Michael Parenton — Senior VP of Operations & GM of L'auberge Baton Rouge at Pinnacle Entertainment

Mr. Michael Parenton, also known as Mickey, serves as Senior Vice President of Operations and General Manager of L'Auberge Baton Rouge at Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. Mr. Parenton has more than 18 years of casino and relationship marketing and leadership experience. He served as Senior Vice President of Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc. and also served as its Vice President of Baton Rouge Property and General Manager of Baton Rouge Property since January 2011. He served as Vice President of Special Projects where he was responsible for the development and execution of projects and programs aimed at improving Pinnacle's operational excellence. Prior to joining Pinnacle, he held numerous executive positions with Caesars Entertainment (Formerly Harrah's Entertainment), including Regional Vice President of Casino Marketing for the Gulf Coast Region, Regional Vice President of Casino Marketing for the Southeast Division and Senior Vice President of Casino Operations and Vice President of Casino Marketing at Grand Casino in Biloxi. He is very active in the local community and holds civic leadership roles with the New Orleans Sports Foundation, New Orleans Wine and Food Experience, Fore!Kids Foundation and Payton's Play It Forward Foundation. He is a life-long Louisiana resident and a Graduate of Jesuit High School in New Orleans, La. and University of Louisiana at Monroe (Formerly Northeast Louisiana University).