Kimberly Varilek is an Eastern Shoshone tribal member and is part of the 250th Princeton Class of 1997. Kim currently lives in Denver, Colorado and serves as the Tribal Affairs Branch Director within the Environmental Protection Agency's regional office. After graduating from Princeton, Kim returned to the West and directly attended the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. After receiving her J.D., she practiced in Colorado for several years before moving back to the Wind River Reservation where she served for over 7 years as the Attorney General for the Eastern Shoshone Tribe. As Attorney General, Kimberly represented the Tribal Government in all facets of law, including jurisdictional and civil litigation, tribal law and policy development, transactional and administrative law issues, and tribal enterprise representation. She was recruited to join EPA Region 8's Office of Regional Counsel and began federal public service with the US EPA in 2014. Moving from federal attorney to policy advisor to Tribal Affairs director, in her current role, Kim advises regional leadership and staff in all facets of regional and national agency tribal policy, consultation, and capacity building for their work with 28 tribal nations and their environmental programs. Kim has also served as the Chair and Commissioner with the Denver American Indian Commission and currently serves as a Commissioner with the non-profit People of the Sacred Land's Truth, Reconciliation and Education Commission, evaluating previously overlooked truths on severed Tribal land rights in Colorado. She and her significant other, Jeremy, spend time with friends and family located throughout the West, in Wyoming, Colorado, South Dakota and New Mexico.

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