Speaker Bio

Marnie Hodahkwen is policy advisor for tribal affairs in the office of Arizona Governor Janet Napolitano. In this role, she serves as the governor's liaison with Arizona's twenty-two tribal governments. Her work involves addressing issues in a variety of policy areas, including health care, education, law inforcement, energy, economic development, transportation and the environment. Hodahkwen is an attorney and previously practiced in the areas of commercial litigation and Indian law with the firm Quarles & Brady Streich Lang, LLP. Hodahkwen earned her bachelor's and law degrees from Arizona State University.