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Join Mandy and Leadership Wyoming alum and Board Member Leslie Shakespeare to learn about the history, government structure, and current issues facing the Wind River Reservation. 

Leslie Shakespeare is the Acting Rocky Mountain Regional Director of Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA). He has served as as the Acting Rocky Mountain Regional Deputy Director for Indian Services in 2022 and prior to that, as the BIA Superintendent at the Wind River Agency located in Fort Washakie, Wyoming since November 12, 2019. Shakespeare has been committed to bettering Indian Country throughout his career, carrying a deep respect for tribal sovereignty and the traditional and cultural values, beliefs and principles of tribal members and governments. Prior to federal service, he served as the Director of the Eastern Shoshone Tribes Juvenile Service department for eight years. He left that position to become a BIA Law Enforcement Officer committed to keeping reservations safe. After four dedicated years, Shakespeare returned to serving his Tribe and community as the Wyoming Governor’s Tribal Liaison and served as the Vice-Chairman of the Eastern Shoshone Business Council. He is an enrolled member of the Eastern Shoshone Tribe.

Former Member and Speaker of the Wyoming House of Representatives, Kermit Brown, shares his take on learning in public, having difficult conversations, how to disagree without being disagreeable, and some things he's proud of.

Joining us at the Leadership Wyoming annual Alumni Summit this year was keynote speaker Pat Hughes, author of Gracious Space and owner at Trillium Leadership Consulting. Mandy Fabel sat down with Pat the next day to chat more about her talk, "Leading in Complexity."

In May of 2023, Wyoming Military Command Senior Enlisted Leader, Josh Moore, gave a presentation to the Class of 2023 on America's "Near Peer Competitor", China. We asked him to give the same presentation via Zoom for the rest of our Alumni.

Join us in Cheyenne with Governor Gordon's Chief of Staff, Drew Perkins. Drew reminisces on his early years in the Senate—and even before that when his mother was serving in the House of Representatives. He tells us what it's like to be the Chief of Staff, what his favorite role has been over the years, and his take on civility in the legislature.

Jen Crouse, Vice President of Student Affairs, NWCCD & Executive Director, Sheridan College Foundation, shares about her experience in the Brio Collective last fall, and tells a funny story about a recent Leadership Moment written about her. Plus, Jen shares the "short and sweet" version of her life story and how she came to realize her purpose.