James R. Maida, president and chief executive officer of Gaming Laboratories International, LLC, has been unanimously elected chairman of the Monmouth Medical Counter, Southern Campus Foundation Board of Trustees.

Maida’s appointment is the first by the Foundation Board since the merger of Monmouth and Kimball Medical Center, which is now Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus.

“As the first chairman of the Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus Foundation Board, James will be instrumental in helping to usher in a new era for fundraising for Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus,” said Denice Gaffney, vice president of Monmouth Medical Center, Southern Campus Foundation. “In addition to engaging board members in the mission of the hospital, James will provide a fresh perspective that complements the changes that are happening during this pivotal time in the hospital and Foundation’s history.”

Maida, who previously served on the Kimball Medical Center Foundation Board of Trustees, has a history of service to the Lakewood-based hospital and foundation. In addition to his service to the Foundation Board, each of Maida’s children has also volunteered at Kimball Medical Center.

As co-founder of Gaming Laboratories International, Maida has helped lead the company’s growth to become the largest firm of its kind, employing more than 800 people in 21 offices worldwide. An expert in gaming law, standards and regulation, as well as electronic gaming testing and U.S. tax law, Maida has testified as an expert witness in numerous gambling cases on both the state and federal levels.

Maida earned a B.S. in computer science engineering from Lehigh University in Bethlehem, Pa. and a J.D. from Rutgers School of Law in Newark, N.J. He resides in Titusville and Lavallette, N.J. with his wife, Sharon O. Maida, Ed.D., and their children. [TLS]