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
Ashley Roach
Attorney/Founder, All Rise, PLLC
Ben Fenner
Partner, Patterson Real Bird & Rasmussen LLP (Native Law Group)
Benjamin Varadi
Professor, Vermont Law and Graduate School
Bryan Warner (Cherokee)
Deputy Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation
Carrie Frias
Legislative Counsel for Tribal Council, Little River Band of Ottawa Indians
Chad Harsha (Cherokee Nation)
Attorney General, Cherokee Nation
Charles Tripp (Cherokee)
Judge/Attorney, Legal Advocates for Indian Country, LLP
Christine Frausto
Judge, Tulalip Tribes
Christy Finsel (Osage)
Executive Director, Oklahoma Native Assets Coalition, Inc.
Conor P. Cleary
Field Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior
Dan Foliart
Composer
David Holt (Osage)
Dean, Oklahoma City University School of Law
Mayor, City of Oklahoma City
Emily Eleftherakis (Cherokee Nation/Delaware Tribe of Indians)
Executive Director, Tribal Sovereignty Institute, Oklahoma City University School of Law
Gary Batton (Choctaw)
Chief, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Geoffrey M. Standing Bear (Osage Nation)
Principal Chief, Osage Nation
George A. Mocsary
Professor of Law, University of Wyoming College of Law
Geri Wisner (Muscogee (Creek) Nation)
Deputy Attorney General, Muscogee (Creek) Nation
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
Grace Signorelli-Cassady
Lawyer, Jenner & Block LLP
Gregory D. Smith
Chief Justice, Pawnee Nation Supreme Court
Jacintha Webster
Associate Professor, East Central University
Jacob Keyes (Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma)
Chairman, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
Jen Loren (Cherokee Nation)
Senior Director, Cherokee Film, Cherokee Nation Businesses
Jennifer Chadwick (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Community Development Advisor, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City
Jessica Goodwin (Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians)
Victim Services Unit Attorney, Iowa Tribe of Oklahoma
Kara Bacon (Choctaw)
Attorney, Bacon Law
Kathryn “Kate” E. Fort
Clinic Director, Michigan State University College of Law
Katosha Belvin Nakai (Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Sovereignty Attorney, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Kelli Mosteller (Citizen Potawatomi Nation)
Executive Director, First Americans Museum
Kirke Kickingbird (Kiowa)
Of Counsel, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker
Kymberly Cravatt (Seminole/Muscogee (Creek)/Chickasaw)
General Counsel – Health, The Chickasaw Nation
Lauren Clark (Chickasaw)
General Counsel, Chickasaw Nation Department of Commerce
Lauren King (Citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation)
United States District Judge for the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Washington, Federal Judiciary
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
Monroe Nichols IV
Mayor, City of Tulsa
Peary Robertson (Seminole)
Attorney/Tribal Judge, Robertson Law Office, PLLC
Samantha Wauls (Lower Brule Sioux Tribe (first descendant))
Associate Attorney, Soboba Band of Luiseno Indians
Sarah Adams (Choctaw)
Founder, Matriarch
Sena Yesslith (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma)
Principal Chief, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma
Shelby Rowe (Chickasaw)
President/Founder, Lhakoffi, LLC
Stacy Leeds (Cherokee Nation)
Willard H. Pedrick Dean and Regents Professor, Arizona State University
Stephen Pevar
Lecturer in Law, Yale Law School
Tana Fitzpatrick (Crow)
Associate Vice President of Tribal Relations, University of Oklahoma
Telly Meier
Partner, Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP
Terri Parton (Wichita and Affiliated Tribes)
Tribal Advisor | Project Manager, Blue Stone Strategy Partners
Tia Ebarb Matt (Choctaw-Apache Tribe of Ebarb)
Clinical Professor of Law, Oklahoma City University School of Law
Traci L. Morris (Chickasaw Nation)
Executive Director & Research Professor, American Indian Policy Institute at Arizona State University Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law
Wena Supernaw (Quapaw Nation)
Business Committee Chair, Quapaw Nation
Wilson Pipestem (Otoe-Missouria Tribe, Osage Headright Holder)
Founding Partner, Pipestem Law