Background
Coffey, Wallace Edward was born on February 21, 1946 in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States.
chairman Comanche Indian tribe
Coffey, Wallace Edward was born on February 21, 1946 in Lawton, Oklahoma, United States.
Student, Cameron State Junior College, Lawton, 1964-1966; student, Northeastern State College, Tahlequah, Oklahoma, 1966-1968; student, Oklahoma City U., 1971-1972; Master of Education, Harvard University, 1978; Associate of Arts in Humane Letters (honorary), Parks Junior College, Denver, 1988.
Executive director, Otoe-Missouria Tribe, Red Rock, Oklahoma, 1978-1980;
executive producer, Native American Public Broadcasting Consortium, Lincoln, Nebraska, 1980-1981;
dean students, Nebraska Indian College, Winnebago, 1981-1982;
executive director, Nebraska Indian Commission, Lincoln, 1982-1985;
executive director, Denver Indian Center, Inc., 1985-1991;
chairman, Comanche Indian Tribe, Lawton, since 1991. Member National Congress American Indians, vice president, since 1992. Member minority programming board Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Washington, since 1990.
Chairman United Indian Nations in Oklahoma, since 1993, Kiowa, Comanche, Apache Intertribal Land Use Committee, Lawton, since 1993. Member Oklahoma Task Force on Indian Education, since 1993. Keynote speaker to educational associations, conferences, universities.
Chairman Colorado Quincentenary Commission, 1989-1990. Co-chairman Colorado Adult Literacy Commission, 1989-1990.
Married Debbie Coffey. Children: Robert, Karel.