I am currently the Executive Director for the Seminole Tribe of Florida, Native Learning Center. Our training promotes the essentials of The Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act of 1996 (NAHASDA) for Tribal members and their communities. The NLC develops curriculum and delivers training that supports the primary objectives of NAHASDA and EWONAP’s mission of promoting the development of Native housing and housing related activities. I also serve as President, Seminole Taft Street Properties, LLC and 6365 Taft, LLC. I previously served as the Administrative Program Director for the NLC. I am a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma.I have served as Director, Member Engagement (Membership, Conferences & Communications) for BICSI, a non-profit association. I am the former Director of the Forum & Conference Services for the University of Oklahoma. I have 20 years of experience in planning and arranging conferences, meetings, exhibitions and events in the U.S, Canada and Europe. I have served as the Director of Meetings for (ASTRO) in Fairfax, VA, and previously as Senior Project Manager for the William H. Natcher Conference Center at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, MD. I also served as the Director of Convention Services for the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, D.C. where I organized the historic meeting between President Bill Clinton and 545 Tribal Leaders at the White House. I am proud of the many accomplishments but the one I am most proud of is my development and implementation of the University of Oklahoma's first ever Meetings and Event Management Certificate program and served as a member of the OU faculty for College of Continuing Education - OU OUTREACH.
Listed skills include Event Planning, Public Relations, Leadership, Event Management, and 46 others.