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Traci Hanson Traci Hanson is an Audit Senior Manager with Ketel Thorstenson, LLP. Traci graduated in 2001 from Black Hills State University in Spearfish, South Dakota with a Bachelor’s Degree in Professional Accountancy and Business Administration. She works primarily on not-for-profit, governmental, and compliance audits. She is a member of the American Institute of CPAs and the South Dakota CPA Society. Veronica Hix Veronica Hix (Cherokee) is ONABEN’s Executive Director. Previously, she was the Entrepreneur Development Manager for the Small Business Assistance Center in Oklahoma. An advocate for small business creation and economic development, Veronica was named the Minority Business Advocate of the Year by the Native American Business Enterprise Center, a facet of the Minority Business Development Agency. With a background in marketing and public relations, Veronica works to create opportunities for Indian-owned businesses to grow and prosper. Over the course of the last year, Veronica has assisted more than 250 aspiring entrepreneurs and small business owners in workshop settings, and has created a network of opportunities designed to enhance business development within Indian Country. Karlene Hunter Karlene Hunter is CEO and co-founder of Native American Natural Foods. A member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, Ms. Hunter has more than 32 years of experience working on educational and economic development on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, where Native American Natural Foods is based. The Kyle, South Dakota, company, founded with her longtime business partner Mark Tilsen, is the second business Ms. Hunter has started on the reservation. In 1996, Ms. Hunter and Mr. Tilsen created Lakota Express, a direct marketing and customer care management company focused primarily on fundraising for nonprofit organizations. In 2005, Ms. Hunter and Mr. Tilsen created Native American Natural Foods, a company devoted to the establishment of the first Native American national branded line of natural meat and fruit snacks. The company’s line of Tanka buffalo products has since grown to more than 4,000 retailers nationwide and has created more than 20 jobs on the reservation. Tanka Bars, the company’s signature product, is now the number one selling natural meat snack in the United States, according to SPINS, the natural food industry’s top retail measurement service. Well-known throughout the Native American community for her local and national service record, Ms. Hunter serves on the Board of Directors of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development. She has also served on the Board of Directors for the Native American Rights Fund, the National Indian Business Association, Dakota’s America LLC, and the Pine Ridge Area Chamber of Commerce. Ms. Hunter, who holds an MBA from Oglala Lakota College, has received numerous awards, including the 2011 Social Venture Network Innovation Award, the Natural Foods Industry’s prestigious 2010 Cliff Adler ‘Heart in Business’ Award, and the 2007 SBA Small Business Woman of the Year for South Dakota. Recognized in 2003 as one of the 100 Best Minority Suppliers by the Minority Business Network, Ms. Hunter received the National Director’s Pioneer Award in 2006. Marcella Hurley As Regional Director of the Small Business Development Center in Pierre, South Dakota, Marcella Hurley serves business clients in a fourteen-county area in Central South Dakota. She serves as Lead for the Small Business Development Center of Excellence for Native Entrepreneurship and is a member of the South Dakota Indian Business Alliance Leadership Committee. Marcella has also served as budget analyst for the University of South Dakota School of Medicine, senior planner for University of Nebraska Medical Center, manager of the South Dakota Housing Authority Homeownership Program, partner in a real estate mortgage company, and commercial banking branch manager. Ms. Hurley graduated from the University of South Dakota with an MBA. She is a member of the National Small Business Association and is a Certified Economic Development Finance Professional. Sandra K. Isburg Sandra K. Isburg is an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. She attended the Crow Creek Tribal Schools and graduated from Chamberlain High School and from Augustana University in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Since she moved back to the Crow Creek Reservation in 1993, she has been an advocate for new Native-owned businesses on her reservation. She has served on the boards of Harvest Initiative Inc. and Hunkpati Investments, Inc. since their inception. She currently serves as Board President for Hunkpati Investments, Inc. She is a co-owner and the CEO of Shelby’s LLC and General Manager of Shelby’s Minimart in Fort Thompson, South Dakota. Mary Beth Jäger Mary Beth Jäger (Citizen Potawatomi) is a Research Analyst for the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy at the University of Arizona. Mary Beth earned her Bachelor of Arts at Carroll College and a Master’s of Social Work from Washington University in St. Louis, with an emphasis on Social and Economic Development in American Indian Communities. While in school Mary Beth participated in the Washington Internship program for Native Students and interned in the Food Distribution Policy Branch at the USDA. Also, she was a Kathryn M. Buder Center for American Indian Studies Scholar and research assistant for the Center for Social Development. Mary Beth is interested in applied research on institutional change in Indigenous communities. She has researched policies to promote saving for post-secondary education in American Indian communities, reviewed Healthy Eating and Active Living policies in Indian Country, and conducted empirical legal research on federal Indian law topics. 12 2013 SOUTH DAKOTA INDIAN BUSINESS CONFERENCE
