![Vice Chairman Bill Taylor (left) is shown at the USET Board of Directors meeting where he is an official voting member. (Photos by Brandon Stephens/USET)](https://theonefeather.com/library/uploads/2014/12/USET-32-e1418146933523.jpg)
Vice Chairman Bill Taylor (left) is shown at the USET Board of Directors meeting where he is an official voting member. (Photos by Brandon Stephens/USET)
![Charlene Owle (2nd from left), Qualla Housing Authority director, is shown taking tobacco for prayer at the passing of the fire ceremony.](https://theonefeather.com/library/uploads/2014/12/USET-11-e1418146996173.jpg)
Charlene Owle (2nd from left), Qualla Housing Authority director, is shown taking tobacco for prayer at the passing of the fire ceremony.
![Kim Peone (left), EBCI Finance Deputy, joins Michael Willis (center), partner of Hobbs, Straus, Dean and Walker LLP of Washington, DC, and Liz Malerba, USET policy and legislative director, in a panel discussion with the USET Board of Directors concerning the critical role of the impact of taxation on Tribal nation's economies and economic development. Peone described the benefits of having a Tribal tax code and how the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are developing a tax structure for the Tribe. She also discusssed the challenges of state and federal agencies that are trying to impose taxation on citizens of the Tribe.](https://theonefeather.com/library/uploads/2014/12/USET-39-e1418147202317.jpg)
Kim Peone (left), EBCI Finance Deputy, joins Michael Willis (center), partner of Hobbs, Straus, Dean and Walker LLP of Washington, DC, and Liz Malerba, USET policy and legislative director, in a panel discussion with the USET Board of Directors concerning the critical role of the impact of taxation on Tribal nation’s economies and economic development. Peone described the benefits of having a Tribal tax code and how the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians are developing a tax structure for the Tribe. She also discusssed the challenges of state and federal agencies that are trying to impose taxation on citizens of the Tribe.
![Shown (left-right) are Brandon Stephens (EBCI), USET development director; Liz Malerba (Mohegan), USET policy and legislative director; Jerry Padilla (Penobscot), USET Office of Environmental Resource Management director; Dee Sabattus (Passamaquoddy), Tribal Health Program Support director; Wanda James, USET deputy director; and Greg Smith, partner of Hobbs, Straus, Dean and Walker LLP of Washington, DC.](https://theonefeather.com/library/uploads/2014/12/USET-51-e1418147350531.jpg)
Shown (left-right) are Brandon Stephens (EBCI), USET development director; Liz Malerba (Mohegan), USET policy and legislative director; Jerry Padilla (Penobscot), USET Office of Environmental Resource Management director; Dee Sabattus (Passamaquoddy), Tribal Health Program Support director; Wanda James, USET deputy director; and Greg Smith, partner of Hobbs, Straus, Dean and Walker LLP of Washington, DC.