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Nizan Geslevich Packin is the Neuberger Berman/Zicklin Family Chair, and Professor of Law, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, City University of New York. She is also an ECGI Academic Member, and serves on the University of Haifa Law faculty. Packin specializes in financial regulation, data policy, innovative technologies, consumer and investor protection, and business law. Before entering academia, she practiced for six years with Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP in the Banking and Corporate Restructuring groups. Earlier in her career, she externed for Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, interned at the Federal Trade Commission, and served as a law clerk for Justice Salim Joubran at the Supreme Court of Israel. Packin’s scholarship has appeared in Science magazine; the Washington University Law Review; Illinois Law Review; Indiana Law Journal; Wisconsin Law Review; Houston Law Review; William & Mary Law Review; Harvard Law & Policy Review; Berkeley Business Law Journal; Columbia Business Law Review; Harvard Law School Corporate Governance Forum; Oxford Business Law Blog; and in various publications, including those of the American Bar Association. She is a Forbes Contributor and has also published op‑eds with outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg Law, Toronto Star, American Banker, and Newsday. Packin is a graduate of Columbia Law School and has earned a doctorate degree from the University of Pennsylvania.

Joseph A. Pacheco, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the College of Health and Director of the Institute for Indigenous Studies at Lehigh University. He is an Indigenous-Latino community-based participatory researcher focused on health inequities affecting American Indian communities, including commercial tobacco use, gambling-related harms, environmental health, and culturally grounded interventions. His research includes the National Council on Problem Gambling-funded Betting on Traditions, Winning Against Addictions project, examining the relationship between gambling and commercial tobacco use among American Indian adults. He also conducts federally funded research on culturally tailored tobacco cessation and environmental health in partnership with tribal communities.

Christina M. Pacheco, JD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Community Health at the University of Kansas Medical Center, with a secondary appointment in Population Health. She is an Indigenous-Latina community-based participatory researcher with more than 14 years of experience in public health and 16 years in law and policy. Her research focuses on health inequities affecting Indigenous, Latino, and rural communities, with particular emphasis on Indigenous maternal health, culturally grounded interventions, tobacco control, environmental health, and the social and structural determinants of health. She is also all but dissertation (ABD) for an interdisciplinary PhD in bioinformatics and public administration at the University of Missouri–Kansas City.

Julia Brunson joined the National Council on Problem Gambling in May 2022. In her role as Communications Manager, she assists in the development of multi-channel content, manages social media accounts, and helps execute communications strategy across all NCPG digital channels. Julia is an experienced communicator with several years of marketing and development experience in a non-profit setting. She has a BA in history from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and has a passion for all things digital and Gen Z. In her spare time, Julia enjoys writing, hiking, and browsing TikTok.

Dr. Serena King is Professor of Psychology at Hamline University in Saint Paul, Minnesota (PhD, Clinical Psychology, University of Minnesota). She is an internationally recognized expert in gaming and gambling, a licensed psychologist, and holds an International Gaming Disorder Certificate (IGDC). Her recent articles on youth gambling and gaming were published in JAMA Pediatrics and The Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. Her research examines gambling, gaming, psychopathology, with a particular focus on childhood, high school, and emerging adulthood. Dr. King has conducted several large-scale community studies on gambling and substance use and received grants from the Minnesota Department of Human Services, Minnesota Alliance on Problem Gambling, and an ICRG early investigator grant. She serves on the board for the Minnesota Prevention Alliance Foundation and advises on prevention, intervention, and educational models for mental health, gambling and addiction in youth and families. Her published work has appeared in Addiction, Public Health, Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, International Gambling Studies, and Journal of Gambling Studies. She conducts training for individuals, agencies, and treatment centers and develops psychoeducational materials for community leaders and health care professionals in the areas of addiction, mental health, and problem gambling.