Board of Directors
Virginia E. Shanks
Retired Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer
Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.
DIRECTOR SINCE 2017
BIRTH YEAR: 1960
Ms. Shanks served as Executive Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. ("Pinnacle"), a casino entertainment company, from July 2013 until October 2018 when Pinnacle merged with Penn National Gaming, Inc. ("Penn National"), also a casino entertainment company. After the merger, she served as Strategic Advisor for Penn National through December 2019. Previously, from October 2010 to June 2013, Ms. Shanks served as Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Pinnacle. Prior to joining Pinnacle, she was Chief Marketing Officer for Multimedia Games Inc., a casino gaming systems production company, from 2008 to 2010. Prior to 2008, Ms. Shanks held senior executive positions for more than 25 years at the property, division and corporate levels of Caesars Entertainment Corp., including Senior Vice President of Brand Management. She is a director of Light & Wonder, Inc. (NASDAQ: LNW) and serves as a trustee of EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR).
Ms. Shanks is Chair of the Finance Committee and a member of the Compensation and Talent Development, Executive and Innovation Committees.