Intertribal Life Newspaper -

El Paso Inc.

The White House selected Gavin Clarkson, a citizen of the Choctaw Nation, as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy and Economic Development at the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Clarkson has extensive experience in economic development and finance issues in Indian Country. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School and Harvard Law School. With him is Patricia Riggs, economic development director for the Ysleta Del Sur Pueblo.