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orn and raised in Pine Ridge, South Dakota, and graduated from Red Cloud High School in 1992. After graduating high school, he moved forty miles north east of Pine Ridge on the southern edge of Badlands National Park, where he currently lives on family land. He graduated from Oglala Lakota College in 2007 with a Bachelor’s Degree in Lakota Studies and a teaching certification in Lakota Language. Prior to coming to Lakota Funds, he worked as a GED tutor and as an alcohol/drug counselor. Doug currently sits on the Board of Directors for Tusweca Tiospaye Inc., a nonprofit organization that promotes Lakota language and cultural revitalization on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Madonna Peltier Yawakie Madonna is the President and CEO of Turtle Island Communications, Inc. (TICOM). TICOM is an American Indian owned firm that provides telecommunication engineering and technical consulting services. TICOM has provided wireline and wireless system design and implementation services for numerous tribal and federal clients. She has contributed to federal telecommunication policy development on tribal lands and has testified on client telecommunication issues to the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs. She is currently Co-Chair of the Minnesota Indian Business Alliance, is a Member for the Blandin Foundation’s Broadband Strategy Board, and a Board Member for Pejuta, Inc. Madonna has an Associate of Arts in Business Administration from Haskell Indian Junior College, a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and a Master’s degree in Community and Regional Planning from North Dakota State University. Madonna is an enrolled member of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa. Matthew L. Rappold Mr. Rappold is currently a co-owner of Owl Nest Consulting, LLC, an Indian-owned minority business located in South Dakota. Prior to forming Owl Nest Consulting, Matt was the Chief Prosecutor for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe as well as a Special Assistant United States Attorney. As a 2003 graduate of the University of South Dakota School of Law, Mr. Rappold’s legal career as an attorney has centered around working in Indian Country in South Dakota. In addition to serving as Chief Prosecutor for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe, Mr. Rappold has been a Staff Attorney and Managing Attorney with Dakota Plains Legal Services on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation. Billy Jo Sazue Billy Jo Sazue is the Youth Program Coordinator at Hunkpati Investments. Billy Jo is an enrolled member of the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. A graduate of Crow Creek High School (CCHS) in 2000, he went on to Dakota Wesleyan University (DWU) and study Secondary Education with an emphasis in History. After leaving DWU in 2005, Billy Jo returned to CCHS and taught World History, Geography, and Native American History. After 3 years in the classroom, he served as the Dean of Students at the Middle School level for the next 4 years. Working with young people has always been a passion of his. Gerald Sherman Gerald Sherman (Oglala Lakota), has more than 20 years experience working in banking and finance in Indian Country. He was the founding director of Lakota Funds, the first Native community development financial institution (CDFI) in the U.S., located on and serving the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. Sherman worked in banking for Norwest Bank (now Wells Fargo), the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and First Interstate BancSystem of Montana. His banking career focused on community development and financing on Indian reservations. Sherman is a member of the International Advisory Council of the Native Nations Institute at the University of Arizona, which is affiliated with the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development. He is also a board member of Indian Dispute Resolution Services of Sacramento, California; Chairman of the board of the Indian Nonprofit Alliance in Montana; and Co- Chair of the Native CDFI Network Board of Directors. Sherman and his wife, Jael Kampfe, own and operate a cattle operation and guest ranch on a 12,000-acre Montana ranch. Leonard Smith Mr. Smith is a tribal member of the Assinaboine & Sioux from the Fort Peck Reservation in Montana. He has over 30 years experience in business and economic development with various tribes and Native American organizations. He is the founder and Executive Director of the Native American Development Corporation, providing technical assistance and training to Montana, Wyoming, North and South Dakota Native owned businesses. He was successful in organizing the Tribal Leadership Council (representing seven tribes in Montana / Wyoming), Native American Manufacturers Network (representing the tribal businesses in Montana and Wyoming) and Memorandum of Agreements with economic development agencies/organizations to combat depressed economies of reservations. As CEO of a tribal owned manufacturing enterprise for the Fort Peck Tribes he organized business strategies and developed strategic business partnerships for profitability using the 8(a) program with the U.S. Small Business Administration. Christine Sorensen Christine Sorensen is the Rural Development Coordinator for South Dakota USDA Rural Development, providing program outreach for core USDA RD programs as well as special projects and initiatives. She is Native American coordinator, Broadband Coordinator, Cultural Transformation Committee co-chair, and Stronger Economies Together trainer as part of her job. Prior to her current position, Christine was the chief loan officer for the Northeast South Dakota Economic Corporation for 13 years. She is a native of South Dakota growing up on a farming and ranching operation north of Pierre, South Dakota. She has recently been named as a Bush Foundation Fellow and will continue her work on regional development as part of her fellowship. Kristen Stambach Kristen Stambach is the Loan and Outcomes Coordinator at Four Bands. In this role, she is responsible for assisting with the day to day activities associated with maintaining the revolving loan fund and coordinating the organization’s Wicoicage Sakowin kin un 16 2013 SOUTH DAKOTA INDIAN BUSINESS CONFERENCE
