Title: 3NA02: Staying Ahead: Leadership Issues for the Next Generation Date: Thursday, September 15, 2025 Start Time: 9:10am End Time: 11:15am Description: Revenues from casino gaming have allowed tribes across the U.S. to build roads, schools, hospitals and housing. These same revenues create jobs, new industries, wealth and above all, hope, where perhaps little existed before. Yet the question remains: what’s next? How do tribes diversify their economic power to ensure the well-being of the tribe for years to come? Speaker(s): Ernie Stevens, Jr. - Chairman - National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA) Victor Rocha - Editor - Pechanga.Net Jana McKeag - Vice-President of Government Relations - Venture Catalyst, Inc. Jennifer Farley - President and CEO - The Farley Group Inc. Mark Trahant - Editorial Page Editor - Seattle Post-Intelligencer Rhonda Welch-Scalco - Tribal Chairperson - Barona Band of Mission Indians