2026 Panelists

Ada E. Brown (Choctaw Nation)
U.S. District Judge, Northern District of Texas

Allison Neswood (Navajo)
Senior Staff Attorney, Native American Rights Fund

Christine Frausto
Judge, Tulalip Tribes

Christy Finsel (Osage)
Executive Director, Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition, Inc.

David Holt (Osage)
Dean, Oklahoma City University School of Law
Mayor, City of Oklahoma City

Gary Batton (Choctaw)
Chief, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Grace Carson (Yavapai/Chiricahua Apache descent)
Visiting Assistant Professor, University of Tulsa College of Law

Grace Fox (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma)
Tribal Healthcare Policy Analyst, University of Oklahoma Native Nations Center for Tribal Policy Research

Gregory D. Smith
Chief Justice, Pawnee Nation Supreme Court

Jennifer Chadwick (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Community Development Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City

Katosha Belvin Nakai (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Sovereignty Attorney, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

Kelli Mosteller (Citizen Potawatomi Nation)
Executive Director, First Americans Museum

Matthew L. Morgan (Citizen of the Chickasaw Nation and descendant of the Choctaw Nation)
Chickasaw Nation Special Envoy & Chairman of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association

Mitch Holditch
Partner, Patterson Real Bird & Rasmussen LLP

Peary Robertson (Seminole)
Attorney/Tribal Judge, Robertson Law Office, PLLC

Stacy Leeds (Cherokee)
Dean, Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University
President-Elect, University of Tulsa

Tana Fitzpatrick (Crow)
Associate Vice President of Tribal Relations, University of Oklahoma

Traci L. Morris (Chickasaw Nation)
Executive Director & Research Professor, American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law