Staff Members

Staci Emm

October 8, 2021
Commissioner (Term: March 1, 2021 to April 29, 2024) Staci Emm has been with the University of Nevada, Reno Extension since July of 2000 and currently is a Professor and Extension Educator in Mineral County, Nevada. Previously, she was the Program Officer for Extension programs for Nevada Indian Tribes. Emm was born in Reno, Nevada, […]

Brian Wadsworth

December 11, 2019
Vice-Chair (Term: November 1, 2020 to October 31, 2023) Brian Wadsworth is a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (Kooyooe Tukadu). Brian graduated from the University of Nevada, Reno with Bachelor of Sciences in Business Administration with a major in International Business and Accounting. He holds a Master of Business Administration in American Indian […]

Kostan R. Lathouris

December 11, 2019
Chair (Term: November 01, 2020 to October 31, 2023) Kostan R. Lathouris, an enrolled member and former elected Tribal Council Member of the Chemehuevi Indian Tribe, is the current Chair of the Nevada Indian Commission, a state agency that effectively serves as a liaison between the State of Nevada and the federally recognized Tribes in […]

Kelly Krolicki

December 11, 2019
Commissioner (Term: November 1, 2021 to October 31, 2024) Kelly Krolicki is a lifelong resident of South Lake Tahoe, California and Nevada. She attended San Francisco State University in 1985 and pursued a minor in American Indian Studies. She graduated from the California State University at Chico in 1990. In 1992, she moved to the […]

Chris Ann Gibbons

December 11, 2019
Curator III [email protected] 775-687-7604 Chris Ann Gibbons began with the Nevada Indian Commission in 2005 and is currently the Curator for the Stewart Indian School Cultural Center & Museum. As Curator, Chris is responsible for the organizing and preserving of the archival documents, photographs, and artifacts that tell Stewart’s history. Chris feels very fortunate to […]

Melanie Smokey

December 11, 2019
Educator Curator [email protected] 775-687-7606 An enrolled citizen of the Yomba Shoshone Nation and a descendant of the Washoe Nation, Melanie Smokey has strong ties to the Stewart Indian Boarding School. In 1918, her grandmother, Alice Kawich Hooper, was her first relative to attend the former federal Indian boarding school. Like many of our relatives, Miss […]

Sarina Nez

December 11, 2019
Program Officer [email protected] 775-687-8333 Sarina Nez, a citizen of the Washoe Tribe of Nevada & California, who has worked for the State of Nevada for over a decade, joined the Nevada Indian Commission as its office coordinator, and was recently promoted to program officer. “I am honored to join such a talented and inspiring team,” […]

Stacey Montooth

December 11, 2019
Executive Director [email protected] 775-687-7601 Stacey Montooth, a citizen of the Walker River Paiute Nation, is the Executive Director of the Nevada Indian Commission (NIC), appointed by Governor Steve Sisolak on Sept. 1, 2019. Under recently elected Governor Joe Lombardo, Montooth continues as the liaison between our 28 federally recognized Tribal Nations, Bands, Colonies, and 62,000+ […]