Staff Members

Tammi Tiger

Commissioner (Term: November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2024) The newest member of the Commission, Tammi Tiger began her service on November 1, 2021. Tammi Tiger is an enrolled member of Choctaw Nation, and Muscogee Nation descendant. Tammi’s career in public service started with Clark County – Department of Public Works, where she has over […]

Staci Emm

Commissioner (Term: March 1, 2021 to April 29, 2024) Staci Emm has been with the University of Nevada, Reno Extension since July of 2000 and currently is a Professor and Extension Educator in Mineral County, Nevada. Previously, she was the Program Officer for Extension programs for Nevada Indian Tribes. Emm was born in Reno, Nevada, […]

Brian Wadsworth

Vice-Chair (Term: November 1, 2020 to October 31, 2023) Brian Wadsworth is a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (Kooyooe Tukadu). Brian graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno with Bachelor of Sciences in Business Administration with a major in International Business and Accounting. He holds a Master of Business Administration in American Indian […]

Kostan R. Lathouris

Chair (Term: November 01, 2020 to October 31, 2023) Kostan R. Lathouris, an enrolled member and former elected Tribal Council Member of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, is the current Chair of the Nevada Indian Commission, a state agency that effectively serves as a liaison between the State of Nevada and the federally recognized Tribes in […]

Kelly Krolicki

Commissioner (Term: November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2024) Kelly Krolicki is a lifelong resident of South Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada. She attended San Francisco State University in 1985 and pursued a minor in American Indian Studies. She graduated from the California State University at Chico in 1990. In 1992, she moved to the […]

Chris Ann Gibbons

Curator II cgibbons@nic.nv.gov 775-687-7604 Chris Ann Gibbons began with the Nevada Indian Commission in 2005 and is currently the Curator for the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum. As Curator, Chris is responsible for the organizing and preserving of the archival documents, photographs, and artifacts that tell Stewart’s history. Chris feels very fortunate to […]

Bobbi Rahder

Museum Director Stewart Indian School Cultural Center and Museum brahder@nic.nv.gov 775-687-7606 Bobbi Rahder is honored to be the museum director for the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum since May 2017. Rahder previously worked as director of the Haskell Cultural Center and Museum for 13 years, at Haskell Indian Nations University, a former federal […]

Sarina Nez

Program Officer snez@nic.nv.gov 775-687-8333 Sarina Nez, a citizen of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California, who has worked for the State of Nevada for over a decade, joined the Nevada Indian Commission as its office coordinator, and was recently promoted to program officer. “I am honored to join such a talented and inspiring team,” […]

Stacey Montooth

Executive Director smontooth@nic.nv.gov 775-687-7601 Stacey Montooth, a citizen of the Walker River Paiute Nation, is the Executive Director of the Nevada Indian Commission (NIC), appointed by Governor Steve Sisolak on Sept. 1, 2019. Under recently elected Governor Joe Lombardo, Montooth continues as the liaison between our 28 federally recognized Tribal Nations, Bands, Colonies, and 62,000+ […]