Kevin Spears is a member of the Red Lake Band of Chippewa. Kevin attended Red Lake High School and graduated from Flandreau Indian School in 1991. Kevin then worked as a prevention specialist, working with youth for the Red Lake Chemical Health Program and then worked as a police officer. Kevin graduated from the Indian Police Academy in Artesia, New Mexico in 1994. Kevin worked as the Security Supervisor for the World Trade Center in St. Paul. He then moved back to Red Lake and worked as a crime victim advocate. Kevin has been the Campus Security Supervisor for Red Lake Nation College since 2016.