Karl Peterson has served as an Accel director since 2017 and was appointed Lead Independent Director in February 2026, having previously served as the Company's Chairman from 2019. He is head of Peterson Capital Partners, a family office, and in 2022 retired as a Senior Partner of TPG Global, LLC and Managing Partner of TPG Pace Group, where he led the firm's SPAC and permanent-capital efforts. He was a co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Hotwire.com and earlier a financial analyst at Goldman Sachs. He currently serves as a director of Vacasa, Inc., Playa Hotels & Resorts B.V. and Sabre Inc. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame, where he earned a B.B.A. with High Honors.
Gordon Rubenstein is a co-founder of Accel and has served as Vice Chairman since 2019 and as a director since 2010. He has been Managing Partner of Raine Ventures since 2013, where he co-founded and leads The Raine Group's venture-capital platform. He previously co-founded Astro Gaming (acquired by Skullcandy/Logitech), Rave Digital Media (acquired by AMC) and Pacific Partners. He is a Trustee of the U.S. Olympic Committee Foundation and holds an A.B. from the University of Michigan. Gordon Rubenstein is the brother of Chief Executive Officer and Chairman Andrew Rubenstein.
Cheryl Kondra has served as an Accel director since April 2025 and chairs the Audit Committee. Since June 2020 she has served as Vice President of Internal Audit at Tractor Supply Company. She previously held gaming-industry roles including VP of Internal Audit at Genting Americas (2019-2020), VP of Internal Audit and Chief Compliance Officer at Pinnacle Entertainment (2014-2018), and Chief Audit Executive at Caesars Entertainment (2007-2014), following various roles with Harrah's and Caesars since 1997. She has served as a director and Audit Committee Chair of Galaxy Gaming, Inc. since December 2021. She holds a Master of Accountancy and an undergraduate degree in Accounting and is a Certified Internal Auditor.
Kathleen Philips has served as an Accel director since 2017 and chairs the Compensation Committee. She held numerous leadership roles at Zillow Group, Inc., including chief legal officer (2014-2018), chief financial officer and treasurer (2015-2018), chief operating officer (2013-2015) and general counsel (2010-2014), and has been retired since August 2020. She earlier served as general counsel at FanSnap, Pure Digital Technologies, StubHub and Hotwire, and was an attorney at Cooley Godward LLP and Stoel Rives LLP. She served as a director of Nerdy, Inc. (2020-2024) and Apptio (2017-2019). She holds a B.A. in Political Science from the University of California, Berkeley, and a J.D. from the University of Chicago.
Doris M. Robinson has served as an Accel director since 2020. She is the founder and, since 1995, Chief Executive Officer of Robinson Hill, Inc., a Chicago-based concessions-management firm specializing in retail and restaurants primarily in airports, and was founder and CEO of the GT Spirits Company. Earlier in her career she worked for Johnson & Johnson, Leo Burnett, Ameritrust Bank and Northern Trust. She served as a member of the Illinois Gaming Board from November 2015 until May 2019. She holds an M.B.A. from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management, a B.A. from the University of Pennsylvania and an honorary doctorate from Kentucky Wesleyan College.
Kenneth B. Rotman has served as an Accel director since 2019 and is Clairvest's designee to the Board. He is Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Clairvest Group Inc. (Toronto Stock Exchange: CVG), a Toronto-based private-equity firm with significant gaming-industry expertise, and has more than 30 years of experience as a private-equity investor. Before joining Clairvest in October 1993 he spent nearly three years at E.M. Warburg, Pincus & Co. He has served on numerous public and private company boards. He earned a B.A. from Tufts University, an M.Sc. from the London School of Economics and an M.B.A. from New York University's Stern School of Business.
David W. Ruttenberg has served as an Accel director since 2010. He founded Belgravia Group Ltd., a real-estate development company, in 1989 and served as its Chairman until 2014, and in 2013 founded Lakewest, Inc., a real-estate investment company, where he serves as president. He is a partner of Lakewest Venture Partners, principal of Ruttenberg Reis LLC and president of The Ruttenberg/Kagan Foundation. He received a B.S. in Economics from Cornell University, pursued post-graduate studies in economics at the London School of Economics and earned his J.D., Cum Laude, Order of the Coif, from Northwestern School of Law.
Andrew H. Rubenstein founded Accel in 2009 and has served as its Chief Executive Officer and a director since January 2010; he was appointed Chairman of the Board in February 2026. He built Accel into one of the largest distributed-gaming terminal operators in the United States. Before founding Accel, Mr. Rubenstein was a co-owner and executive of Seven, LLC and an owner and operator of Super Liquors, Inc., then the largest liquor-store chain in central Illinois by revenue. As previously announced, Mr. Rubenstein will transition from Chief Executive Officer to an advisory role effective August 2026 while continuing to serve as Chairman of the Board. He is a graduate of Brandeis University, where he earned a B.A. with honors in Economics and an M.A. in International Finance and Economics.
Brett Summerer has served as Accel's Chief Financial Officer since September 2025, overseeing internal and external financial reporting, internal audit, compliance and controls, investor relations, and the Company's treasury and capital-markets functions, while supporting strategic planning, business development and M&A. He most recently served as Chief Financial Officer of Verano Holdings Corp. from 2021 to 2025, where he built a 70-person finance and IT team, led multiple system implementations and completed more than 20 M&A transactions in a regulated, multi-state industry. Earlier he held senior finance, operations and IT roles at Kraft Heinz, Corning and General Motors. He holds multiple Bachelor of Science degrees and a master's degree from Michigan State University and an MBA in Finance and Accounting from the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business.
Mark Phelan has served as Accel's Chief Operating Officer since February 2026 and as President, U.S. Gaming since October 2023, having joined Accel as Chief Revenue Officer in 2017; he also served as interim Chief Financial Officer in 2025. The Company has announced that Mr. Phelan will succeed Andrew Rubenstein as Chief Executive Officer and President effective August 7, 2026. Before joining Accel he was a Director of Research and Portfolio Manager at SFG Asset Advisors, Chief Executive Officer of M22 Capital LLC (2011-2013), a Managing Director of Piper Jaffray & Co. (2004-2011) and Head of Asian Derivatives Trading at DRW Trading Group. He holds a B.A. and an M.A. from the University of Chicago and an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business.
Scott Levin has served as Accel's Chief Legal Officer and Secretary since March 2025. He previously served as managing director of Portco Advisors LLC (2024-2025), as an advisor and Chief Legal Officer at Atlas Power Group LLC (2021-2024), and in executive roles including Chief Executive Officer, Chief Administrative Officer and General Counsel at FTD Companies, Inc. (2013-2021). He has also held general counsel positions at Coskata, Inc., Morton's Restaurant Group, Inc., Torex Retail Americas and OurHouse, Inc. He earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Political Science from Boston College and a J.D. from The George Washington University.
Derek Harmer has served as Accel's Chief Compliance Officer since March 2025, having served as the Company's General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary from 2012 to March 2025. He has been a member of the Executive Committee of the Illinois Gaming Machine Operators Association since 2016. Before joining Accel he was President of Stadium Technology Group, Senior Vice President of Progressive Gaming International Corporation, and held management positions at WMS Gaming Inc. He also served as a Deputy Attorney General in Nevada's Gaming Division, acting as in-house counsel to the Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission. He holds a B.A. in Criminal Justice from the University of Illinois-Chicago and a J.D. from Drake University.