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Wells, Karen
Executive DirectorIndependent & Quasi-public Agencies
- Agency Independent & Quasi-public Agencies
- Division Massachusetts Gaming Commission
- Title Executive Director
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Address
101 Federal Street, 12th Floor
Boston, MA 2110 - Phone 617-979-8400
- Email mgccomments@massgaming.gov
- Website www.massgaming.gov
- X @massgamingcomm
Official Record
- Year Started Current Position 2020
- Years in Current Position 7
- Job Description The mission of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission is to create and maintain a fair, transparent, and participatory process for implementing the expanded gaming law passed by the Legislature and signed by the Governor in November, 2011.The Commission strives to ensure that its decision-making and regulatory systems engender the confidence of the public and participants, and that they provide the greatest possible economic development benefits and revenues to the people of the Commonwealth, reduce to the maximum extent possible the potentially negative or unintended consequences of expanded gaming, and allow an appropriate return on investment for gaming providers that assures the operation of casino-resorts of the highest quality.
Personal Information
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Education & Career
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Education
- Boston University School of Law, 1994
- Bachelor of Arts, Colgate University, 1991.
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Previous Employment
- 2013, Mass Gaming Commission Director of Investigations and Enforcement Bureau, Interim Director
- Undersecretary for Law Enforcement, Massachusetts Executive Office of Public Safety
- Senior Counsel for Massachusetts Law Enforcement and Fire Services
- Deputy Chief of the Public Protection, Anti-Terrorism, Corruption and Technology Unit at the Middlesex County Attorney General's Office
- Assistant Attorney General, Criminal Bureau of the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office assigned to the Special Investigations and Narcotics Division
- Assistant District Attorney at the Middlesex County District Attorney's Office.