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Leadership

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Kip Ritchie, Chief Executive Officer

KIP RITCHIE is an enrolled FCP tribal member and serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Potawatomi Ventures. Prior to being promoted to CEO, Kip served as both the COO of Potawatomi Ventures and the President of Greenfire. He joined Potawatomi Ventures full-time in 2006 as Senior VP and served on its founding Board of Directors from 2002-2007. Kip’s career in Indian Country began in 1997 when he joined Potawatomi Hotel & Casino as Director of Marketing. He was promoted to Assistant General Manager in 2002.

Kip serves on the following Boards; National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development, Froedtert Hospital & Medical College Foundation, Wisconsin Women’s Business Initiative Corporation, New Mexico Community Capital (Board Chair), and Gun Lake Investments—the economic development arm of the Gun Lake Potawatomi Tribe. Since 1999, he has served as the Chairman of the FCP Foundation’s Board of Directors.

Kip is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a bachelor’s degree in communication.

 

Paul F. Hoesly, Chief Financial Officer

PAUL HOESLY serves as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Potawatomi Ventures, providing direct insight into the investments of the company, including activities that range from strategic direction to investment selection. During his tenure at Potawatomi Ventures, he has been part of the team that has achieved exponential growth in both top line revenue and net income, which is then reinvested or returned to FCP.

Paul’s prior experience includes working as a senior manager at Ernst & Young, LLP and in various financial leadership positions with consumer products companies.

Paul has a bachelor’s degree in accounting from the University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire, an Executive MBA with International Business Specialization from Marquette University, and a certificate in Leadership and Innovation from Stanford University. Paul sits on the following Boards: University of Wisconsin–Eau Claire Alumni Association, Wisconsin Clean Cities, and Four Fires, LLC.

 

Jeffery Johnson, Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Group

JEFF JOHNSON is an enrolled FCP tribal member and serves as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) overseeing the commercial businesses at Potawatomi Ventures. Jeff previously served as the Vice-chair on the Potawatomi Ventures Board of Directors.

Jeff has owned and operated J.W. Johnson & Associates, Inc., a certified small professional services business offering civil engineering and construction management services in DeForest, WI. Jeff serves on the boards of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Wisconsin (AICCW) and Wisconsin Native Loan Fund, Inc. (WINLF).

Jeff earned his bachelor’s degree in civil engineering with emphases in environmental and construction management from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. He also has a master’s degree in engineering management from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. Most recently, he earned a Corporate Board Certificate and graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

 

Greg Kolean, Vice President & COO Potawatomi Ventures Federal Group

GREG KOLEAN leads the operations and strategy of the Potawatomi Ventures Federal Group. The Federal Group consists of 46 active subsidiaries and joint ventures operating as small businesses.  It serves the construction, product and service industries in 330 global locations with 2,000 employees. 

Greg has successfully scaled dozens of small businesses, from start-ups to national operations, and specializes in strategies for sustained revenue growth. When not working or mentoring small businesses, he enjoys the outdoors with his family in Alaska.

 

 
 

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Thomas Boelter, Board Chairman

THOMAS BOELTER is an enrolled FCP tribal member and is currently employed by the FCP Tribe as the Health and Wellness Administrator. Thomas has been the Chairman of the Potawatomi Ventures board for four years and a Board Director for five years.

Thomas has both lived and worked in Indian Country for over 20 years. He has spent the last 11 years working for the FCP Tribe as an Executive Council Member, Executive Director of the Education Department, Executive Director of the FCP Foundation, and served on the FCP Investment Committee for six years. He was recently appointed to Wisconsin Governer Evers’ Task Force on the Healthcare Workerforce.

He graduated with a master’s degree in social work from the University of Wisconsin–Madison and bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from the University of Wisconsin–Oshkosh.

 

Alexis Harris, Board Vice Chairwoman

ALEXIS HARRIS is an enrolled FCP tribal member from the Reservation in Carter, Wisconsin. Alexis’ interest in contributing to her community began when she worked as an intern for the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino during her undergraduate years. In previous roles, she has worked closely with emerging and midsized technology companies by delivering insights needed to facilitate growth and accomplish strategic initiatives. Since transitioning into talent acquisition, she now delivers on the strategic DEI initiatives for the company by promoting candidates from underrepresented communities and non-traditional backgrounds.

Alexis earned her bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee and obtained her master’s degree in legal studies, specializing in Indigenous Peoples Law from the University of Oklahoma.

 
 

Ryan Dyer, Board Director

RYAN DYER is an enrolled tribal member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and served two terms as the Tribal Council Treasurer. He currently owns his own commodity trading company. In the past, Ryan has been the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Risk Officer of various international commodity trading companies. He has also served as a business and accounting adjunct instructor at Haskell Indian Nations University and the University of Kansas.

Ryan has received multiple degrees in math and physics from the University of Kansas.

 

Brad McClain, Board Director

BRAD MCCLAIN is an enrolled tribal member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Fort Yates, North Dakota. He is the CFO for the University of Wisconsin Credit Union in Madison, WI. He is primarily responsible for all accounting, finance, audit, and real estate matters for the $5.2 billion credit union. Brad was formerly the CFO for the Potawatomi Bingo Casino in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He was also a member of the FCP Investment Committee. Brad has over 37 years of experience in the financial services industry.

Brad received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Wisconsin–Platteville with majors in accounting and business finance.

 

Crystal Deschinny, Board Director

CRYSTAL DESCHINNY is an enrolled FCP tribal member. She has had a 30+ year career in finance, investment portfolio management, policy, accounting, and economic development within the public, private and tribal government sectors. She is currently the Tribal Treasurer at HoChunk Nation. Crystal has served on the FCP Investment Committee, Tax Commission, and worked for FCP as the Finance and Investment Manager and Compliance and Process Improvement Director.

Crystal has bachelor’s degree in finance from San Diego State University, a master’s degree in Native American studies and an MBA from the University of Arizona, and graduated from the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School.

 

M’ko Daniels, Board Director

M’KO DANIELS is an enrolled FCP tribal member. Throughout the past several years, M’ko served as a Finance Intern with Potawatomi Ventures and for the FCP Gaming Commission. M’ko grew up on the reservation in the Stone Lake, WI area, which allowed him to learn the ways of his people and history of his Tribe. He has a passion for striving to do what can benefit the Tribe while ensuring that their businesses are there to provide for them now and for future generations.

M’ko holds a bachelor’s degree from the University of Nevada–Las Vegas in business administration and management and a master’s degree in legal studies, specializing in Indigenous Peoples law from the University of Oklahoma.

 

Shannon O’Loughlin, Board Director

SHANNON O’LOUGHLIN is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the CEO and Attorney for the Association on American Indian Affairs – the oldest nonprofit serving Native Country since 1922. Shannon has been practicing law for more than 23 years and is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University. She is a former Chief of Staff to the National Indian Gaming Commission, where she assisted in the development and implementation of national gaming policy, and oversaw the agency’s public affairs, technology, compliance and finance divisions. Shannon has also served Native Country on various economic development boards, and in the private sector​ as an attorney​, leading a large national firm’s Native Nations law practice group that worked to strengthen, maintain and protect sovereignty, self-determination and culture. Shannon was appointed by Secretary​ of the Department of the Interior, Sally Jewell to the Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act Review Committee in 2013, and was appointed by President Barack Obama as the first Native American to the Cultural Property Advisory Committee within the State Department in 2015; she was fired by President Trump in 2019.

​Shannon received a B.A.​ in American Indian Studies​ from California State University, Long Beach and joint M.A. and J.D. degrees from the University of Arizona​ in Indigenous Peoples Law and Policy​.