Strategic Planning & Grants Management Staff
Lynette Satepauhoodle - Administrative Assistant
Lynette is one half Kiowa and one half Osage. She is the proud mother of 3 beautiful children, Talon Ray, Cherylyn Oberly & Amos Satepauhoodle of Hominy. Lynette was raised in Hominy, OK and graduated from Hominy “GO BUCKS” High School. She attended HIJC, NEO, and OU. She looks forward to finishing her degree at RSU with a B. S. in Organizational Leadership.
Prior to coming on board with the Osage Nation, Lynette worked in gaming at several tribal casinos such as Casino Omaha, Onawa, IA; Golden Eagle Casino, Horton KS and Sac & Fox Casino, Powhattan, KS. She gained her knowledge and experience working in the “Pit” as a dealer of Blackjack, Roulette and her favorite, Craps. While employed at the Sac & Fox Casino, she was promoted to Assistant Manager of Table Games. She's also worked in our own tribal casino when it was just the ‘Gameroom’ at Wakon Iron Hall. She's been happily on board with the Nation since 2003.
Chris L. Standingbear - Planner
Chris resides in Indian Camp, Pawhuska, and is an Osage member. He graduated from Culver Military Academy in 1996 and received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oklahoma in 2002 where he majored in English writing and minored in history. After spending four years as a production specialist and manager at Krispy Kreme in Amarillo, TX and Bentonville, AR, he moved back to Pawhuska, OK to work for his people. He was hired as a planner in 2006 and shortly after took a grant management position where he was successful in securing federal grant money for the Osage Nation. A career change led him to the casino business where he served as a manager of the Bartlesville Osage Million Dollar Elm casino and then on to the Osage Nation Gaming Commission. He is now back in the grant field where he feels he can have the most impact on the well-being of the Osage Nation.
Chris is the father of three children: Louis and Arabel from a previous marriage, and Blaire with his Osage woman, Crystal McKinley, the latter of which also works for the Osage Nation in the health programs. Chris is the eldest son of Geoff and Julie Standingbear.
Otto Hamilton - Grants Management Specialist
Otto is from Pawhuska and is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma. After graduating from OU, Otto worked for the nation’s Education Department for 4 years.
Otto enjoys spending time with his family and is the proud father of twin boys, William and Antwine. He can be found any weekend traveling with his wife, Geneva Horse Chief and their family, attending various pow-wows and events in Indian country.
Denise Keahtigh Sellers - Sr. Grants Management Specialist
Denise comes to the Osage Nation after 20 years in the education field. Her first job was as a classroom teacher and then as an Education Specialist with the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Denise is married to Osage tribal member Carl “Chico” Sellers. She was born and raised in Oklahoma and is an enrolled member of the Kiowa and Cheyenne-Arapaho tribes. Mrs. Sellers previously wrote grants while working with the Office of Indian Education and BIA schools within the South and Eastern States Agency in Nashville, TN.
Denise is the mother of one daughter, two sons and five Osage step daughters. Her high school education was at Riverside Indian School in Anadarko, OK and then Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, KS. After this, she received a Bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education from the University of Missouri and her Master's degree from Kansas University – summa cum laude.
Jennifer Tiger - Director
Jennifer is of Osage, Euchee, Creek and Delaware decent. She was raised in Pawhuska's Indian Village and serves as a committee cook for the Pawhuska district drum keeper. Her maternal great grandparents were Opal and Pierce St. John (Osage) and paternal great grandparents were Ollie and George Anderson (Delaware).
Prior to returning to Pawhuska, Jennifer resided in the San Francisco and Monterey Bay Areas. She obtained her B.A. in Political, Legal & Economic Analysis at Mills College, Oakland CA and recently completed an Advanced Project Management certification at Stanford's Center for Professional Development. Over the past 20 years, she has focused her career in the Information Technology field having worked for such corporations as Pacific Gas & Electric, Chevron, SBC Communications, Robert Half International, VERITAS Software and Symantec Corporation. Jennifer’s experience includes working as a Sr. Systems Administrator, IT consultant, and project technical lead in IT mergers and acquisitions.