Amy Besaw Medford is a Research Affiliate with the Project on Indigenous Governance and Development at the Harvard Kennedy School and an Analyst with the Taylor Policy Group. Previously, she was the Director of Program Development and Director of the Honoring Nations awards program at the Project and the Manager of Program Development at the Native Nations Institute for Leadership, Management, and Policy at the University of Arizona. 

Amy also serves on the board for the Calumet & Cross Heritage Society, which strives to preserve and share Brothertown Indian history and heritage.  Amy is enrolled Brothertown Indian and Korean. She received her BA in Business Administration from the University of Washington, MA in Organizational Leadership from Chapman University, and EdM in Human Development and Psychology from the Harvard Graduate School of Education.