RYAN DYER 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. He has also served as a business and accounting adjunct instructor at Haskell Indian Nations University and the University of Kansas.

Ryan has received multiple degrees in math and physics from the University of Kansas.