The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development announces the 2011 Native American 40 Under 40
August 19, 2011
MESA, AZ. - August 15, 2011 - The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) is proud to announce the recipients of the 2011 Native American 40 Under 40, who will be recognized as part of the 36th Annual Indian Progress in Business Awards Event (INPRO) on Thursday, September 08, 2011 at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
The Native American 40 Under 40 recognition was incorporated in 2009 as part of the National Center’s 40th Anniversary and highlights 40 existing and emerging American Indian leaders under 40 years of age who have demonstrated leadership, initiative and dedication to achieve impressive and significant contributions in their businesses, communities and to Indian country.
INPRO is a multi-faceted event, which will also include the American Indian Business Opportunity Fair, avenue where Indian businesses, Corporations, Tribal Enterprises, and Government Agencies can network and have face to face meetings.
The INPRO 2011 awards banquet, presented by Raytheon, is the oldest and most prestigious Native American recognition event honoring natives and businesses that support business development across Indian Country. Presentations will also be made to the recipients of the Jay Silverheels Achievement Award, the First American Corporation Leadership Award, the First American Entrepreneurship Award and the American Indian Fellowship in Business Student Scholarship Award.
Corporate sponsors include Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, IBM, Northrop Grumman and the Seminole Tribe of Florida.
INPRO 2011 will include an exciting host of events leading up to the formal awards banquet and presentations, which will include:
Wednesday, September 07, 2011
- The INPRO 2011 Welcome Reception, hosted by the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Wednesday evening, at The Seminole Hard Rock Café – 6:30pm – 9:00pm (EST)
Thursday, September 08, 2011
- American Indian Business Opportunity Fair – 10:00am to 7:00pm (EST)
- INPRO 2011 Awards Banquet - 7:00pm – 9:30pm (EST)
2011 NATIVE AMERICAN 40 UNDER 40:
| Courtney Aitken-Gifford (Leech Lake Band of Ojibiwe) Economic Development Director Minnesota Chippewa Tribe Bemidji, Minnesota J. Chance Alberta (Chuckchansi) Tribal Council Treasure, Picayune Rancheria of the Chukchansi Coarsegold, California Chief J. Allan (Coeur d'Alene Tribe) Chairman, Coeur d'Alene Tribe Plummer, Idaho Twyla Baker-Demaray (Three Affiliated Tribes) Project Director, Nation Resource Center of Native American Aging Center for Rural Health Grand Forks, North Dakota John Beaver (Muscogee Creek Nation) Director/Curator, Muscogee Nation Museum & Cultural Center Tulsa, Oklahoma Prairie Bighorn (Ft. Peck Sioux Tribe) Comptroller, Northern Cheyenne Tribe Billings, Montana Amy Bowers (Yurok) Attorney, Native American Rights Fund Boulder, Colorado Jennine Elias (Inupiaq Eskimo) External Affairs Coordinator, Native American Contractors Association Washington, D.C. Charles Galbraith (Navajo) Deputy Associate Director, Office of Intergovernmental Relations and Public Engagement Office of President Barak Obama Washington, D.C. Chad German (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibiwe) CEO/President, Red Circle Agency Minneapolis, Minnesota Berbon Hamilton (Osage) General Manager, Osage Innovative Solutions, Osage LLC Catoosa, Oklahoma Russell Harjo (Seminole/Pawnee/Siletz/Grand Ronde) Northeastern State University Wewoka, Oklahoma Dawson Her Many Horses (Rosebud Sioux) Assistant Vice President, Bank of America Charlotte, North Carolina Vanessa Ray Hodge (Acoma Pueblo) Senior Counselor, Office of the Solicitor, Department of the Interior 1812 13th street, N.W. #2 Washington, D.C 20009 Levi Horn (Northern Cheyenne) National Football League Player, Chicago Bears Chicago, Illinois Ashley Iserhoff (Cree Nation of Mistissini) Deputy Grand Chief, Cree Regional Authority Executive Committee Nemaska, Quebec Pete King (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin) Vice President of Marketing and Business Development, Oneida Seven Generations Corporation Green Bay, Wisconsin Jason Lambert (Eastern Band of Cherokee) Economic Development Director, Eastern Band Of Cherokee Indians Whittier, North Carolina William Lowe (Muskogee Creek) Director of Tourism, Muscogee Creek Nation Tahlequah, Oklahoma Shayai Lucero (Pueblo of Laguna & Pueblo of Acoma) Owner, Earth and Sky Floral Designs Old Laguna, New Mexico |
Sean McCabe, Navajo Managing Shareholder, Anuskewicz & McCabe CPA PC Albuquerque, New Mexico Traci L. McClellan-Sorell (Cherokee Nation) President, McClellan-Sorell Consulting, Inc. Rio Rancho, New Mexico Kenneth Nelson, Jr. (Native Village of Port Lions) Deputy Director of Operations, Community Power Corporation, Afognak Native Corporation Anchorage, AK 99524 Bryan Newland (Bay Mills Tribe of Chippewa Indians) Counselor to the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs, Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S Department of Interior Springfield, Virginia Bradley Osborne President, NANA Oilfield Services, Inc., NANA Development Corporation Anchorage, Alaska Cassie Reese (Muskogee Creek Nation) Director of Development, Tulsa Community College Foundation Tulsa, Oklahoma Tasha Repp (Samish Indian Nation) Partner, Moss Adams LLP Bellingham, Washington Gyasi Ross (Blackfeet) Associate General Counsel, Crowell Law Office Suquamish, Washington Paul Russell (Fort McDowell Yavapai Apache) Council Delegate, Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation Fort McDowell, Arizona Edward Sequoyah Simermeyer (Coharie Indian Tribe) Counselor to the Assistant Secretary , Bureau of Indian Affairs, U.S Department of Interior Elkridge, Maryland Shyla Sheppard (Three Affiliated Tribes) Fund Associate Director, Tribal Business Initiative, New Mexico Community Capital Albuquerque, New Mexico Eddie Sherman (Navajo/Omaha) Development Manager, National Indian Child Welfare Association Portland, Oregon Michelle Sparck (Qissunamiut Tribe) President, ArXotica, Inc Bethel, Alaska Lillian Sparks (Rosebud/Oglala Sioux) Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans, Department of Health and Human Services Washington, D.C. Jon Swan (Chippewa Cree) Consultant, The Boston Consulting Group Waltham, Maryland George Tahdooahnippah (Comanche) Health and Fitness Promoter, Commanche Nation Apache, Oklahoma Travis Trueblood (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) Founding Partner, Trueblood Law Group, P.A Moore Haven, Florida Derek Valdo Sr. (Acoma Pueblo) Director of Safety Services, AMERIND Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico Burton W. Warrington (Prairie Band of Potawatomi) President & CEO , Prairie Band LLC Mayetta, Kansas Dennis Worden (Coeur d'Alene Tribe) Legislative Director, Native American Contractors Association Washington, D.C. |
For more information visit the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development.
