Tammi Tiger is a Ph.D. student and the founding director of Tribal Education within the William F. Harrah College of Hospitality at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a program endowed by the Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation. Tiger leads efforts to increase Native American leaders in gaming, hospitality, and tourism. She contributes to UNLV service on the Alfred P. Sloan Initiative Steering Committee in the Graduate College, as co-advisor to the UNLV Chapter of Advancing Indigenous Science and Engineering Society, and is a founding member of the Native American Alumni Club.

Prior to joining UNLV, she spent more than two decades in public service with Clark County - home to Las Vegas, the “Entertainment Capital of the World.” During this region’s greatest time of growth and public infrastructure, she advanced through roles in communications and public information, internet technology, personnel, and policy leadership. Tiger is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, and descendant of Muscogee and Seminole people - Bear Clan. Her commitment to Indigenous communities extends beyond her professional roles. For more than 20 years, Tiger has been engaged in urban Native community organizing, program development, and advocacy. She has served as vice president of IndigenousAF, Inc.; board chairperson of the Las Vegas Indian Center; and a Native Vote State Coordinator with the National Congress of American Indians and Native Organizers Alliance (NOA). In 2021, she was appointed a commissioner of the Department of Native American Affairs by the governor of Nevada, which supports collaboration between the state and Tribal Nations.

Tiger is a graduate of the Clark County Management Academy and Clark County Leadership Forum. She earned a Master of Public Administration from UNLV and a Bachelor of Science in Business, majoring in information systems, from the University of Phoenix; after transferring from the College of Southern Nevada. Tiger brings a unique perspective as an Indigenous leader and practitioner to the global gaming, hospitality and tourism industry. To develop and implement the Tribal Education Initiative, she co-led focus groups with Indian Country partners alongside Marta Soligo (UNLV) and professor Vincent Eade.