Nez Perce Tribal Enterprise Executive Office

VISION

The vision of the Enterprise Executive Office is to attain prosperity for the Nez Perce Tribe and Tribal Enterprise System through a comprehensive range of profitable businesses.

GOALS

To fill key Enterprise management positions (Gaming General Manager, Controller, Human Resource Director, Director of Marketing, Director of Surveillance, Senior Business Analyst).

To implement preliminary expansion plans for Clearwater River Casino (CRC) and Express II, including primary financing for casino expansion project.

To complete details of contract with Owner's Representative.

Revitalization program - $4.0M at CRC over the next 12 months including a $2.5M for 128 new gaming machines and $1.5M for new project development.

Clear up all variances from audit.

Complete for approval the Enterprise Human Resource Manual (HRM) and update the Marketing Plan.

Purchase ATM machines for both Casinos and Express II.

Final approval of the Enterprise  organizational chart.

DESCRIPTION OF SERVICES

The Enterprise Executive Office is responsible for the oversight and administration of all tribal enterprises.  This includes, but is not limited to, Enterprise staff supervision, budgeting, training, strategic planning, and providing fiscal management reports to management and elected officials.

PROGRAM COMPONENTS

• Enterprise Board
• Gaming Enterprises/RV Park
• Forest Products Enterprise
• Express Store enterprise

 Nez Perce Tribal Enterprise Executive Office

The Nez Perce Tribal Enterprise (NPTE) Executive Office oversees the management of the businesses operated by the Tribe as well as the exploration of new ventures.  The NPTE has a vision of being an entity comprised of diverse businesses that are economically functional.

The staff is comprised of:

• Yvonne Oberly, Executive Officer
• Yvonne Webb-Johnson, Exec. Secretary
• Simone Wilson, Employee Training Developer
• Gene Picard, Nez Perce Express Store Manager
• Forest Products Enterprise Manager
• Tony Johnson, Senior Business Analyst
• Jennifer Snyder, Office Assistant

Yvonne Oberly 

The new Executive Officer for the Nez Perce Tribal Enterprises is Yvonne Oberly.  Yvonne is an enrolled member of the Nez Perce Tribe and also descended from the Osage and Comanche Nations of Oklahoma.  Ms. Oberly grew up in Wapato, Washington on the Yakama Indian Reservation where she attended school, grades K-12. Yvonne spent her childhood summers in Kooskia with her maternal grandparents, the late Mose and Edna Thomas.  She attributes a lot of her knowledge of the Nez Perce culture and history to the time she spent with her relatives in the Kooskia and Kamiah area.  

Yvonne earned a M.B.A. with an emphasis in gaming from the University of Nevada at Reno in 1994.  She used her theoretical knowledge while gaining practical experience in the gaming industry working for John Ascuaga’s Nugget Casino in Sparks, Nevada for 5 years.   Other organizations that Yvonne has worked for include the Reno Sparks Indian Colony, Northwest Area Foundation, Indian Land Tenure Foundation, and the Yakama Nation NakNuWeSha Program.  Her work experience includes owning a consulting business, writing business plans, feasibility studies, marketing plans, grant/contract administration, conference coordination, and budget formulation.

Yvonne is a member of the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI), Beta Gamma Sigma, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Talmaks Presbyterian Indian Church Camp Association.

 Quote:  “Yesterday you spoke to my children, now I have come.”  Apuswahait (Old Chief Lookingglass) at the Treaty of 1855 negotiations.

CONTACT INFORMATION

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