Harold Mays has been Inducted into the Prestigious Marquis Who's Who Biographical Registry
CHICAGO, IL, August 20, 2025 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Harold Mays has been inducted into Marquis Who's Who.
As in all Marquis Who's Who biographical volumes, individuals profiled are selected on the basis of current reference value. Factors such as position, noteworthy accomplishments, visibility, and prominence in a field are all taken into account during the selection process.
Mr. Mays is recognized as the director of the Illinois Lottery in Illinois. He has held the role since 2018 after more than five years as the organization's chief of operations and technology. Responsible for the overall administration of the lottery, which includes all business strategies related to responsibly generating revenue, he also strives to provide excellent products and services to players. He has helped orchestrate significant and positive changes at the lottery to drive responsible incremental growth, including increasing the allocation of lottery proceeds to education, expanding the iLottery program and restructuring the lottery's specialty cause program. These and other important initiatives have helped to produce an 18% growth in lottery proceeds and expanded the reach and visibility of the lottery.
Grateful for his accomplishments at the Illinois Lottery, Mr. Mays looks forward to continuing to help enable the lottery's future success and solidify its legacy and standing in the industry. Before joining the organization in 2013, he was employed by the Illinois Department of Central Management Services in Springfield, IL in various technology roles, beginning as a senior program manager from 2004 to 2007 and subsequently as a service engineering manager and enterprise program management office executive. Mr. Mays also held engineering roles at Universal Access from 2001 to 2003 and at ComEd between 1990 and 2001.
Civically invested, Mr. Mays has been active as a board member at the NewRoot Learning Institute since 2022, serving as board chairman since 2024. NewRoot is an organization that strives to improve the experiences of young people by increasing the capacity of adults through growing restorative and social-emotional practices in learning environments.
An alumnus of the Illinois Institute of Technology, Mr. Mays earned a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering in 1989 and became a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc. while there. He currently serves on the alumni board and chairs the nominations committee, helping to serve the needs of students and alumni. He has received credentials as a project management professional through the Project Management Institute (PMI), a certificate in project management through DePaul University, and a Credential of Readiness through Harvard Business School Online.
Mr. Mays is a member of several professional organizations, including, PMI and the North American Association of State and Provincial Lotteries (NASPL) where he has served as president since 2024. NASPL's basic mission is to advocate for state and provincial lottery organizations on matters of general lottery policy and leverage collaboration, communication, education, and information for the betterment of the industry.
In recognition of his accomplishments, Mr. Mays received a Powers Award of Excellence from NASPL in 2017 and was recently inducted into the 2025 cohort of the Chicago Defender's "Men of Excellence". He credits his success to his commitment to relationship building and having a solution-based mindset.
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