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2024 Conference Speakers

Addie Smith
Justice Associate
The Whitener Group

Allison K. Athens
Associate Attorney
Rothstein Donatelli, LLP

April Olson
Partner
Rothstein Donatelli, LLP

Breann Nu'uhiwa
Principal
Kūpono Policy Solutions LLC

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians

Cassondra Church (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians )
Justice Associate
The Whitener Group

Pokagon Band of Potawatomi Indians

White Mountain Apache Tribe

Chase Velasquez
Senior Associate
Rothstein Donatelli, LLP

White Mountain Apache Tribe

Dan Rey-Bear
Partner
Rey-Bear McLaughlin, LLP

Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians

Denise Turner Walsh
Attorney General
Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians

Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians

Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma

Harrison W. Rice
Assistant Attorney General
Tohono O’odham Nation

Sac & Fox Nation of Oklahoma

Jason Freihage
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Management
Department of the Interior/Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina

Jody Cummings
General Counsel
Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina

Kathryn (Kate) Fort
Director of Clinics
Michigan State University College of Law

Ponca Tribe of Nebraska (enrolled) and Santee Sioux

Katie Brossy
Senior Counsel
Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld, LLP

Ponca Tribe of Nebraska (enrolled) and Santee Sioux

Navajo

Kimberly A. Dutcher
Government Relations Advisor, Native American Affairs
Direct Relief

Navajo

Kimberly Cluff
Legal Director
California Tribal Families Coalition

Navajo Nation

Krystalyn Kinsel
Special Counsel
Jenner & Block LLP

Navajo Nation

Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota Chippewas

Laura Lemire
Privacy and Security Attorney
Schwabe

Grand Portage Band of the Minnesota Chippewas

Pechanga Band of Indians

Lindsey Dollman
Senior Associate General Counsel
Pechanga Band of Indians

Pechanga Band of Indians

Lisa Loo
Senior Vice President and General Counsel
Arizona State University, Office of General Counsel

Lumbee

Lydia Locklear
Deputy Tribal Attorney
Catawba Nation

Lumbee

Michael Hoenig
Vice President, Associate General Counsel – Gaming
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

Peter Ortego
General Counsel
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

Pascua Yaqui

Pilar M. Thomas
Partner
Quarles & Brady LLP

Pascua Yaqui

Rebecca (Becca) Patterson
Partner
Sonosky Law Firm

Sam Cohen
Government Affairs and Legal Officer
Santa Ynez Band of Chumash Indians

Sam Daughety
Counsel
Dentons US LLP

Scott Crowell
Owner
Crowell Law Office – Tribal Advocacy Group

Stephen Greetham, Principal, Greetham Law, P.L.L.C

Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of South Carolina

Steve M. Bodmer
General Counsel
Pechanga Band of Indians

Edisto Natchez-Kusso Tribe of South Carolina

Suedeen Kelly
Partner
Jenner & Block

Gila River Indian Community

Sunshine Manuel
Senior Counsel
Gila River Indian Community

Gila River Indian Community

Haliwa-Saponi Tribe of North Carolina

Tim Evans
Deputy General Counsel
San Manuel Band of Mission Indians

Haliwa-Saponi Tribe of North Carolina

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