Penn National Gaming Promotes Jay Snowden To COO

(RTTNews) - Penn National Gaming, Inc. (PENN) said Thursday that Jay Snowden, who has served as Senior Vice President, Regional Operations since October 2011, has been named Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately.

The role of Chief Operating Officer was previously held by Timothy Wilmott, who was named Chief Executive Officer in November concurrent with the spin-off of Gaming and Leisure Properties, Inc. from the company.

Penn also announced that effective January 6, William Fair has been appointed Senior Vice President, Chief Development Officer, a position previously held by Steven Snyder who assumed the role of Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Gaming and Leisure Properties at the time of the spin-off.

Snowden joined Penn National in 2011 following over 12 years at Caesars Entertainment in several regional and destination markets, including Nevada, California, Missouri, and New Jersey. Immediately prior to joining Penn National, he served as Senior Vice President and General Manager of both Caesars Atlantic City and Harrah's Resort Atlantic City. Snowden began his career with Caesars in 1998 with a financial planning and analysis role prior to being named Slot Performance Manager at Harrah's Las Vegas.