Bill Rubenstein, former commissioner of the state Department of Consumer Protection, has joined the board of directors for MMCT Venture, the company created by the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribes to create a new casino in Connecticut.
Gov. Dannel P. Malloy appointed Rubenstein Consumer Protection commissioner in 2011. Rubenstein served in that role for four years, retiring in January 2015. He was previously a partner at Hartford law firm Axinn, Veltrop & Harkrider LLP, where he also served as the firm’s ethics officer. He has served as counsel at the Federal Trade Commission and as an adjunct professor at the University of Connecticut School of Law.
Rubenstein will be the board’s fifth member, joining current members Kevin Brown, chairman of the Mohegan Tribal Council; Rodney Butler, chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council; Robert Soper, president of the Mohegan Tribal Gaming Authority; and Felix Rappaport, president and CEO of Mashantucket Pequot Gaming Enterprise.
The position is paid but a spokesman wouldn’t reveal the compensation.
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