Senior Vice President, Government Relations

Kim Teehee is director of government relations for Cherokee Nation and senior vice president of government relations for Cherokee Nation Businesses. In 2019, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. named Teehee as the tribe’s first delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives. She previously served President Barack Obama as the first-ever senior policy advisor for Native American Affairs in the White House Domestic Policy Council. Teehee also served as senior advisor to the bi-partisan U.S. House of Representatives Native American Caucus. As senior advisor, she established an impressive record of accomplishments on a wide array of Native American issues. Teehee received her B.A. in political science from Northeastern State University and her J.D. from the University of Iowa College of Law.