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)

Red Cloud Indian School

 

Emily Edenshaw, Treasurer

(Yup'ik/Inupiak)

Alaska Native Heritage Center

 

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

W.K. Kellogg Foundation

 

Michael Painter, Director

(Cherokee)

Nia Tero

Theresa Sheldon, Director

(Tulalip Tribes)

The National Native American Boarding School Healing Coalition

 

Zeke Smith, Director

(Oneida, Osage)

Empire Health Foundation

 

Jennifer Vickers, Director

(Nipmuc)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation