Jhane Myers

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February 26th, 2007

Presently Jhane (Comanche Nation) is the editor-in-chief of the Oklahoma Casinos & Entertainment magazine and founder of Jhane Myers & Associates a private PR firm that handles tribal and community public relations and events. Recently, Jhane worked as a secondary publicist to Mel Gibson on his release of his latest film Apocalypto and organized screening for the Native American community and the premiere. She has also handled events such as the Rock the Native Vote Concert and has worked for North America’s Biggest Powwow the Gathering of Nations. Currently, Jhane serves as a community cultural consultant for the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, D.C. with and exhibit opening in March of 2007. She serves as a consultant for a Broadway musical chronicling the life of Quanah Parker, Comanche, with Larry Gatlin. Recently, she has established Native Provisions, a TERO and minority supplier certified food brokerage. She has planned a conversation with the artist series for the OKC Metropolitan Downtown Library and she is also a contributing writer for the Whispering Wind magazine. Recently, Jhane was the guest speaker the National 4-H conference on cultural diversity and has joined the First Nations Composers Initiative board funded by the Ford Foundation. Jhane has worked on organizing many private Native American art shows across the nation.

Jhane is serving her second term as Chair of the American Indian Chamber of Commerce, Lupus foundation of America, Oklahoma Chapter board member, Oklahoma City Chapter, a board member of the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation 2005-2006, Chair of the fundraising committee for the Native American Heritage Celebration at the Capitol sponsored by the DHS civil rights division, Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women Organization and the National Indian Women’s Association. She was also the recipient of the 2004 Woman of Distinction award sponsored by the Girl Scout Redlands Council. Jhane is the two year Chair of the’ Student of Excellence Awards’ sponsored by the American Indian Chamber of Commerce-OKC Chapter. She has also served as a mentor for Native American students for the Bill Gates Millennium Scholarship.

Former positions include the Director of American Indian Projects for the Oklahoma Centennial Commission, Festival Director of the Red Earth Festival and an Account Executive for the New York based Ralph Lauren Fragrance division.

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