Gary DuBois

I am an enrolled member of the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians. I earned a marketing degree from California State University-San Bernadino and went on to earn my law degree from Washington University in St. Louis. My inspiration to pursue law stemmed from my experience of working with real estate lawyers.

I have completed several appointments across the country including a clerkship at Cherokee Nation’s Office of Legal Affairs and work on the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs under Senators John McCain and Ben Nighthorse Campbell. I was also named a Morris K. Udall Fellow for the Senate in Washington, D.C.

After my time in Washington D.C., I returned to Washington University in St. Louis to become part of the Brown School and Buder Center. Upon receiving my MSW, I went on to work at the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Salvation Army in Kansas where I met my wife, Kelly Cook. We have since returned to California.

Currently, I am the director of Cultural Resources Management for the Pechanga Band of Luiseno Indians. I have also been a member of the Pechanga Education Board, established by the Pechanga Indian School, and participated in the creation of the world-class Curation, Archives, Historical Preservation, Anthropology, Archaeology and Linguistics facilities at Pechanga Cultural Resources.

The Brown School allowed me to expand my horizons and to think outside of the box. For this, I will always be grateful to the Buder Center and the Brown School.