Michael B. Jandreau Michael B. Jandreau is the Chairman of the Lower Brule Sioux Tribe. He is a successful rancher on the reservation. He also serves on the tribal council. He began in 1972 as Vice-Chairman. He has been Tribal Chairman for more than thirty years. He started many of the tribe’s projects. Today the tribe’s farm corporation is the number one grower of popcorn in the world. It also grows navy beans. Jandreau also guides other programs for the tribe. Some of them are the Lower Brule Wildlife Program and the Golden Buffalo Casino. Stacey Johnston Stacey Johnston, a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, is currently a Loan Specialist at the Bureau of Indian Affairs and has held this position since 1989. Prior to his position as Loan Specialist, he served as an Agricultural Economist for the Bureau of Indian Affairs in Aberdeen, South Dakota, from 1987 - 1989. In addition, he has four years of experience in the private lending industry. Mr. Johnston received his Bachelor’s Degree in Economics from South Dakota State University. Alison Kiesz Alison Kiesz is the Ag Business Development Specialist for the South Dakota Department of Agriculture. Her work focuses on local foods and farmers markets but also includes exporting and international trade. She also helps plan many events for the department including the State Fair Wine Pavilion, the South Dakota Local Foods Conference and the Governor’s Ag Development Summit. She grew up on a family farm and custom harvesting operation near Brandt, South Dakota. She received a Bachelor of Science Degree in Agronomy and Ag Journalism from South Dakota State University and currently lives near Aberdeen. Mary Killsahundred Originally from Flandreau, South Dakota, where she is a member of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe, Mary Killsahundred began taking classes at South Dakota State University in 2002. After a few years and many changes in majors while pursuing her undergraduate degree, Mary finally discovered her interest in Sociology and obtained her Bachelor’s in 2007. Almost immediately, she went to work for the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe newspaper and printing press. By 2011, she decided she had taken a long enough break from school and went through the process of reentering academia. Currently, Mary works as a Graduate Research Assistant in the Sociology Department at South Dakota State University (SDSU). Currently working towards completing her Master’s Degree, she also works in the Rural Life and Data Center collecting and analyzing demographic data for the state. Besides her work at SDSU, she also serves on the Flandreau Santee Sioux Higher Education Committee. Sam Kooiker Sam Kooiker began his public service as part of the Rapid City Planning Commission from 2001-2002. Sam was elected to the Rapid City Common Council in 2002 and represented Ward 2 until he was elected Mayor of Rapid City in 2011. Sam was raised near Boyden, Iowa, a small Northwest Iowa town famous only for its zip code--51234. Sam is the oldest of four children. Sam graduated from the University of South Dakota with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminal Justice. He graduated with his Master’s Degree in Public Administration in 1998. Before being elected Mayor, Sam worked as an operations manager for a telecommunications business in Rapid City. It was while at the University of South Dakota that Sam met his wife, Jennifer, who is the daughter of Wayne and Bonnie King from Lead, SD. The Kings owned King’s Grocery/Pasties in Lead for many years. Jennifer works as a Dental Hygienist in Rapid City. Sam and Jennifer are the parents of three daughters, Abbie, Aubrie and Ellie. Stacey LaCompte Stacey LaCompte, enrolled member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe and born and raised on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation the majority of her life, is the Executive Director of the Wakpa Sica Historical Society, Inc. / Reconciliation Place located in Fort Pierre, South Dakota. Ms. LaCompte was first employed with Wakpa Sica in 2002 as the Executive Assistant and was promoted to Executive Director in 2003. Prior to working with Wakpa Sica, Ms. LaCompte was employed at the City of Fort Pierre as the Administrative Assistant. For 13 years, Ms. LaCompte dedicated her life to caring and educating others by working with the Teton Ambulance Service on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation as the Secretary, Emergency Medical Technician, Emergency Medical Dispatcher, and CPR / First Responder Instructor. In 1988, she was nominated as “E.M.T. of the Year”, and in 1992, won the National Indian School Board Associations “Parent of the Year” award. Ms. LaCompte has served on several committees and boards – City of Fort Pierre Board of Adjustments and Appeals, Fort Pierre Volunteer Fire Department Auxiliary, Law Enforcement Auxiliary, Fort Pierre Legion Auxiliary, and South Dakota Indian Business Alliance. She is a member of the first cohort of Native Nation Rebuilders selected by the Bush Foundation in 2010. Leroy “J.R.” LaPlante LaPlante, an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, is a practicing attorney in Vermillion and serves as the Chief Judge and court Administrator for the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe in Ft. Thompson. In both his law practice and his work, LaPlante has focused on serving the Native American community. He was the former Administrative Officer for the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and has an extensive background working for Native American human service organizations. He is a member of the first cohort of Native Nation Rebuilders selected by the Bush Foundation in 2010 and served as an Equal Justice Works, AmeriCorps Legal Fellow with South Dakota Access to Justice in 2009. LaPlante’s Lakota name is Tasunke Waste, which means His Horse is Beautiful. Krystal Langholz Ms. Langholz earned her Master’s Degree Summa Cum Laude from Colorado State University. While earning her MA in Anthropology and International Community Development, she specialized in Lakota community development and microlending. Ms. Langholz APRIL 10-12, 2013 RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA 13
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