Jeannie Hovland

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Jeannie Hovland
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Vice Chair of National Indian Gaming Commission
Assumed office
February 10, 2021
PresidentJoe Biden
Commissioner for the Administration for Native Americans
In office
June 21, 2018 – January 20, 2021
PresidentDonald Trump

Jeannie Carol Hovland is an American government official. Hovland serves as the vice chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission and is the director of the Office of Self-Regulation. She was previously the commissioner for the Administration for Native Americans and deputy assistant secretary for Native American affairs.[1][2][3]

Early life and education[]

Hovland is an enrolled member of the Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe of South Dakota.[4] She attended Associate Schools Inc. Travel Agent School in North Miami Beach, Florida.[5][6]

Career[]

Hovland is a Republican, and began her career as the CEO of Wanji Native Nations Consultants. She later worked in the office of U.S. Senator John Thune as a Tribal Affairs Advisor.[7] Hovland went on to serve as senior advisor to the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs at the Bureau of Indian Affairs.[8]

Since February 2021, Hovland has served as vice chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC). She is one of three commissioners responsible for regulating and ensuring the integrity of the more than 527 Indian gaming facilities, associated with over 250 tribes across 29 states.

Before joining NIGC, Hovland served as commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, providing oversight of a $57 million annual operating budget to promote self-sufficiency for American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders. She was nominated for the ANA position by President Donald Trump and confirmed by the U.S. Senate in June 2018.[9]

Hovland chaired the United States Secretary of Health and Human Services’s Intradepartmental Council on Native American Affairs (ICNAA).[10][11] Hovland was also appointed to the Presidential Task Force on Missing and Murdered Native Americans and Alaska Natives.

References[]

  1. ^ "Leadership". Administration for Native Americans | ACF. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  2. ^ senatormurkowski (2018-08-22), Senator Murkowski Questions Commissioner[sic] Hovland of the ANA on Language Revitalization, retrieved 2019-07-06
  3. ^ Variety, Marianas. "CAO hosts dinner for federal grantors". Marianas Variety. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  4. ^ "Greetings from Our New Commissioner". Administration for Native Americans | ACF. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  5. ^ "Jean Hovland". Department of Influence. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  6. ^ Shaw (ProPublica), Al. "Jean Carol Hovland Resume". www.documentcloud.org. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  7. ^ JohnThune (2018-08-23), Thune Introduces Jeannie Hovland at Committee Hearing, retrieved 2019-07-06
  8. ^ Post, Haruo Simion/The Guam Daily. "CHamoru culture shop opens with Native American grant assistance". The Guam Daily Post. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  9. ^ "PN1641 - Nomination of Jean Carol Hovland for Department of Health and Human Services, 115th Congress (2017-2018)". www.congress.gov. 2018-06-21. Retrieved 2019-07-06.
  10. ^ "Missing and murdered Native Americans: How to combat the worsening crisis in the U.S." Fortune. Retrieved 2020-06-15.
  11. ^ "Associate-Commissioner-Jeannie-Hovland-Bio" (PDF). National Indian Gaming Commission. Retrieved 2021-03-14.


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