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Randall Akee
Native Hawaiian
Director, Project on Indigenous Governance and Development and Julie Johnson Kidd Professor of Indigenous Governance and Development, Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University
Randall Akee was a Professor at the University of California, Los Angeles in the Department of Public Policy and American Indian Studies. At UCLA he served as the Chair of the American Indian Studies Department. He completed his Ph.D. at Harvard...
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Brian C. McK. Henderson
Apache
Co-Chair, Circle of Supporters
Brian Henderson is the founding partner at Henderson International Advisors, LLC. Prior to starting Henderson International Advisors, LLC, he devoted over 36 years to the Financial Services industry, including 22 years at Merrill Lynch & Co. and 14 years...

Regis Pecos
Cochiti Pueblo
Chairman of Honoring Nations Board of Governors
Co-Founder and Co-Director, Santa Fe Indian School Leadership Institute
Tribal Government service Served multiple terms as Lt. Governor and Governor by traditional appointment. Served on the traditional Tribal Council for 30 years. Regis chaired the fight in Cochiti Pueblo vs. the U. S. Corps of Engineers and the United...

Dr.Valerie Rowe
Co-Chair, Circle of Supporters
Valerie Rowe is a reading specialist who spent many years teaching dyslexic students and students with learning disabilities in grades two through eight. After receiving her PhD from Fordham University’s School of Education, Valerie took a role in...

Lt. Gov. Chris Anoatubby
Chickasaw
The Honorable Chris Anoatubby is the Lieutenant Governor of the Chickasaw Nation. He has served the Chickasaw Nation for more than 20 years. He has a Bachelor of Science in pharmacy from the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, a Master of...

Melanie Bahnke
Native Village of Savoonga
CEO of Kawerak, Inc.
Melanie is the President and CEO of Kawerak, Inc. and has been employed by Kawerak since 1999. In 2012 she was promoted to the President position. She holds a Master of Arts degree in Rural Development from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and a...

Misko Beaudrie
Anishinaabe
Research Affiliate
Misko is an Affiliate Fellow for the Project on Indigenous Governance and Development. Misko received her BA from the University of Michigan, and MEd from Harvard Graduate School of Education, and brings a commitment and passion for transformation through...

Amy Besaw Medford
Brothertown
Senior Program Director
Director, Honoring Nations
Amy Besaw Medford is the Senior Program Director for the Project on Indigenous Governance and Development at the Harvard Kennedy School. The Project’s mission is to increase opportunities for collaborative research, learning, and teaching that improve the...
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Sherry Salway Black
Oglala Lakota
Consultant and Board Member, First Peoples Fund and Johnson Scholarship Foundation
Sherry Salway Black is the Director of the Partnership for Tribal Governance at the National Congress of American Indian. She is the past Executive Director of the Ovarian Cancer National Alliance and an ovarian and endometrial cancer survivor. Ms. Black...

Chairman Rodney Butler
Pequot
The Honorable Rodney A. Butler has served as Chairman of the Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation since 2010, after joining the Tribal Council in 2004 and serving as Treasurer from 2005 to 2009. During his tenure, he has chaired several key committees for...

Duane Champagne
Turtle Mountain Chippewa
Professor Emeritus, Native Nations Law and Policy Center Sociology Department, UCLA
Duane Champagne is professor of sociology and on the Faculty Advisory Committee for the Native Nations Law & Policy Center at the University of California, Los Angeles . He is a citizen of the Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa from North Dakota. Professor...