Gordon Medenica

Biography: Gordon Medenica
Gordon Medenica was appointed Director of the New York Lottery by the Governor on September 18, 2007.
As Director, Mr. Medenica serves as the chief executive officer of a $7.5 billion organization whose mission is to earn revenue for education in New York State. The New York Lottery is the largest and most profitable state-run lottery in America, generating a record $2.6 billion in education funding in the past year.
Before coming to the Lottery, Mr. Medenica had been the Executive Vice President of Philadelphia Media Holdings, LLC, which owns the Philadelphia Inquirer and Daily News. Prior to that, Mr. Medenica acted as an independent advisor to the Blackstone Group on newspaper acquisitions, and as the President and CEO of DornaUSA, a sports marketing company. A longtime executive at The New York Times Company, Mr. Medenica served as Group Publisher of several of its sports magazines, as head of strategic planning, and as a member of the Management Committee of the company. Earlier, Mr. Medenica was a Senior Analyst at the Marriott Corporation.
Mr. Medenica earned both his A.B. and M.B.A. from Harvard University.