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Tuesday February 09, 2010 Events Calendar Archive |
Phil Hogen - to serve as Distinguished Public Administrator in Residence
Press Release Grand Forks, ND (September 1, 2009) Phil Hogen, Chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission, will give a keynote address titled “Achievements and Challenges in Indian Gaming from the Perspective of the National Indian Gaming Commission” on September 15, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. in the UND School of Law Baker Courtroom. Immediately following Hogen’s keynote lecture, he will be joined by two members of First Nations University of Canada for a panel discussion on Aboriginal economic development and gaming. The participants will be Dr. Bob Kayseas, Director of the School of Business and Public Administration, and Richard Missens a professor in the Business school. The keynote lecture and panel discussion are free and open to the public. President George W. Bush appointed Hogen to Chair the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC) in the Fall of 2002. The NIGC is the independent federal regulatory agency created within the Department of the Interior by the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act (IGRA) to provide federal oversight for the Indian gaming industry, now involving more than 200 federally recognized Indian Tribes and more than 400 tribal gaming operations in 28 states. Prior to his appointment as Chair of NIGC, Hogen served as the Associate Solicitor for the Division of Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior. He earned his law degree at the University of South Dakota in 1970. Hogen is a member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota and currently makes his home in the Black Hills. While the keynote address is the highlight of his residency from September 14-16, 2009, Hogen will also serve as guest lecturer in the classroom, meet with current law students and faculty and spend time specifically with our Native American Law Student Association. Tentative ScheduleMonday, September 14 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.: Guest lecture, Administrative Law Tuesday, September 15 8:00 a.m.: Breakfast with Native American Law Students Association students 3:30 p.m.: Reception preceding lecture outside Baker Courtroom 4:00 p.m.: Achievements and Challenges in Indian Gaming from the Perspective of the National Indian Gaming Commission, Keynote lecture by Hogen Immediately following lecture to 5:30 p.m.: Panel on Aboriginal economic development and gaming by Kayseas & Missens with Hogen, moderator Steven Light Wednesday, September 16 10:40 a.m. to 12:10 p.m.: Guest Lecture, Federal Indian Law Panelist Bios
Bob Kayseas Mr. Kayseas is a member of the Fishing Lake First Nation, a Saulteaux community in east central Saskatchewan. Bob obtained a degree in Business Administration and a Master of Business Administration from the University of Regina. He recently met all of the requirements for the PhD (Enterprise and Innovation) program at the Australian Graduate School of Entrepreneurship, Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia (only requirement left is formal convocation in October). Bob has been employed as an Assistant Professor, at the First Nations University of Canada, School of Business and Public Administration since the fall of 2000. Bob was appointed to the Department Head position at the business school in April of 2007. He teaches economic development, entrepreneurship, small business management, and marketing courses. Bob was recently seconded by the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations to act as the Director of Economic and Community Development for the 75 Indigenous ‘bands’ in the province. He is actively engaged in both the research and practice of entrepreneurship and economic development, as is evidenced in the number of publications he has on the topic of Indigenous entrepreneurship and the economic development of Canadian Indigenous bands and in the number of consultancy projects he has successfully completed.
Richard M. Missens Richard is a tribal member from the Pasqua First Nation in Southern Saskatchewan (Canada). He is an Assistant Professor with the School of Business and Public Administration at the First Nations University of Canada. Prof. Missens does research and teaching in the areas of gaming and hospitality management as well as First Nations economic development and governance. He is currently the Governance Coordinator for the Business School and the president of the 32nd Annual Pow-wow Committee for the University. Member of the Pasqua First Nation His research and teaching are in the areas of Gaming and Hospitality Management, First Nation Governance, and Economic Development & Business Management He received his Bachelor of Administration (BAdmn), University of Regina, 1993, and his Master of Business Administration (MBA), University of Saskatchewan, 1995. He is the former Director of the School of Business where he served 7 years in that capacity. Served a one year as the Faculty Representative for the First Nations University of Canada Board of Governors. Served as a member of the “Clearing the Path Committee” for the Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalites (SARM). Served an18 month leave of absence as the Executive Director of Economic Development for the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations (FSIN). Served a one year term as a Director for the Regina Regional Economic Development Authority (RREDA) |
Phil Hogen, National Indian Gaming Commission Chair, will serve as the Inaugural Distinguished Public Administrator in Residence, jointly sponsored by the School of Law and the College of Business and Public Administration.
