Millie Fox Joins Seneca Gaming Corporation Board Of Directors
NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK: (August 2, 2022) Seneca Gaming Corporation announced that Millie Fox has been appointed to the Corporation’s Board of Directors.
Since 2017, Fox has served as a Commissioner for the Seneca Gaming Authority, which oversees and regulates the Seneca Nation’s Class II and Class III gaming activities. Her responsibilities included protecting the assets of the Seneca Nation through regulating activities within the Nation’s Class II and Class III gaming facilities in accordance with the Nation’s Gaming Ordinance, its gaming Compact with New York State, the National Indian Gaming Commission, the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act, Minimum Internal Control Standards, and Tribal Internal Control Standards. As a Commissioner, she also helped oversee employee licensing and approved gaming policies and procedures, as well as internal control standards. She has completed National Indian Gaming Association Level I – Masters Commissioner Certification Training.
“Millie is an excellent appointment to our Board of Directors,” said Dr. Lori V. Quigley, Board Chairwoman. “Her insight and regulatory background will be a strong addition to the breadth of experience already represented on our Board. As her new colleagues, we look forward to working with her.”
Fox has a long career of service to the Seneca Nation, including roles in the Environmental Department, Human Resources Department, and the Health Department, as well as with Seneca Gaming & Entertainment, the Nation’s Class II gaming operations. She is currently Outreach Coordinator in the Seneca Nation Veterans Department, helping to assist the Nation’s many military personnel and Veterans with available services and benefits.
Fox earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Hilbert College and an associate degree from Erie Community College. A Life Member of Seneca Fire, the volunteer fire department located on the Seneca Nation’s Cattaraugus Territory, she has served the department for 20 years and currently serves on its board. She is also a former Emergency Medical Technician, and has completed numerous emergency training programs through the New York State Emergency Management Office, the New York State Office of Fire Prevention and Control, and the U.S. FEMA Emergency Management Institute.
A member of the Seneca Nation’s Wolf Clan, Fox resides on the Seneca Nation’s Cattaraugus Territory with her son, Keagan.
Seneca Gaming Corporation Names Brenda Dysinger Vice President Of Human Resources
NIAGARA FALLS, NEW YORK: (August 2, 2022) Seneca Gaming Corporation announced that Brenda Dysinger, a Western New York native and gaming industry veteran, has been hired as the corporation’s new Vice President of Human Resources.
Dysinger will oversee the Human Resources functions at all three Seneca Gaming Corporation properties – Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino, Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino and Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino – as well as support organizational initiatives, strategies and goals for the company and its approximately 3,000 employees.
“We’re thrilled to have Brenda join our team,” said Seneca Gaming Corporation President & CEO Kevin Nephew. “She brings an exceptional gaming industry background, as well as a keen understanding of our region and our marketplace. We are confident that she can help us continue to maintain and elevate Seneca Gaming Corporation’s standing as an employer of choice in our region and in our industry.”
Dysinger has more than 20 years’ experience in Human Resources, including more than 15 years in the gaming industry. Most recently, she oversaw Human Resources for all Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation enterprises, including Sycuan Casino Resort, Singing Hill Golf Resort and all Tribal Government departments in El Cajon, California. She also spent six years in Las Vegas working in senior Human Resources roles for the Bellagio and Excalibur Hotel & Casino properties, and Wyndham Vacation Ownership. She also worked in Human Resources at Isle of Capri Casino in Black Hawk, Colorado.
“I am excited to return to Western New York for this remarkable opportunity,” said Dysinger, who grew up in Gowanda. “What Seneca Gaming Corporation has done here over the past 20 years has been transformational. I’m eager to help the company continue to reshape the region and create meaningful and rewarding experiences for our current and future team members.”
Dysinger graduated from Roberts Wesleyan College with a Bachelor of Social Work, and earned a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership from Colorado State University. She holds a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR ®) certification from the HR Certification Institute, which is widely recognized as a leading professional credential for those who have mastered the strategic and policy-making aspects of Human Resources management.
Seneca Gaming Corporation is a wholly owned, tribally chartered corporation of the Seneca Nation of Indians, which operates the Nation’s Class III casino gaming properties. Since opening Seneca Niagara Casino in 2002, the corporation has built and invested in the community at large by providing three premier gaming and entertainment destinations in Western New York: Seneca Niagara Resort & Casino in Niagara Falls, NY, Seneca Buffalo Creek Casino in downtown Buffalo, NY, and Seneca Allegany Resort & Casino in Salamanca, NY, as well as the award-winning championship Seneca Hickory Stick Golf Course in Lewiston, NY. Since 2002, the corporation has grown into one of the largest private sector employers in Western New York with over 3,000 employees across its three locations. Seneca Gaming Corporation provides generous benefits including paid training, tuition reimbursement, paid free lunches, on-site health offices, employee discounts, and more. Across all three world-class facilities guests are offered more than 5,100 slot machines, 125 table games, over 1,000 deluxe rooms and suites, luxurious spas & salons, award-winning fine dining, and high-end retail outlets. For more information, visit SenecaGamingCorporation.com.
Seneca Allegany Casino Hires New Medical Provider
Tammy Thayer, ANP-BC, is the new medical provider at the Seneca Allegany Casino.
She will provide casino healthcare services including employee physicals, medication prescriptions, sick visits and patron emergencies.
She earned an associate degree in nursing at Jamestown Community College and bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the State University of Buffalo. She has more than 25 years of nursing experience including work in the hospital setting, outpatient offices, hospice and, most recently, she cared for adult patients in a outpatient practice.
