NIGC Chairman
Philip N. Hogen
December 2002 to Present
Philip N. Hogen, an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota has been appointed to a three-year term as Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission. Prior to being appointed Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission, Mr. Hogen was Associate Solicitor for the Division of Indian Affairs, Office of the Solicitor, U.S. Department of the Interior where he oversaw legal matters pertaining to the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Department of the Interior's fulfillment of its government-to-government relationship with Indian Tribes, and its trust responsibilities to Indians and Indian Tribes. The Division of Indian Affairs includes the Branch of General Indian Legal Activities, the Branch of Tribal Government and Alaska, the Branch of Environment, Lands and Minerals, the Branch of Water and Power, and the Branch of Trust Reform and Litigation.
Mr. Hogen joined the Department in 2001 from the private practice of Indian law in Rapid City, SD, where he was affiliated with the national law firm of Holland & Knight LLP. Before commencing that practice Mr. Hogen served as an Associate Member and the Vice Chairman of the National Indian Gaming Commission. Mr. Hogen was the first director of the Department's Office of American Indian Trust. Prior to having been named to that post, Mr. Hogen was the United States Attorney for the District of South Dakota, serving in that position for more than ten years. While serving as U.S. Attorney, Mr. Hogen served as the Department of Justice's Indian Affairs Subcommittee of the Attorney General's Advisory Committee.
Mr. Hogen earned his law degree at the University of South Dakota (1970), and his undergraduate degree at Augustana College in Sioux Falls, SD (1967).
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NIGC Commissioner
Norman H. DesRosiers
January 2007 to Present
Norm received his B. A. Degree in Law and Justice, Central Washington State University and spent nine years in law enforcement. He is a member and former Secretary/Treasurer of the San Carlos Tribal Bar Association. In 1993 and 1994, Norm was Inspector and training supervisor at Fort McDowell Tribal Gaming Commission and between 1994 and 1998 served as Vice President of the Arizona Tribal Gaming Regulators Alliance. From 1994 through 1998 Norm was the Executive Director San Carlos Apache Tribal Gaming Commission. Beginning in 1998 through early 2007, he was Commissioner for the Viejas Tribal Gaming Commission. Norm has tremendous experience with various positions of national interest including serving as a member of the Federal Advisory Committee to the National Indian Gaming Commission for Environmental, Health and Safety Regulations and was a member of the Federal Advisory Committee to the National Indian Gaming Commission for Regulatory Technical Specifications for Class II Gaming Technological aids.
He served as Chairman and Vice Chairman of the National Tribal Gaming Commissioners/Regulators Organization and with the North American Gaming Regulators Association (NAGRA) Indian Gaming Committee Chairman. Norm has authored numerous nationally published articles and papers for magazines and other media outlets and has testified at several Senate Committee Hearings. Norm is an Associate Member of the International Masters of Gaming Law.
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Past Commissioners
Commission Chairs
| Anthony J. Hope |
January 1990 to October 1994
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| Harold Monteau |
October 1994 to January 1997
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| Ada Deer |
January 1997 to May 1997
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| Tadd Johnson |
September 1997 to October 1998
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| Montie Deer |
November 1998 to September 2002
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Commissioners
| Joel M. Frank |
November 1990 to November 1993 |
| Jana M. McKeag |
April 1991 to December 1995 |
| Lacy Thornburg |
August 1994 to March 1995 |
| Tom Foley |
September 1995 to March 1998 |
| Phil Hogen |
December 1995 to June 1999 |
| Teresa E. Poust |
June 1999 to December 2002 |
| Elizabeth Lohah Homer |
July 1999 to July 2002
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| Nelson W. Westrin |
December 2002 to December 2005
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| Cloyce V. Choney |
December 2002 to December 2007
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