Speakers:  Ronald DeGiacomo, OBAN Coordinator/Kiamichi Technology Centers and Shane Cessnun, Owner of BCW Group Topic: Procurement Assistance for Small Businesses selling to Government Agencies Ronald DeGiacomo is the Bid Assistance Coordinator at Kiamichi Technology Centers, a sub center of the Oklahoma Bid Assistance Network. He has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration [...]

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Speaker:  Governor Reggie Wassana Topic:  Leadership:Setting Goals Reggie will discuss setting goals and his goals for his first year as Governor and completion of goals and progress of the Tribe in 2018. Governor Reggie Wassana was sworn into office as the 4th Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Governor on January 8, 2018. Raised [...]

Speaker:  Kelly Bland, Executive Director, Osage County Tourism Kelly Bland is the Executive Director of Osage County Tourism. She has been involved with Chamber of Commerce activity from serving as the President of the Board to serving as a Chamber Director in Texas. In addition, she served on the board [...]

Speaker:  Governor Edwina Butler-Wolfe, Absentee-Shawnee A lifelong resident of Shawnee, Oklahoma and a member of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma, Edwina Butler-Wolfe, is the current governor of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe serving in her third two year term of office. Governor Butler-Wolfe is the first female Governor in the tribe’s history [...]

Speaker:  Walter Echo-Hawk (Pawnee) is a Native American speaker, author, and attorney Throughout his distinguished legal career, he has worked to protect the legal, political, property, cultural, and human rights of Indian tribes and Native peoples. An articulate and versed indigenous rights activist, Echo-Hawk delivers keynote speeches and lectures on [...]

Speaker:  Abraham Lincoln Topic:  Pathway to Leadership Abraham is an Ioway Tribal citizen and hails from the bear clan. He is the son of Renee Lincoln. He grew up in a traditional and cultural based family. He has been at the aviary since the summer of 2007 when he began volunteering [...]

Speaker:  Kay Bills Kay Bills is the owner of Strategic Native American Partnerships, LLC and a member of the Osage Nation. In 1961, Kay left the Osage to attend college in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She then spent a number of years honing her skills and returned to Osage in 2009. She is proud to [...]

Speaker: Amanda Smith, President of Mahuya Industries, LLC Topic:  My business is registered with tribes and the Federal government. Now what? Amanda has over 20 years of experience in the construction industry. Prior to starting Mahuya Industries in 2018, Amanda spent over fourteen years at Texas Motor Speedway, two years at the [...]

Speaker:  Kay Rhoads, Principal Chief of Sac & Fox Serving her second term as Principal Chief of the Sac & Fox, Rhoads is one of the few women leading a Native American Nation. One of her focus areas is to improve the lives of Native American women by stopping the violence [...]