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JIM COLLARD Director of Planning and Economic Development, Citizen Pottawatomi Nation Dr. Collard is currently the Director of Planning, Economic and Industrial Development for the Citizen Potawatomi Nation (CPN), a Native American Tribe. In this capacity he compiled and is implementing the CPN Economic Development Strategy. This entails developing Iron Horse, a rail-anchored Eco-industrial park following the principles of the Circular Economy. Iron
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Horse is the first Foreign Trade Zone on Native American land with activated sites. Additionally, Dr. Collard serves as the Police Chief for the CPN. Dr. Collard is a Fellow and completed an eight-year term on the Board of Directors for the International Economic Development Council. He holds the prestigious Certified International Trade Professional designation from the Forum for International Trade Training and in June 2022 was elected to the Board of Directors. He is also on the Executive Committee of the International Inter-tribal Trade & Investment Organization (IITO). Dr. Collard is a current member and Past Chair of the OK Governor’s International Team (now Global Oklahoma) and is a member of the Oklahoma District Export Council. He has traveled extensively internationally on business and as a participant in trade missions and diplomatic delegations. He was recently appointed to serve as a member of the Intergovernmental Policy Advisory Committee to the United States Trade Representative (EOP). He is also the co-founder and chair of the Tribal-Municipal Dialogue, a group dedicated to increasing cooperation between tribal & local governments. Dr. Collard is also a Professor of Practice faculty member within the University of Oklahoma Regional and City Planning Program. Additionally, he serves on several OU advisory committees. Prior experience includes service in the U.S. Army; seven years as a police officer; seventeen years as a city manager, and five years as an executive in the environmental services industry.
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