{"id":16893,"date":"2013-01-07T21:21:34","date_gmt":"2013-01-07T21:21:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/?p=16893"},"modified":"2013-01-07T21:21:34","modified_gmt":"2013-01-07T21:21:34","slug":"fahrenkopf-to-leave-aga","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/fahrenkopf-to-leave-aga\/","title":{"rendered":"Frank Fahrenkopf to leave AGA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_13919\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/us-online-gaming-bill-unlikely-to-happen-this-year\/frank-fahrenkopf\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-13919\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13919\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-13919\" title=\"Frank Fahrenkopf\" src=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/10\/Frank-Fahrenkopf-300x197.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13919\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Frank Fahrenkopf stepping down in June<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Frank Fahrenkopf, the long-time president and CEO of the American Gaming\u00a0 Association, will step down at the end of June, the\u00a0association announced Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Fahrenkopf \u2014 a former chairman of the Republican National\u00a0 Committee during President Ronald Reagan\u2019s term \u2014 has served as president of the\u00a0 organization since it was created in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have enjoyed my time at the helm of this incredible organization and am\u00a0 proud to have represented an industry that provides tens of millions of men and\u00a0 women with the best entertainment value in the world,\u201d Fahrenkopf said in a\u00a0 statement. \u201cIt has been a true honor to work with so many passionate and\u00a0 innovative leaders as we have moved the industry forward during the past 17 and\u00a0 1\/2 years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He is set to remain involved as a consultant. In the last Congress,\u00a0 Fahrenkopf and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid worked on\u00a0the online\u00a0poker legalization bill, but was never introduced to Congress, believing it would fail if voted upon.<\/p>\n<p>His departure opens up a lucrative K Street job just as dozens of lawmakers\u00a0 are leaving office. According to tax records compiled by CEO Update, Fahrenkopf\u00a0 was paid $4.6 million for his services in 2011.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Frank Fahrenkopf, the long-time president and CEO of the American Gaming  Association, will step down at the end of June, the association announced Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":13920,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,18],"tags":[9],"class_list":["post-16893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming","category-n-america","tag-featured"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Frank Fahrenkopf to leave AGA - iGaming Post<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/fahrenkopf-to-leave-aga\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Frank Fahrenkopf to leave AGA - iGaming Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Frank Fahrenkopf, the long-time president and CEO of the American Gaming Association, will step down at the end of June, the association announced Monday.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/gaming-awards.com\/NEWS\/fahrenkopf-to-leave-aga\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"iGaming Post\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-07T21:21:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@igamingpost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@igamingpost\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/fahrenkopf-to-leave-aga\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/fahrenkopf-to-leave-aga\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/38b848f26341d94a3f6b1f5d9642234c\"},\"headline\":\"Frank Fahrenkopf to leave AGA\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-07T21:21:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/fahrenkopf-to-leave-aga\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":213,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gaming-awards.com\\\/NEWS\\\/fahrenkopf-to-leave-aga\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"\",\"keywords\":[\"featured\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Gaming\",\"N. 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