Ms. Trett graduated from East Central University in 1995 with a Bachelor of Science in accounting. In 2009, she completed an MBA from Oklahoma State University. She is a certified public accountant with memberships in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants and Institute of Internal Auditors. Ms. Trett is a member of Leadership Oklahoma Class XXII, Leadership Murray County, and has served on the Chickasaw Nation Boys and Girls Club executive board. Currently, she is a member of the Sulphur Public Schools Board of Education and Mercy Health Oklahoma Communities and the chairperson for the People’s Electric Cooperative Board of Trustees.

Mr. Keel is an ordained Baptist minister. He received a bachelor’s degree in speech communication from East Central University and attended graduate school at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is a member of the board of governors for the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and also serves on the boards of the Chickasaw Nation Head Start, Ada Area Chamber of Commerce and as the Oklahoma City area representative for the National Tribal Advisory Committee on Behavioral Health.

Mr. Keel has also served on various boards and committees for the state of Oklahoma including Governor Stitt’s subcommittee on human services policies, Children of Incarcerated Parents Task Force and the Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy. For more than 30 years, he has been committed to ministry through multiple organizations including World Vision, Global Outreach and the Southeast Oklahoma Fellowship of Christian Athletes. Through the local church, he has developed a lifelong passion for leadership.

Ms. Burwell has one daughter, Savannah, also employed with the Chickasaw Nation. She enjoys spending time with family and friends, shopping, reading and serving the church in various capacities. She is honored to serve on the board and support the mission of the Chickasaw Foundation.

Prior to working for the Chickasaw Nation, Mr. Jones worked for Horne & Company, P.C., an Ada, Oklahoma accounting firm, as an auditor. He specialized in auditing colleges, nonprofits and tribal governments, including the Chickasaw Nation, for seven years. He received his Bachelor of Science in accounting from East Central University in December 1988 and is a certified public accountant.

Ms. Kelley received a bachelor’s degree from East Central University and is certified as a professional of human resources. She is a member of the Society of Human Resource Management, Leadership Oklahoma Class XXIX and Simmons Bank’s Ada Community Board.

Mr. Chesnut received his bachelor’s degree in finance from the University of Arkansas in 2009 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 2014 where he served as chief financial officer of the school’s student administration. In addition to serving on the board of trustees for the Chickasaw Foundation, he also serves on the board of directors for the Oklahoma Humane Society, SSM Health St. Anthony Foundation and Freedom School OKC. He and his wife Chesna reside in Oklahoma City with their four dogs, Shep, Birdie, Russell and Lily.

Mr. Fryrear is a board trustee and co-chairman of Vizavance (formerly known as Prevent Blindness of Oklahoma), a nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing children’s education through vision, and a member of the Native American Chamber of Commerce. He and his wife reside in Norman with their son, Gavin.

She is a graduate of Arizona State University College of Law and Smith College where she earned a juris doctorate and Bachelor of Arts, respectively. Ms. Gee maintains bar memberships in the tribal courts of the Chickasaw Nation, Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Navajo Nation and the state of Oklahoma.

Ms. Johnson received her bachelor’s degree in accounting from Oklahoma State University. She is a certified public accountant, a member of the Oklahoma Society of Certified Public Accountants, a member of the Citizens Bank board of directors, an independent director for the Federal Home Loan Bank-Topeka and an appointed ethics commissioner for the state of Oklahoma. She is a former member of the National IRS Advisory Committee of Tax Exempt and Governmental Entities representing Native American tribal governments and a past board member of the Ada City Schools Foundation. Ms. Johnson is also an active member of the Native American Finance Officers.

Mr. Scribner has served as executive director of the Chickasaw Housing Authority since 2004. Throughout his tenure, he has also had the privilege to serve as a board member for the Southern Plains Indian Housing Association and the Native American Housing Assistance and Self-Determination Act Formula Rulemaking Committee. He is a former board member for Region IV AMERIND Risk Management Corporation. He currently serves as a member of the Arkansas Riverbed Authority board of directors and is a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma Class XXXII.

Mr. Scribner is a traditional Chickasaw bow maker and passionate about keeping the Chickasaw culture alive. He devotes his time to teaching and mentoring the art of bow making so the tradition will not be lost. Through his mentorship, apprentices have learned the creative process from the harvesting of the wood to the completion of a bow. He has been instrumental in reviving the tradition of cornstalk shooting for the Chickasaw Nation. He is an active member of the Chickasaw Cornstalk Bow Shooters Society and travels across the state to compete in cornstalk tournaments.

Mr. John has worked with First American tribes his entire professional career, including positions in the areas of tribal administration, education, youth services, health systems, law enforcement, gaming and parks and recreation.

Mr. John is an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation of Indians and was raised on the Allegany Reservation of his tribe, in upstate New York. He belongs to the turtle clan and is also a member of his traditional longhouse.