E Sequoyah Simermeyer

Mr. Simermeyer (Coharie Tribe) serves as a Commissioner to the National Indian Gaming Commission and is its Director of Self Regulation. Simermeyer previously advised the United States Senate Committee on Indian Affairs’ Republican leadership, served as the Deputy Chief of Staff to the Department of the Interior’s Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs, and advocated on national and international policy issues with the National Congress of American Indians. Simermeyer graduated from Dartmouth College, earned a law degree from Cornell Law School, and earned a master’s degree from Vermont Law School. He and his wife have three young children.