Spiegel was born in Youngstown, Ohio to Richard Winn and Grace Purol.[5] She graduated from high school in Salt Lake City,[5] and received her bachelor's degree in marketing and her Master's of Education from the University of Utah.[6]
Spiegel moved to Las Vegas in 1988 and began her career in the casino industry in the position of training manager at the Holiday Casino, which was located on the current site of Harrah’s Las Vegas.[7] In 1997, Spiegel was promoted into her first general manager role at the Harrah’s Shreveport (today Sam's Town Shreveport), in Shreveport, Louisiana.[8] She returned to Las Vegas as senior vice president of human resources for Harrah’s Entertainment.[9]
Spiegel was one of the first female presidents of a major casino on the Las Vegas strip,[1] holding the position of president of Bally’s, Paris Las Vegas and Planet Hollywood as well as the President of Harrah’s Las Vegas and Rio.[7] Spiegel was hired by Steve Wynn in 2010 to be president of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore.[1] She retired in 2013,[10] coming out of retirement in 2019 to retake her former role as President of Wynn Las Vegas in January 2019.[11][12] This came at the request of Matthew Maddox, CEO of Wynn Las Vegas and Encore's parent company, Wynn Resorts; that year, allegations of sexual harassment toward female employees by Steve Wynn were in the news.[13]
Spiegel plans to retire again the end of 2021.[13]
Spiegel is on the Board of Directors for the Thomas Spiegel Family Foundation.[14] She currently serves as Secretary on the Board of Trustees of Catholic Charities of Southern Nevada,[15] and also sits on the board of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority as part of her role with Wynn Resorts.[16]
