NAFOA 37th Annual Conference 2019 | NAFOA Native American Finance Officers Association | 15 April 2019 | Portland Marriott Downtown Waterfront, 1401 SW Naito Pkwy, Portland, OR 97201, US

We are pleased to announce NAFOA's 37th Annual Conference at the Marriott Downtown Waterfront Hotel in Portland, OR. This two-day conference will give you an exclusive opportunity to engage directly with tribal leaders, professionals, and influential federal agencies about economic and financial issues facing Indian Country.

2019 Speakers

Aaron Klein
Economic Advisor, NAFOA

Ron Insana
CNBC Contributor and Senior Advisor to Schroders, N.A.

Stephen Rich
President and Chief Equity Strategist, Mutual of America Capital Management LLC

Tara Sweeney
Assistant Secretary-Indian Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior

Nancy Berryhill
Acting Administrator, Social Security Administration

George Tiger
Former Muscogee (Creek) Nation Chief; Chairman, UINOKT

Stephen Lewis
Governor, Gila River Indian Community

Harry Pickernell Sr.
Chairman, Confederated Tribes of the Chehalis Reservation

Denise Desiderio
Senior Policy Advisor, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Leonard Forsman
Chairman, Suquamish Tribe

Rhonda Harjo
Deputy Counsel, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs

Ryan Luetkemeyer
Senior Manager, Tribal Services, Moss Adams LLP

Morgan Aronson
Single Audit Coordinator, U.S. Department of the Interior

Tom Comer
Director of Finance, Gun Lake Tribe

Dominic R. Ortiz
CFO, Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribal Government and Casino Enterprises

Rex Evans
Managing Director/Founder, Derivative Logic

Aaron Lemke
Senior Vice President & Senior Relationship Manager, Wells Fargo

Anthony Falcon
Investment Officer, Ho-Chunk Nation

Brent Wauneka
Acting Investment Manager/Account, Navajo Nation

Jon Panamaroff
Chief Compliance Officer and SVP, Koniag Government Services

Kari Bergman
Senior Project Development Specialist, North American Development Bank

Michael Bland
CDE Manager, Travois

Tedd Buelow
National Native American Coordinator, USDA Rural Development

Kris Nixon
Principal, CLA

Andrew Dana
Fiscal Officer, Penobscot Nation

Lahna Lilly
Finance Director, Klamath Tribes

Corrine Wilson
Principal, National Tribal Practice Leader, REDW LLC

Virginia Cross
Chair, Muckleshoot Indian Tribe

Christie Jacobs
Director, IRS Indian Tribal Governments/Tax Exempt Bonds

Robert Keller
Treasurer, Gila River Indian Community

Robert Yoder
Attorney, Yoder & Langford, P.C.

Geoff Strommer
Partner, Hobbs, Strauss, Dean & Walker, LLP

Cathy Chavers
Chairwoman, Bois Forte Tribal Government

Tim Gilbert
President, Maniilaq Association

Lacey Horn
Treasurer, Cherokee Nation

Brian Carroll
Director, Office of Financial Management, The Tulalip Tribes

Francisco Colon
Partner, Assurance and Advisory Services MGO LLP

Carmella Houston
VP of Business Banking, Salal Credit Union

Jeremy Wilson
Councilman, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

2019 Sponsors

PLATINUM SPONSORS:
• Amerind Risk
• Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
• Wells Fargo

GOLD SPONSORS:
• Bank of America Merrill Lynch
• Dorsey
• Faegre Baker Daniels
• MGO
• Mossadams
• PNC
• Sheppard Mullin
• Wipfli

SILVER SPONSORS:
• Akin Gump
• Tribal First
• Arel Capital
• BDO
• BKD CPAs & Advisors
• BOK Financial
• Barnes & Thornburg LLP
• Clifton Larson Allen
• Columbia Bank
• The Confederated Tribes
• Derivative Logic
• FS Advisors
• Fifth Third Bank
• Holland & Knight
• JLJ Capital
• Kilpatrick Townsend
• Lincoln Financial Group
• Northern Trust
• Payden & Rygel
• Redw
• Baird
• TFA Capital Partners
• The Mahoney Group
• Travois
• Loan Programs Office
• UBS
• Waseyabek

BRONZE SPONSORS:
• ArrowHead
• Blue Stone
• BlueBirdCPAs
• Bold Concepts
• Conner & Winters
• Conover
• Digital Designs
• FEG
• Kutak Rock
• Means & Associates
• Native Freedom Trust
• Palomar College
• Pinnacle Bank
• Providence First
• RWM
• RSM
• S3 Management Group
• Software Simplified
• Sullivan Insurance Agency
• Tribal Print Source
• US Bank
• USI Consulting Group

A LA CARTE SPONSORS:
• Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP
• Hobbs Straus Dean & Walker, LLP
• BlueBird CPA's
• Wells Fargo
• Salal Credit Union
• PNC Bank
• TFA Capital Partners
• BKD CPAs & Advisors
• Procopio
• San Luis Rey Indian Water Authority
• Wipfli/JOSEPH EVE
• AMERIND Risk
• Mutual of America
• Bay Bank
• Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians
• U.S. Bank
• Wells Fargo
• Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde