Craig Ferreira is the Interim Executive Director for the UNLV International Center for Gaming Regulation. He is a Summa Cum Laude graduate of California State University, Hayward (East Bay) with a degree in Mass Communications and earned his MBA from Aspen University in Colorado. Ferreira spent 18 years in hospitality management and marketing before entering the gaming space in 2018.

In his role at the UNLV, Ferreira direct strategies that support and enhance the Center’s regulatory programming and organizational operations, including the delivery of  engaging executive educational seminars and content to our stakeholder audience of gaming operators, regulators, suppliers, and policy makers, managing assets, streamlining and optimizing financial operations, providing leadership to all staff, establishing business goals, and advising senior leadership within UNLV on the core tenets of the Center's mission.