WV GOVERNOR APPOINTS NEW LOTTERY COMMISSIONER

2/6/2008 WV GOVERNOR APPOINTS NEW LOTTERY COMMISSIONER

Donald C. Lucci, CIMA, Director Investments, Citi Institutional Consulting of Charleston, has been appointed by Governor Joe Manchin to the seven-member West Virginia Lottery Commission.
Filling the unexpired term of Robert Walker, of Huntington, Lucci will represent the Certified Public Account” category of the Commission until the term is completed June 30, 2009.

Enthused over the newest Commission member, Lottery Director John Musgrave said, Don brings to the Commission a distinguished record of personal accomplishment and professional achievement. He brings skills and experience that will be invaluable to lottery operations.”
A 1979 graduate of West Virginia University, Lucci worked for five years as a Certified Public Accountant prior to joining Smith Barney in 1984. By 1985 he was a member of the firm’s Director’s Council, the top 5% of Financial Advisors within Smith Barney, and earned the Senior Institutional Consultant designation in 1996; he also holds the prestigious title of Certified Investment Management Analyst.
In 2006, Lucci was named an inaugural member of Citi Institutional Consulting, a new business unit within Smith Barney providing expanded investment consulting services to pension plan sponsors, foundations, and other institutional investors. He was recently promoted to Director – Investments.
The West Virginia Lottery Commission was created in 1985 to assist and advise the director of the Lottery and to carry on a continuous study of lottery operations throughout the state. The Governor, with the approval of the West Virginia Senate, appoints members.
In accordance with state law, the Lottery Commission is required to have seven members comprised of a lawyer, a certified public accountant, a computer expert, a marketing specialist, and one member with not less than five years experience in law enforcement. An additional two members represent the public at large.”

No more than four of them may be from the same political party. Unless filling an unexpired appointment, members serve overlapping terms of five years and are eligible for successive appointments to the Commission.

see more West Virginia lotto news and Powerball lottery results

best of luck