John Farahi
Chief Executive Officer
John Farahi has been Co-Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Operating Officer of the Company since its inception, and of Golden Road since June 1993. From 1973 until June 1993, Mr. Farahi was President, Director, and General Manager of Golden Road. Mr. Farahi is a partner in Farahi Investment Company ("FIC") which is engaged in real estate investment and development. Mr. Farahi served on the Washoe County Airport Authority as a Trustee from July 1997 until June 2005. Mr. Farahi is a former member of the Nevada Commission on Tourism and is presently a Board Member of the Reno-Sparks Convention and Visitors' Authority. Mr. Farahi holds a political science degree from the California State University, Hayward.

Ron Rowan, CPA, MBA
Chief Financial Officer
Ron Rowan joined Monarch in June 2006 as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Rowan has extensive experience in financial leadership both within and outside the gaming industry. Most notably, he was the Controller from 1996 to 1999, and the CFO and Corporate Secretary for Casino Data Systems from 1999 until CDS was acquired by Aristocrat Leisure Limited, an Australian company, in 2001. Mr. Rowan continued on with Aristocrat where he served as CFO for the US-based subsidiary responsible for North and South American operations until 2003. He then served as CFO of Camco, Inc., a specialty finance company for three years before joining Monarch. Mr. Rowan holds an MBA degree from the University of California, Los Angeles and an undergraduate degree in business administration from the University of Southern California. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.

Debra Robinson, Esq.
General Counsel
Debbi Robinson has served as Monarch’s General Counsel since 1999. Ms. Robinson began her legal career as a judicial law clerk for Nevada State Supreme Court Justice Charles Springer. Thereafter she joined the venerable Nevada law firm of Vargas & Bartlett, focusing her practice on litigation defense and appeals. During her seven years with the Vargas firm, Ms. Robinson had the opportunity to represent a broad spectrum of high profile corporate clients and gaming companies (including Monarch), on a wide variety of issues. Ms. Robinson left the Vargas firm to found the law firm of Bowman and Robinson, where she continued her defense and appellate practice until accepting the position of General Counsel for Monarch. Ms. Robinson was born and raised in southern California and earned her juris doctorate degree from Southwestern University School of Law. She is admitted to practice law by the Nevada and California state bars. Additionally, she is a member of the Washoe County Bar Association, Northern Nevada Women Lawyers Association, Association of Corporate Counsel, and the Gaming Section of the Nevada State Bar.