Nashville Metro Area Nominee

Heritage
Not Native American Indian.

Educational Background
1962 Graduated from Franklin County High School
Work History
1971-current Appraisal Specialist, Division of Property Assessments, Comptroller of Treasury, Tennessee Project manager for reappraisal programs; delegates staff in monitoring: Analyzes appraisal data; develop rates for all major improvements; develop land pricing guides for urban and rural small tracts.
1970-71 Mapping Specialist, Cole-Layer-Tumble Appraisal Company Plotted warranty deed descriptions on geodic survey maps to create ownership base maps for appraisal system
1967-70 Mapping Specialist, Tennessee Mapping & Engineering Company Created ownership maps by plotting warranty deed descriptions and surveys on geodetic base maps.
Military Service
1965-67 U.S. Army, 270th Transportation Detachment, Korat, Thailand
Air frame repairman. Ran sheet metal shop repaired and maintained all fixed-wing and rotary aircraft for reconnaissance work over Vietnam.

Family
Wife: Sally Wells, Smyrna TN. Daughters: Shari Maktima, Flaggstaff AZ; Christi Dean, Murfreesboro TN.

Community Involvement
TNNAC Convention delegate 2007 and 2009
Member, Native American Indian Association of Tennessee (NAIA) Advisory Board
Co-Chairman, NAIA/Tennessee State Powwow
Volunteer, NAIA concession stand at Titans’ football games.
Host and producer of radio show ‘Mitakuye Oyasin’ American Indian Radio Show which features Indian music and Indian talk on WRFN-FMLP 98.9

Statement of Suitability as Commissioner
I was a delegate to the TNNAC Convention and am very concerned about the problems of Native American Indians in this state and have worked for many years with Native American Indians in Tennessee. I am not Indian, but my family is. My wife Sally of 39 years is from the Mississippi Band of Choctaw. We have two children and two grandchildren – what affects the Indian population of Tennessee affects me and my family directly.