Ex Officio |

Brian Wadsworth

Commissioner, Nevada Indian Commission

Brian Wadsworth is a member of the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe (Kooyooe Tukadu). Since 2018, Mr. Wadsworth has proudly served as a Commissioner on the Nevada Indian Commission. The Commission serves as a liaison between the 27 sovereign nations in the state and the Governor, and to preserve the history of the Stewart Indian Boarding School. He currently serves as a Board member on the Board of Directors for Numu, Inc., the economic development corporation for the Pyramid Lake Paiute Tribe. Mr. Wadsworth also serves as Vice-President on the Board for the University of Nevada, Reno (UNR) Native American Alumni Chapter. The Chapter’s objective is to bring together the Native American communities by sharing cultures and heritages on the UNR campus through traditional events and athletic activities.

Mr. Wadsworth graduated from UNR with a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration, and from Gonzaga University with a Master of Business Administration in American Indian Entrepreneurship. Mr. Wadsworth is currently pursuing a second Bachelors’s degree in Accounting from UNR and is preparing to sit for the State of Nevada Certified Public Accountant Exam.