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Gavin Clarkson Appointed Native American Capital, LLC (NAC) Managing Director
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 WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 1, 2007) – Dr. Gavin Clarkson, a national authority on American Indian economic development, finance, and law, has been appointed a managing director of NAC, LLC.
“This appointment recognizes the very active role Dr. Clarkson has played in NAC’s early growth and development, since he joined the National Advisory Board two years ago,” said Joe Falkson, NAC’s senior managing director. “Gavin’s reputation and stature continues to grow throughout Indian Country. We are, therefore, delighted to have him join us as a fully involved member of the NAC management team.”
NAC, LLC is a Native American business advisory services firm committed to American Indian economic growth and business development. The firm targets business opportunities throughout Indian Country—with a special focus on infrastructure, real estate, the environment, health care, education, and commerce.
In addition to his position at NAC, Dr. Clarkson is an assistant professor in the School of Information at the University of Michigan. He also has simultaneous appointments at the Law School and in Native American Studies. Dr. Clarkson holds both a bachelor's degree and an MBA from Rice University, a doctorate from the Harvard Business School in Technology and Operations Management, and is a cum laude graduate of the Harvard Law School, where he was the managing editor of the Harvard Journal of Law and Technology and president of the Native American Law Student Association.
An enrolled member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Dr. Clarkson has consulted, written, and published extensively on tribal sovereignty, tribal governance and court systems, tribal economic development, and tribal asset management, and was also a contributing author for the most recent edition of Felix Cohen’s Handbook of Federal Indian Law, providing material on tribal finance, tribal corporations, economic development, and intellectual property. Dr. Clarkson holds the Series 7, Series 24, and Series 66 Securities licenses from the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD). He recently testified before the Senate Finance Committee regarding discriminatory impediments to tribal access of the capital markets, and he was recently awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation to study tribal finance information systems.
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