Coeur d’Alene Casino CEO Francis SiJohn Wins SPOKANE Coeur d’Alene Living Magazine Power 50 Award

WORLEY, ID – September 10, 2019 Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel is proud to announce CEO Francis SiJohn as a winner of SPOKANE Coeur d’ Alene Living magazine’s 2019 Power 50 Awards. SiJohn ranks among the top-10 “Most Influential” and respected business leaders in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. Bozzi Media, the magazine’s publisher, states that the list represents “our region’s most influential professionals–in time, presence and money–who have been shaping, and continue to shape, our community in positive ways.” Together, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, Spokane, Washington, and their respective counties comprise a Combined Statistical Area (CSA) that ranks as the 71st largest in the United States. Award recipients will be feted at the Power 50 Awards on September 18th, 2019 at 5:00 PM with the ceremony beginning at 6:30 PM. Tickets are available online at https://bozzitickets.com/e/power50/tickets and the event will take place at the Hangar Event Center at Felts Field located at 6095 E. Rutter Ave. Spokane, WA 99212. For more information visit www.spokanecda.com.

“I am humbled to receive the Power 50 Award,” begins SiJohn. “When I am honored, so is the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, and that pleases me more than anything. It’s an acknowledgement that our efforts, in the local economy and community have not gone unnoticed. There are more great things to come,” the affable CEO concludes.

A long-time leader within Coeur d’Alene Tribal Government, Francis SiJohn is in his third year as CEO of the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel. He has already overseen multiple positive initiatives, including a major 68,000 square-foot renovation to the casino, which was completed in March 2019. SiJohn and his team envisioned and executed the new unifying interior design, complete with new high-limit gaming and other amenities, plus the creation of a state-of-the-art event center. The event center boasts a new worldclass sound and lighting system that delivers perhaps the finest concert experience for casino patrons in the Pacific Northwest!

While the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel enjoys the visionary leadership of one of the Pacific Northwest’s most influential CEO’s, SiJohn’s influence reaches far beyond the properties walls. As an extension of traditional Native American hospitality, he maintains a stalwart commitment to both responsible environmental stewardship and support of education. Five percent of all gaming profits from the property go to public schools and education programs. A firm believer in education, SiJohn earned both a Bachelor of Arts in Urban and Regional Planning and Construction and a Masters of Public Administration degree from Eastern Washington University.