Management Team

Scott Betts
President, Chief Executive Officer & Director

Scott Betts was named President, Chief Executive Officer and Director of Global Cash Access, Inc. (GCA) in October 2007. Before joining the GCA executive team, he served as Executive Vice President and President of Domestic Enterprise Payments at First Data Corporation (FDC) for five years. Prior to his work with FDC, Mr. Betts led a distinguished 24-year career at Procter & Gamble (P&G), where he held a number of senior management positions in marketing, product management, and brand development. He later joined the company as an engineer and ultimately advanced to General Manager/Vice President of P&G’s Western Europe Tissue Towel division based in Geneva, Switzerland.

Kathryn S. Lever
Executive Vice President & General Counsel

Kathryn S. Lever, Executive Vice President and General Counsel for GCA has a unique background in gaming law, commercial law, and corporate finance law, which positions her well for her pivotal role at GCA. Prior to joining GCA’s executive team in September 2005, Ms. Lever was a partner at the reputable Schreck Brignone law firm in Las Vegas, Nevada. Before her work with Schreck Brignone, she was an associate in the litigation department of the Vancouver office of McCarthy Tetrault, Barristers & Solicitors, and then went on to become an associate at Catalyst Corporate Finance Lawyers in Vancouver, British Columbia. Ms. Lever earned her law degree from the University of Windsor and also attended the University of British Columbia and the Mountview Theater School in London. Ms. Lever is currently a member of the State Bar of Nevada and The Law Society of British Columbia.

Mari Ellis

Executive Vice President, Development & Technology

Mari Ellis was named Executive Vice President of Development and Technology for GCA in March 2008. Before joining GCA, Ms. Ellis held a variety of senior management positions at First Data Corporation, the world’s leading credit and debit card transaction processor. Most recently she was Chief Operations Officer for First Data’s Prepaid Services, and prior to that she served as Senior Vice President for their Business Integration Office, where she was responsible for large acquisition integrations and other scale enterprise initiatives. Ms. Ellis was also the Senior Executive responsible for Business Architecture at First Data Resources where she lead all technical and business aspects of a multi-million dollar project to transform the data processing systems. Previously, Ms. Ellis was a pioneer of Stored Value products and technology with American Express as well as an executive for Diners Club Business Development with Citigroup.

Scott Dowty
Executive Vice President, Business Development

Scott Dowty joined GCA in November 2005. Previously, Mr. Dowty worked with First Data Corporation (FDC) as General Manager and Vice President of First Data International in Toronto, Canada, where he managed several merchant service alliances, ISO, VAR and card issuing programs between 2000 and 2005. Mr. Dowty also served as Director of New Business Development in North America for CIBC Merchant Services (now Global Payments Canada), located in Toronto, Canada, from 1996 to 2000.

David J Lucchese 
Executive Vice President, Sales