KIMBERLEY TEEHEE

SVP of Government Relations
Cherokee Nation Businesses

NACA VICE PRESIDENT

Kimberley Teehee is Director of Government Relations for Cherokee Nation and Senior Vice President of Government Relations for Cherokee Nation Businesses. In 2019, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. named Kim as the Tribe’s first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives.

For three years, KIm previously served President Barack Obama as the first-ever senior policy advisor for Native American Affairs in the White House Domestic Policy Council. Kim also served as Senior Advisor to the U.S. House of Representatives Native American Caucus co-chair, Rep. Dale Kildee (D-MI) for nearly 12 years. As Senior Advisor, she established an impressive record of accomplishments on a wide array of Native American issues. Kim currently serves as Vice President on the Board of Directors of the Native American Contractors Association (NACA).

Kim earned her B.A. in Political Science from Northeastern State University and her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.