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NCAIED Announces 2011 Native American 40 Under 40
The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) will honor 40 existing and emerging American Indian professionals under the age of 40 at its 36th Annual Indian Progress in Business Awards Event (INPRO) on Thursday, September 8 at The Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
In honor of its 40th anniversary in 2009, NCAIED introduced the Native American 40 Under 40 to recognize young Indians who have "demonstrated leadership, initiative and dedication to achieve impressive and significant contributions in their businesses, communities and to Indian country," according to an NCAIED press release.
The 2011 winners range from tribal officials and leaders of economic development to attorneys to business entrepreneurs to tourism and museum directors. The winners had to be nominated for the award and then selected by a panel of NCAIED representatives.
View the 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 DC
Charles Galbraith (Navajo)
Deputy Associate Director, Office of Intergovernmental Relations and Public Engagement
Office of President Barak Obama
Washington DC
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
Washington DC
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, Alaska
Bryan Newland (Bay Mills Tribe of Chippewa Indians)
Counselor to the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs
Bureau of Indian Affairs, US 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
US 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 DC
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, PA
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 DC
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