(Cass Lake)Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Secretary/Treasurer Leonard Fineday was elected Midwest Regional Vice President for the National Congress of American Indians’ Executive Committee at the organization’s 80th Annual Convention on Tuesday. The N-C-A-I serves as a unified voice and advocates for the broad range of issues confronting tribal governments and communities. Fineday will  serve as a liaison between NCAI and the  36 tribal nations and the states of Michigan, Minnesota, Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin. He also serves on the Federal Reserve Bank’s Center for Indian Country Development Leadership Council, on the Minnesota Children’s Justice Initiative Advisory Board, as a member of the Cass Lake-Bena School Board and as Treasurer for the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe.