About Us
Virginia ‘Osh’ LeClere is the Environmental Manager for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas and Illinois. She is a proud graduate/alumnus of Haskell Indian Nations University, Friends
University and Baker University. She has served the Tribe’s Planning and Environmental Protection Department in several capacities over the past 24 years, working in the environmental planning,
air quality, and solid waste programs prior to taking a management role. Virginia is currently a delegate to the Region 7 Joint USEPA/Tribal Operations Committee and an alternate delegate to
the National Tribal Caucus.
She enjoys all things outdoors, especially gardening, running, and camping. She also loves traveling to the Great Lakes (and original homelands of the Prairie Band Potawatomi), with her
family for powwows every summer.
Virginia can be reached by e-mail at virginialeclere@pbpnation.org