Mike Channell

I am Enrolled in The Oglala Lakota Nation. I am adopted and that is how I got the name
Channell. Medford Salway is my Dad. I got married @ 20. Was friends with my wife before we
decided to go on a date. 6 weeks later we got married. We have 3 boys all grown with their own
families now. I was a carpenter in Local 253, 400, and 444 for 18 years. I worked for several General
Contractors that had 8a status through the SBA. I got an opportunity to go into business for myself
in 1998 on the construction of the Conagra World Headquarters in Downtown Omaha NE. The
company grew. Had 2 locations Omaha and Des Moines offices. At the height we had 99 employees
and did $54,936,231 worth of contracts in 4 years. All that was made possible through the SBA’s
subcontracting programs that are mandated @ the Federal Market level of Government. For the last
15 years I have been working as a Private Consultant. I have worked with several different
Companies providing all different types of services. I have also worked with 9 Different Tribes.