Jim Wagenlander is a University of Denver and Case Western Reserve University graduate. He is a lawyer who has practiced Indian, construction and international law for 47 years. For 44 years this has been through his law firm Wagenlander and Heisterkamp LLC which is headquartered in Downtown Denver. He and the firm have primarily represented tribal housing agencies all across the country and public housing authorities in Colorado. Their international and cross-cultural practice also involves the country of Mongolia. Jim will speak on Native Americans issues with housing and the pandemic,
Jim is an Honorary Consul of Mongolia and both founded and still leads the Ulaanbaatar-Denver Sister Cities Committee along with Lion Club member Myrna Ann Adkin and others. He has also been significantly involved for 30 years in the redevelopment of Denver’s old Stapleton Airport, which is now known as Denver’s Central Park neighborhood.
His wife is Mary Lee Chin and they have two adult sons and four granddaughters. All live in Denver.
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