Chad Germann is an enrolled member of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe Tribe of Minnesota and Founder and CEO of Red Circle Agency.

Germann was hired by Grand Casino Hinckley in 1998 as the Director of Advertising where he managed all advertising and media strategy, planning and budgeting. After 3 years as director, Germann left the casino to start a casino marketing agency called Red Circle Agency.  

Red Circle is a full-service marketing agency specializes in Native-owned casinos partnering with more than 125 Indian gaming casinos in the U.S. since its founding in 2001. In 2009 German founded Casino Data Technologies (a wholly-owned subsidiary of Red Circle) to create the casino database software system called RECON, which more than 25 casinos use to manage, analyze and report on their casino marketing programs.

In 2008 Germann was one of five people recognized as Change Agent Honorees as part of The 2008 ADCOLOR® Awards, presented by the ADCOLOR® Industry Coalition.  The honorees are from notable companies such as Google, Disney ESPN Media Networks, USA Today, Ogilvy, Saatchi & Saatchi, Campbell-Ewald, Carol H. Williams Advertising, DDB, Denuo and many others.  In 2011 Germann was named to the NCAIED's 40 under 40 honoree's list.  

With offices in downtown Minneapolis, 50+ employees, 25+ active  casino clients, Red Circle is the largest and most successful Native-owned marketing company in the world.