About CNI

Chickasaw Nation Industries

What We Do

Chickasaw Nation Industries, Inc. (CNI) is a federally chartered corporation wholly owned by the Chickasaw Nation. Headquartered in Norman, Oklahoma, CNI serves as a holding company with multiple subsidiaries that operate as Limited Liability Companies (LLCs) engaged in several lines of business for both the federal government and commercial enterprises. Chickasaw Federal serves as the government contracting arm of Chickasaw Nation Industries, while our Filtration and Manufacturing lines of business serve commercial enterprises.

CNI supports a diverse culture that offers innovative approaches and customer-centered services. When you do business with us, you gain efficient and cost-effective solutions that help safeguard the environment, protect and secure key assets, and connect resources to needs.

Supporting Community Economic Development
We are proud to support the economic development of the Chickasaw Nation and to contribute to the tribal mission of enhancing the overall quality of life of the Chickasaw people. A portion of our profits is used to support Chickasaw citizens through a multitude of programs and services such as education, health care, nutrition services, housing programs, legal services, elder and child care and community support programs. Successful economic development is an integral part of the Chickasaw Nation’s operations.

Integrity

We will be consistent, truthful, ethical and fair in all our actions.

Respect

We will be professional and considerate.

Service

We will serve our employees, customers and the Chickasaw Nation by providing a positive and rewarding work environment beneficial to individual growth, making customer needs our priority, and contributing to the resources needed to enhance the lives of the Chickasaw people.

Commitment to Success

Like the unconquered and unconquerable Chickasaw Nation, we will not fail.

Empowerment

We will provide our employees with the tools, knowledge, and environment to make effective decisions.

Teamwork

We will support each other, and by working together, we will succeed.

Accountability

We will exemplify our willingness to take ownership for our outcomes through our abilities, actions, and attitudes.

CNI Board of Directors

Bill G. Lance, Jr.
Chairman
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Dan Boren
Director
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Dan Boren

Director

Dan Boren is the Secretary of Commerce for the Chickasaw Nation. As Secretary of Commerce he is responsible for the management of all commercial business enterprises of the Chickasaw Nation. The Chickasaw Nation Department of Commerce has approximately 7,000 employees, and is comprised of more than 60 gaming, hospitality, retail, media, manufacturing, and tourism related businesses. In addition to his role as Secretary of the Commerce Department, Dan also serves on the board of directors for other businesses owned by the Chickasaw Nation, including Chair of Sovereign Native Holdco, LLC (SNH) and Sovereign Asset Fund.

Prior to be appointed as the Secretary of Commerce, Dan was the Chief Banking Officer and President of Oklahoma for First United Bank. In his role he worked with nineteen communities in thirty-one locations to help foster growth while promoting the bank’s purpose and values as well as the pillars of its core message to “Spend Life Wisely”.

Prior to joining First United in January of 2020, Dan served as President of Corporate Development for the Chickasaw Nation. Based in Oklahoma, Dan helped to drive the Nation’s business diversification strategy. In his capacity, Dan served on numerous boards within the Nation that cut across the technology, health, financial services and energy sectors.

Before joining the Nation, Dan represented Oklahoma’s 2^nd Congressional District in the U.S. House of Representatives for four terms before retiring in 2013.

While in Congress, Dan played a leadership role on Native American issues, serving as the Ranking Member of the House Natural Resources Committee’s Subcommittee on Indian Affairs. Dan helped shape key national economic recovery policies as a member of the House Financial Services Committee. Dan also served on the House Armed Services Committee and House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence and earned a reputation for being able to work with members of both parties to pass laws that strengthened U.S. defense and national security.

Before election to Congress in 2004, Dan served in the Oklahoma House of Representatives and was the first freshman state lawmaker ever to be elected as Caucus Chairman.

Dan continues to find ways to contribute to his community. He currently serves on the boards of First United Bank, Jasmine Moran Children’s Museum, Seminole State College Educational Foundation, OU Children’s Hospital Board of Advocates, Oklahoma Academy, Domestic Energy Producers Alliance, Sovereign Asset Management (Chairman), Sovereign Native Holdco, the Last Frontier Council (Boy Scouts of America), the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence, the Oklahoma City Chamber of Commerce, Infinity Capital Partners, Soldier Strong, Texas Christian University AddRan College of Liberal Arts Board of Visitors, and an Advisory Board Member for the US Global Leadership Coalition. Dan is also a Rodel and Hunt Kean Fellow, past Chairman of the Congressional Sportsmen’s Caucus and a graduate of Leadership Oklahoma Class 17.

Dan earned his B.S. in Economics at Texas Christian University and a M.B.A. in International Business from the University of Oklahoma. Dan currently resides in Edmond, OK with his wife, Andrea, and their two children, Janna and Hunter.