Ernest House Jr.
As Senior Policy Director and Director for the Center for Tribal and Indigenous Engagement for the Keystone Policy Center, Ernest House Jr. (Ute Mountain Ute) works in tribal consultation, energy, conservation, agriculture, healthcare, education, cultural resource management and cultural repatriation. He currently serves on the Fort Lewis College Board of Trustees, Gates Family Foundation, The Nature Conservancy, National Western Center Authority Board and the Colorado Interbasin Water Compact Committee. House is an enrolled member of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe in Towaoc, Colorado. He holds a rich tradition in his position as son of the late Ernest House, Sr., a long-time tribal leader for the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe and great-grandson of Chief Jack House, the last hereditary Chief of the Ute Mountain Ute Tribe.