Bailey Walker (2022-2024)
President
Catherine J Graddy (2022-2024)
Vice President
Catherine J Graddy is an attorney at Joyce & Graddy, PLLC, an American Indian-owned law firm and Cherokee TERO, Chickasaw and Choctaw preferred vendor in Tulsa, OK. She is a Cherokee citizen and a member of the First Families of the Cherokee Nation.
Graddy graduated from the University of Colorado, Boulder in 1998 with a BA in Psychology, graduated from Pepperdine University in 2000 with a Masters in Clinical Psychology, and graduated from the University of Tulsa College of Law in 2004 with a JD. She has been licensed to practice in Oklahoma since 2005 and a member of the Oklahoma Bar Association and the Tulsa County Bar Association. Catherine just graduated from the AICCOk Leadership Native Oklahoma Class of 2018!
Roberta Botello (2021-2022)
Secretary of State
Roberta Botello is a citizen of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes. She was born at the Indian Hospital in Lawton, Oklahoma and has spent the best part of her life in Oklahoma.
Botello is the Assistant to the Vice President for Public Affairs at the University of Central Oklahoma. She has worked at UCO for twelve years, also serving in Purchasing and Alumni Relations.
Botello was the first president and charter member of the University of Central Oklahoma Native American Faculty & Staff Association. Under her leadership, the UCO Native American Faculty & Staff Endowed Scholarship was created and funded.
Ms. Botello is a proud graduate of Leadership Native Oklahoma 2018 and serves as the co-vice president of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce – OKC Chapter.
Russell Tucker (2021-2023)
Board Member/Treasurer
Russell currently works for MEMCO Safety and M & M Poultry as a sales representative for southwest Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas and Oklahoma.
He supplies materials and services to manufacturers, construction companies, large building projects, police departments, first responders, transportation departments, food processors, poultry, pork and beef processing facilities, cities, counties, and tribal entities. Memco and M&M products and services help their valued customers to operate safer, more efficiently and more economically.
Russell is a proud member of the Choctaw Nation and a retired firefighter. He loves to hunt, fish, and travel. He and his wife Karen live in Poteau, Oklahoma.