Wicakagapi (Building for the Seventh Generation) program. Kristen also supports organizational development by analyzing and managing the client database for outcomes tracking, program deliverables, and performance measures. Kristen holds an Agriculture Business Degree from Western Dakota Tech and a Bachelor of Science Degree in Biology from Black Hills State University. Prior to coming on board at Four Bands in November 2010, Kristen worked at Premier Bankcard for over four years. A native to the area, she grew up on a buffalo ranch near Red Scaffold, South Dakota. Kristen currently lives in Dupree, a small town west of Eagle Butte, South Dakota. Mato Standing High Mato Standing High, Esq. is a licensed Colorado and South Dakota attorney, and along with general law practice focuses on consultant work through the co-ownership of Owl Nest Consulting, LLC. Mato has a strong background in the practice of Indian law as well as a passion to serve and assist under represented individuals. Currently Mato is Vice President of the South Dakota Indian Country Bar Association as well as Vice President of Native Educational Endeavors. Mato serves a nonprofit, How 2 Unite, on the Board of Directors as Treasurer, and is a founding member of this organization. Prior to forming Owl Nest Consulting, Mato was the Attorney General for the Rosebud Sioux Tribe in South Dakota and also served as In-House Counsel. Mato has taught Indian Law, Indian History, and Sociology at Black Hills State University in his hometown of Spearfish, South Dakota. Mato is a graduate of the University of Wyoming where he earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Marketing as well as the University of Montana, School of Law, where he earned a Juris Doctorate in law. Mark Stevens Mark Stevens is the Assistant Vice President / Loan Officer of 1st Financial Bank USA in Dupree, South Dakota. He is very active in the community as a member of Dupree Booster Club, a coach for the 7th and 8th grade girls basketball, President of Dupree Community Club, President of the South Dakota Junior High Rodeo Board, Dupree High School Rodeo coach/advisor, Ziebach County 4-H rodeo board member, and Four Bands Community Fund Board Member and Loan Committee Member. In my spare time, I like to help friends on their ranches, rope, help kids with their horses, play and coach basketball, hunt, and do woodworking. I have been married to my wife, Rhea, for 17 years, and have 2 daughters that keep us busy going to basketball games and rodeos. Barbara Stiffarm Barbara has extensive background in community and economic development services to Native and non-Native communities. Before joining Opportunity Link in 2006, she served as Senior Staff Writer for RJS & Associates, Inc., an American Indian-owned consulting firm located on the Rocky Boy’s Indian Reservation. She also worked for Fort Belknap Indian Community Council as the Tribal Planner/Community Development Block Grant Coordinator, serving as research and development manager for established and non-established tribal services. Barbara has worked in many areas of business development to support entrepreneurship and tribal enterprises. She is currently a member of the Community Advisory Committee for Policy Link’s Program for Environmental and Regional Equity and serves as the Chairman of the Montana Community Finance Corporation Board. She also served as a member of the Governor’s Council on Economic Security for Montana Families until 2009, and currently serves on the Fort Belknap Investment Board, Montana Indian Business Alliance, University of Montana’s Bureau of Business and Economic Research Board, and the United Tribes Workforce Development Board. She is an enrolled member of the Blackfeet Tribe and has lived on the Fort Belknap Reservation since 1982. Sandy Swallow Internationally and locally-renowned Sandy Swallow’s (Oglala Lakota) artistic passion began in mid life, as she experimented with oils and watercolors while living on a ranch near Pine Ridge. Sandy is most well known for her hand-pulled block printmaking. This painstaking medium provides her with the ability to create dramatic pieces saturated with deep earth and pastel colors which evoke traditional Native American symbols and images from the natural world. Winning awards from many art shows such as the Northern Plains Indian Art Market, Sioux Falls, South Dakota; Sweet Willow Indian Market at Great Falls, Montana; and Grand River Indian Artists Gathering at Grand Junction, Colorado have helped inspire her art career. National recognition of her artwork began in 1999, as she was selected to be the artist for the National American Indian Heritage Poster for the United States Department of Agriculture. In 2007 Sandy was commissioned to provide the artwork for the “USDA Guide to American Indians and Alaska Natives Programs.” Her success as a Native American Artist continued to grow in 2007 as, First Lady Laura Bush sent and invitation for Sandy to attend a White House Reception for her painting of the Devil’s Tower National Park for the White House Christmas Ornament. Presently, Sandy has her own gallery located on Main Street in Hill City, South Dakota. Howard D. Valandra Howard D. Valandra, Sicangu Lakota, graduated from St. Francis Mission School and the University of South Dakota School of Business. Howard has held a variety of positions in the tribal, government, private, and philanthropic sectors. Work in the private sector started early when Howard worked the family businesses of a grocery store and a service station on the reservation. He founded FIRST Computer Concepts, Inc., a certified 8(a) business by the Small Business Administration, and helped start St. Francis Energy Company. In 1996 Howard became Executive Director of the Tribal Land Enterprise, an organization that managed tribal lands and acquired new land on behalf of Rosebud Sioux Tribe. Currently Mr. Valandra is a Fiduciary Trust Officer with the Office of Special Trustee working with the Santee Sioux Nation, the Yankton Sioux Tribe, and the Crow Creek Sioux Tribe. He is involved in many aspects of tribal and Individual Indian Money (IIM) accounts. APRIL 10-12, 2013 RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA 17
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