Kevin Eastman

Allison has spent more than 25 years working on public policy, administrative law, gaming law, and advising on and negotiating agreements between the federal, tribal and state governments. Her current work at PACE focuses on advising clients on legislative and regulatory matters, advocating on behalf of clients before Congress and federal agencies, and serving as a subject matter expert before state legislatures. Her work focuses on natural resources, public safety and law enforcement, appropriations, gaming, land, health care, tax policy, and general government matters.

Prior to joining PACE as a public policy advocate, Allison served as senior staff, including staff director and chief legal counsel, to the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs from 2005 to 2011. While at the Committee, Ms. Binney oversaw and assisted in efforts to enact numerous laws impacting Native Americans including provisions in the Affordable Care Act, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, the Tribal Law and Order Act, reauthorization of the Indian Health Care Improvement Act, several class-action lawsuit settlements, tribal water rights, and laws relating to housing, the leasing and development of Indian lands, homeland security and language and cultural preservation. Ms. Binney also oversaw congressional investigations and oversight of federal agencies that interact with American Indians, Alaska Natives and Native Hawaiians.

Allison received a Bachelor of Arts degree from California State University, Chico, and a Juris Doctorate degree from Arizona State University’s Sandra Day O’Connor School of Law. She is a citizen of the Sherwood Valley Band of Pomo Indians in Northern California, and in her spare time she focuses on Native American youth issues serving as the Chair of the Advisory Board for the Center for Native American Youth at the Aspen Institute.