Rick Hill

Richard "Rick" G. Hill currently serves as the Chairman for the Tribal Board of Advisors for Tribal Financial Advisors, Inc. Rick has served two terms as the Chairman of the Oneida Tribe of Wisconsin, the first being from 1990-1993, and most recently from 2008-2011. His 13 years of Tribal government service also included serving as Councilman and Vice Chairman. Under Rick's first term of leadership, the Oneida Tribe was the first tribe to enter into a gaming compact with the State of Wisconsin in 1991. Also during his first term, Rick simultaneously served as chairman of the National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA). Under his leadership, NIGA became a nationally recognized voice on Indian gaming issues and established regulatory standards and policies for tribal governmental gaming nation-wide. Beginning in 2002, Rick consulted with various entities to identify economic development projects and partnerships in Indian Country. Rick is credited with the development of the first ever off-reservation, tribal consortium hotel investment, commonly referred to as "The Four Fires". [Source: Tribal Financial Advisors, Inc.]