We are Potawatomi Ventures, nurturing growth and prosperity for the Forest County Potawatomi Community through strategic investments, acquisitions, and prudent asset management decisions.

EXECUTIVE MANAGEMENT TEAM

  • Kip Ritchie

    Kip Ritchie

    Chief Executive Officer

    Kip is an enrolled FCP tribal member and serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Potawatomi Ventures. Prior to being promoted to CEO, Kip served as both the COO of Potawatomi Ventures and the President of Greenfire. He joined Potawatomi Ventures full-time in 2006 as Senior VP and served on its founding Board of Directors from 2002-2007. Read More

  • Paul F. Hoesly

    Paul F. Hoesly

    Chief Financial Officer

    Paul serves as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) of Potawatomi Ventures, providing direct insight into the investments of the company, including activities that range from strategic direction to investment selection. Read More

  • Jeff Johnson

    Jeffery Johnson

    Chief Operating Officer, Commercial Group

    Jeff is an enrolled FCP tribal member and serves as the Chief Operating Officer (COO) overseeing the commercial businesses at Potawatomi Ventures. Jeff previously served as the Vice-chair on the Potawatomi Ventures Board of Directors. Read More

  • Greg Kolean

    Greg Kolean

    Vice President & COO Potawatomi Ventures Federal Group

    Greg leads the operations and strategy of the Potawatomi Ventures Federal Group. The Federal Group consists of 46 active subsidiaries and joint ventures operating as small businesses.  It serves the construction, product and service industries in 330 global locations with 2,000 employees. Read More

  • Michael Barrett

    Michael Barrett

    Chief Information Officer

    Michael serves as Chief Information Officer (CIO) of Potawatomi Ventures, overseeing the overall strategy for IT and infrastructure development across the company and subsidiaries, and the overall direction and long-term growth plans for the company. Read More

  • Heather Batchelor

    Heather Batchelor

    VP of HR

    Heather serves as the VP of Human Resources at Potawatomi Ventures. She creates and executes HR strategies and policies that support our mission and organizational long-term goals. Heather manages all aspects of human resources, such as, performance management, recruitment, compliance, compensation and benefits, and workforce planning. Read More

  • Amanda Gintoft

    Amanda Gintoft

    VP of Marketing

    Amanda serves as the Vice President of Marketing of Potawatomi Ventures, overseeing and managing all aspects of marketing strategies and campaigns across the organization. Amanda leads critical programs such as brand strategy, communications, media relations, digital marketing, advertising, and community relations. Read More

  • Erik Hokanson

    Erik Hokanson

    VP of Finance

    Erik serves as the Vice President of Finance for Potawatomi Ventures, overseeing shared-service finance operations, financial accounting and reporting, planning and analysis, treasury, and audit. Read More

  • Dan Montague

    Dan Montague

    VP of Emerging Technologies

    Dan serves as the Vice President of Emerging Technologies for Potawatomi Ventures, assisting leadership with corporate development, innovation, market engagement, investment strategy, and strategic planning across subsidiaries and departments. Read More

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

  • Alexis Harris, Board Vice Chairwoman

    Thomas Boelter

    Board Chairman

    Thomas is an enrolled FCP tribal member and is currently employed by the FCP Tribe as the Health and Wellness Administrator. Thomas has been the Chairman of the Potawatomi Ventures board for four years and a Board Director for five years. Read More

  • Alexis Harris

    Alexis Harris

    Board Vice Chairwoman

    Alexis is an enrolled FCP tribal member from the Reservation in Carter, Wisconsin. Alexis’ interest in contributing to her community began when she worked as an intern for the Potawatomi Hotel & Casino during her undergraduate years. Read More

  • Ryan Dyer

    Ryan Dyer

    Board Director

    Ryan is an enrolled tribal member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation and served two terms as the Tribal Council Treasurer. He currently owns his own commodity trading company. In the past, Ryan has been the Chief Operating Officer and Chief Risk Officer of various international commodity trading companies. Read More

  • Brad McClain

    Brad McClain

    Board Director

    Brad is an enrolled tribal member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in Fort Yates, North Dakota. He is the CFO for the University of Wisconsin Credit Union in Madison, WI. He is primarily responsible for all accounting, finance, audit, and real estate matters for the $5.2 billion credit union. Read More

  • Crystal Deschinny

    Crystal Deschinny

    Board Director

    Crystal is an enrolled FCP tribal member. She has had a 30+ year career in finance, investment portfolio management, policy, accounting, and economic development within the public, private and tribal government sectors. She is currently the Tribal Treasurer at HoChunk Nation. Read More

  • M’ko Daniels

    M’ko Daniels

    Board Director

    M'ko is an enrolled FCP tribal member. Throughout the past several years, M’ko served as a Finance Intern with Potawatomi Ventures and for the FCP Gaming Commission. M’ko grew up on the reservation in the Stone Lake, WI area, which allowed him to learn the ways of his people and history of his Tribe. Read More

  • Shannon O’Loughlin

    Shannon O’Loughlin

    Board Director

    Shannon is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the CEO and Attorney for the Association on American Indian Affairs – the oldest nonprofit serving Native Country since 1922. Shannon has been practicing law for more than 23 years and is a lecturer at Johns Hopkins University. Read More