer in May 2008. From June 2001 to April 2002, he was in private law practice in Las Vegas, Nevada. Mr. Walsh was Assistant General Counsel of MGM MIRAGE from June 2000 to June 2001, also serving as Vice President of that company from December 2000 to June 2001. He was Assistant General Counsel of Mirage Resorts, Incorporated from 1992 until its acquisition by MGM MIRAGE in May 2000. Prior to joining Mirage Resorts, he was in private law practice in Los Angeles, California from 1981 to 1992. Mr. Walsh is President and chairman of the board of directors of Ameristar Cares Foundation, Inc., the Company's non-profit charitable foundation. Mr. Walsh is a graduate of UCLA School of Law and holds an undergraduate degree in English from Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. |
Carl Brooks |
Mr. Carl Brooks is an Independent Director of Ameristar Casinos Inc., since October 2006. He was President of The Executive Leadership Council starting in 2001 and then Chief Executive Officer from 2004 to 2010. Founded in 1986, The Executive Leadership Council is the nation's premier leadership organization of African-American senior executives of Fortune 500 companies. Prior to joining The Executive Leadership Council, Mr. Brooks had more than 25 years' experience in the utility industry, including as Vice President, Human & Technical Resources of GPU Energy in Reading, Pennsylvania, one of the publicly traded electric utilities in the United States, and Chief Financial Officer of GENCO, a wholly owned subsidiary of GPU Energy. He served on the Financial Services Diversity Council of Chrysler LLC and was Vice Chair of the board of directors of the Howard University School of Business and the board of advisers of Hampton Institute. Mr. Brooks holds an undergraduate degree from Hampton Institute and a Master in Business Administration degree from Southern Illinois University. He is a graduate of the Tuck Executive Program (President Program) at Dartmouth College and the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from the Richmond Virginia Seminary. |
Leslie Nathanson Juris |
Ms. Leslie Nathanson Juris is an Independent Director of Ameristar Casinos Inc., since May 2003. She has more than 30 years of experience as a consultant in the areas of implementing strategy and managing complex organizational change. She works with executives to develop strategy, structure, succession, culture and practices to improve organizational performance. Since June 1999, she has been Managing Director or President of Nathanson/Juris Consulting, where she advises executives of both publicly and privately held companies in a broad range of industries. From 1994 to June 1999, she was Managing Partner of Roberts, Nathanson & Wolfson Consulting, Inc. (now known as RNW Consulting), a management consulting firm. She was also a lecturer at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University over a 20-year period. Ms. Nathanson Juris holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Tufts University, a Master of Arts degree specializing in management and education from Northwestern University and a Ph.D. degree specializing in organizational behavior from Northwestern University. |
J. William Richardson |
Mr. J. William Richardson is an Independent Director of Ameristar Casinos Inc., since July 2003. From August 2007 until August 2011, he was a member in Forterra Real Estate Advisors I, LLC, which invests in and advises with respect to the construction and acquisition of telephone call centers in the United States. Mr. Richardson has more than 30 years' experience in the hotel industry. From February 2004 until his retirement in May 2006, Mr. Richardson was Chief Financial Officer of Interstate Hotels & Resorts, Inc. ("IHR"), the independent hotel management company. IHR manages more than 300 hotels for third-party owners, including REITs, institutional real estate owners and privately held companies. From 1988 to July 2002, he held several executive positions with Interstate Hotels Corporation (a predecessor of IHR), including Chief Executive Officer and most recently Vice Chairman/Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Richardson began his hotel finance career in 1970 as Hotel Controller with Marriott Corporation, then became Vice President and Corporate Controller of Interstate Hotels Corporation in 1981 and Partner and Vice President of Finance of the start-up hotelier Stormont Company in 1984, before re-joining Interstate Hotels in 1988. Mr. Richardson holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Business/Finance from the University of Kentucky. |
Basic Compensation
| Name | Fiscal Year Total |
|---|---|
Luther Cochrane |
-- |
Larry Hodges |
4,220,330 |
Gordon Kanofsky |
5,808,970 |
Thomas Steinbauer |
3,021,210 |
Peter Walsh |
2,960,850 |
Carl Brooks |
-- |
Leslie Nathanson Juris |
-- |
J. William Richardson |
-- |
As Of 30 Dec 2011
Options Compensation
| Name | Options | Value |
|---|---|---|
Luther Cochrane |
0 | 0 |
Larry Hodges |
15,000 | 169,350 |
Gordon Kanofsky |
300,920 | 2,110,665 |
Thomas Steinbauer |
125,200 | 702,893 |
Peter Walsh |
579,048 | 4,604,603 |
Carl Brooks |
0 | 0 |
Leslie Nathanson Juris |
0 | 0 |
J. William Richardson |
0 | 0 |
| Name | Shares Traded | Price |
|---|---|---|
STEINBAUER THOMAS M |
20,350 | $0.00 |
RICHARDSON J WILLIAM |
11,000 | $26.35 |
RICHARDSON J WILLIAM |
3,300 | $26.33 |
STEINBAUER THOMAS M |
12,840 | $0.00 |
JURIS LESLIE NATHANSON |
13,500 | $8.55 |
RICHARDSON J WILLIAM |
12,500 | $10.23 |
RICHARDSON J WILLIAM |
1,800 | $20.94 |
COCHRANE LUTHER P |
2,400 | $22.88 |
COCHRANE LUTHER P |
25,501 | $0.00 |
COCHRANE LUTHER P |
25,501 | $0.00 |
HODGES LARRY A |
4,511 | $0.00 |
KANOFSKY GORDON R |
3,535 | $26.40 |
WALSH PETER C |
2,625 | $0.00 |
WALSH PETER C |
1,869 | $26.40 |
STEINBAUER THOMAS M |
1,572 | $26.40 |
KANOFSKY GORDON R |
4,963 | $0.00 |
WALSH PETER C |
2,625 | $0.00 |
HODGES LARRY A |
2,429 | $26.40 |
KANOFSKY GORDON R |
4,963 | $0.00 |
HODGES LARRY A |
4,511 | $0.00 |
STEINBAUER THOMAS M |
10,000 | $11.53 |
STEINBAUER THOMAS M |
1,000 | $17.51 |
STEINBAUER THOMAS M |
1,000 | $17.46 |
STEINBAUER THOMAS M |
2,200 | $17.45 |
STEINBAUER THOMAS M |
5,800 | $17.44 |
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