Mrs Kathryn ISOM-CLAUSE

Deputy Assistant Secretary - Policy and Economic Development , Office of the Assistant Secretary - Indian Affairs

Kathryn Isom-Clause (Taos Pueblo) was most recently the Vice Chair of the National Indian Gaming Commission. Kathryn previously served as a senior counselor to the Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs at the Department of the Interior, chairing interagency working groups on sacred sites and homelessness and advising on gaming matters and Tribal homelands restoration. Before joining the federal government, Kathryn provided legal advice and representation to Tribal clients on a wide range of federal Indian law and policy issues important to Indian Country. Kathryn holds a B.A. from Wellesley College and a J.D. from Columbia Law School.