Board

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Our Indigenous-led Board provides leadership and insight from our Native communities and the philanthropic sector. They ensure we stay true to our Indigenous values as we advocate for responsible and responsive philanthropic investments.

Eileen Briggs, Chair

(Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)

Bush Foundation

 

Tashina Banks Rama, Vice-Chair

(Oglala Lakota and Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe)

Maȟpíya Lúta

 

Emily Edenshaw, Treasurer

(Yup'ik/Inupiak)

Ketchikan Indian Community

 

Erik Stegman, Secretary

(Carry The Kettle First Nation - Nakoda)

Native Americans in Philanthropy

Tony A. (Naschio) Johnson, Director

(Chinook Indian Nation)

Inatai Foundation

 

Cynthia Muller, Director

(Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska, Shareholder and Board Member of Cook Inlet Region, Inc.)

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

 

Michael Painter, Director

(Cherokee)

The Biomimicry Institute

Theresa Sheldon, Director

(Tulalip Tribes)

Tulalip Tribes

 

Zeke Smith, Director

(Oneida, Osage)

Empire Health Foundation

 

Jennifer Vickers, Director

(Nipmuc)

The Gates Foundation