Indian Gaming Association
Board of Directors

Delegates

1

Eastern Delegate

Michael Conners
St. Regis Mohawk
2

Eastern Delegate Alternate

William Canella
Seneca Nation
3

Eastern Delegate Alternate

Robert McGhee
Poarch Band of Creek Indians
4

Eastern Oklahoma Alternate

Jerry Lankford
Miami Tribe
5

Eastern Oklahoma Alternate

Craig Harper
Peoria Tribe
6

Eastern Oklahoma Alternate

Billy Friend
Wyandotte Nation
7

Eastern Oklahoma Delegate

Matthew Morgan
Chickasaw Nation
8

Great Plains Alternate

Bernardo Rodriguez
Oglala Sioux Tribe
9

Great Plains Delegate

Collette Brown
Spirit Lake Nation
10

Midwest Alternate

Alex Wesaw
Pokagon Band of Potawatomi
11

Midwest Alternate

Melanie Benjamin
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
12

Midwest Delegate

Brandon Yellowbird-Stevens
Oneida Nation of Wisconsin
13

Navajo Alternate

Myron Lizer
Navajo Nation
14

Navajo Delegate

Seth Damon
Navajo Nation
15

Northwest Delegate

Denise Harvey
The Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde
16

Pacific Alternate

Rosemary Morillo
Soboba Band
17

Pacific Alternate

Richard Jones
Table Mountain Rancheria
18

Pacific Alternate

Gary Santos
Tule River Tribe
19

Pacific Delegate

Mark Macarro
Pechanga Band of Luiseño Indians
20

Rocky Mountain Alternate

Francine Dupuis
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes
21

Rocky Mountain Alternate

Jenni Wildcat
Northern Arapaho Tribe
22

Rocky Mountain Delegate

Lee Spoonhunter
Northern Arapaho Tribe
23

Southern Plains Delegate

Michael McLane
Deleware Nation
24

Southwest Alternate

Idak Fierro
Pueblo of Pojoaque
25

Southwest Delegate

Stuart Paisano
Pueblo of Sandia
26

Western Alternate

Ned Norris
Tohono O'Odham Nation
27

Western Alternate

Jerome Kasey
White Mountain Apache Tribe
28

Western Delegate

Paul Russell
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation

Associate Member Delegates

(non-voting)
1

Russell Witt

2

Chris Georgacas

Meet Our Chairman

Ernest L. Stevens, Jr.
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Ernie Stevens, Jr. is the Chairman and national spokesperson for the Indian Gaming Association (IGA) in Washington, D.C. Stevens is currently in his ninth two-year term as the organization’s leader, which is a position elected by the member tribes of the Indian Gaming Association.

As Chairman of IGA, Stevens represents the Indian gaming industry. In this role, he has worked to educate Congress, the media and the public about the positive impacts of Indian gaming on tribal and nearby communities. Stevens is also responsible for shaping policy initiatives that have the potential to impact the industry. Stevens has led the Association and worked to protect Tribal Sovereignty and strengthen the Indian gaming industry. During his tenure, Indian gaming revenues have risen from $11 billion in 2000 to over $37.3 billion in 2017 making Tribal Government Gaming the largest segment of the Gaming Industry in the United States, passing Commercial Gaming.

From 1993 to 1999 Stevens served as an elected councilman for the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin. He is a former First Vice-President of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI). As a respected leader in Indian Country, Stevens also serves as a long-standing board member on the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAID), the Nike N7 Foundation Board, the Executive Board of the Center for Native American Youth (CNAY) and the Native American Advisory Board for the Boys & Girls Club of America (BGCA).

Chairman Stevens received an Associate’s degree from Haskell Indian Nations University in 1983. Stevens also earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Criminal Justice from Mount Scenario College in Ladysmith, Wisconsin (1986.)

Chairman Stevens is an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation in Wisconsin. He and his wife Cheryl have been married for 35 years. Together they have 5 children and 15 grandchildren.