Leadership summit

meet our Alumni

Class of 2024

Hollywood, FL

Carolina Wasinger

Delaware Tribe of Indians & Cherokee Nation

(She/Her/Hers)
BA in American Studies; Minor in Native
Studies, College of William & Mary
Alexandria, VA

Angelica Wright

Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma

(She/Her/Hers)
PhD Student in Curriculum and Instruction with
a Concentration in Career and Workforce
Education, University of South Florida
Tucson, AZ & Denver, CO

Miko Brandon

Chickasaw Nation

(He/Him/His)
BS in Forestry Natural Resource Ecology and
Management, Oklahoma State University
Choctaw, OK

Frederika Thomas

Navajo Nation

(She/Her/Hers)
AAS in Accounting, Navajo Technical University
Crownpoint, NM

Waycen Owens-Cyr

Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes

(He/Him/His)
BSBA in Accounting, Montana State University
Billings
Wolf Point, MT

Emerson Billy

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

(He/Him/His)
BS in Accounting, Fort Lewis College
Conehatta, MS

Bailey Yazzie

Navajo Nation

(She/Her/Hers)
BS in Business Administration, Haskell Indian
Nations University
Tolani Lake, AZ

Sage Logan

Tlingit & Seneca

(He/Him/His)
Business Administration, University of Alaska
Southeast
Bremerton, WA

Vanessa Farley

Chippewa Cree Tribe

(She/They)
BS in Manufacturing Engineering, Stanford
University
Anchorage, AK

Jillian TopSky

Chippewa Cree Tribe

(She/Her/Hers)
Bachelor of Native American Studies, University
of Montana
Rocky Boy, MT

Class of 2023

Washington, DC

McKenna Green

Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior

(She/Her/Hers)
Master of Science in Writing with specialization in Marketing, Portland State University
Minneapolis, MN

Heidi Perkins

Tlingit

(She/Her/Hers)
Bachelor of Business Administration, Queens University of Charlotte
Soldotna, AK

Gavin Holzworth

Cherokee Nation

(He/Him/His)
MBA, Oklahoma State University
Oklahoma City, OK

Leilani Wesley

Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians

(She/Her/Hers)
AB in Economics; Minor in Education; Citation in Spanish, Harvard University
Somerton, AZ and Choctaw, MS

Remington Schneider

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska

(He/Him/His)
BA, Environmental Policy and International Studies, Bowling Green State University 
Cincinnati, OH

Ashley Davis

Big Sandy Rancheria

(She/Her/Hers)
Bachelor of Arts, Tribal Governance and Business Management, Northwest Indian College

Bellingham, WA and Auberry, CA

Phyllip Thomas

Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Nation

(He/Him/His)

BA in Liberal Studies (Political Science/Economics), Pace University
Mashantucket, CT

Randy Estrin

Tlingit & Haida

(He/Him/His)
Bachelor of Business Administration, Haskell Indian Nations University
Ketchikan, AK

Bobby “Trae” Trousdale

Citizen Potawatomi Nation

(He/Him/His)
Master of Public Administration and MA in Native American Studies, University of Oklahoma
Tecumseh, OK

Kamren Apache

Navajo Nation

(She/Her/Hers)
BS, Business Administration- Management, Haskell Indian Nations University
Alamo Navajo Indian Reservation, NM

James HorseChief

Osage Nation

(He/Him/His)
MBA, University of Colorado Boulder, Leeds School of Business

Albuquerque, NM

Christi Merrick

Omaha Tribe of Nebraska

(She/Her/Hers)

Bachelor of Business Administration & Management, Bellevue University
Walthill, NE

Class of 2022

Seattle, WA

Will Paisley

Will Paisley

Navajo, Blackfeet

(He/They)
M.A., Policy, Organization, and Leadership Studies,, Stanford University
Lake Tapps, WA

Smith Briggs

Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians

(He/Him/His)
B.S., Finance,
Point Loma Nazarene University
Auburn, CA

Rachel Watson

Rachel Watson

Citizen Potawatomi Nation

(They/Them, Ey/Em)
M.S.Ed, Education, Culture and Society,
University of Pennsylvania
Oklahoma City, OK

Rory Wheeler

Rory Wheeler

Seneca Nation

(He/Him/His)
B.A., Political Science/Pre-Law, Niagara University
Seneca Nation Cattaraugus Territory, Irving, NY

Jalaney Suppah

The Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

(She/Her/Hers)
Warm Springs, OR

Liz Spencer

PAWNEE NATION OF OKLAHOMA

(She/Her/Hers)
B.B.A., Management Information Systems,
University of Oklahoma
Wichita, KS

Kyler McGillis

TURTLE MOUNTAIN BAND OF CHIPPEWA INDIANS

(He/Him/His)
B.B.A., Marketing & Management,
University of Jamestown
Belcourt, ND

Jaycee McLean

CHOCTAW NATION OF OKLAHOMA

(She/Her/Hers)
M.B.A., Southeastern Oklahoma State University
Durant, OK

Aaron Eyachabbe

CHICKASAW NATION

(He/Him/His)
B.B.A., Management Information Systems & Operations Management, The University of New Mexico
Kellyville, OK / Norman, OK

Tristen Flying Horse

Tristen Flying Horse

STANDING ROCK SIOUX TRIBE

(He/Him/His)
B.A., Business Administration,
Sitting Bull College
McLaughlin, SD

Class of 2019

Mystic Lake, MN

Raquel Anakalea

Bishop Paiute Tribe, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian)

Juris Doctor, University of New Mexico School of Law
Payahuunadu (Bishop, CA)

Ariel Farinango

Native Inca (Quechua)

B.A., Finance,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Chicago, IL

Ashleigh Fixico

Muscogee (Creek) Nation

B.A., Government; Native American Studies modified with Hispanic Studies
Dartmouth College

Seminole, OK

Kevin O'Neal-Smith

Tlingit (Alaska Native), Jilḵáat Ḵwáan

B.A., Economics
Fort Lewis College
Juneau, AK

Kyrsha Balderas

Meskwaki Nation (Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa)

B.A., Sociology
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, IA

Justice Oglesby

Navajo Nation

B.A., Business Administration/Corporate Finance,
Colorado State University

Albuquerque, NM

Sophie Tiger

Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

B.A., Political Science, Native American Studies
University of Oklahoma

Cache, OK and Wakpala, SD

Kirstin VanDyke

Oneida Nation, Osage Nation, Cherokee Nation

B.A., Criminal Justice,

University of Wisconsin – Stout

Green Bay, WI

Class of 2018

New Orleans, LA

Joshua Emerson, Navajo Nation
B.A., Economics, Fort Lewis College
Phoenix/Tucson, AZ

Jordan Oglesby, Navajo Nation
Juris Doctor, University of New Mexico School of Law
B.B.A., Finance,
University of New Mexico, Anderson School of Management
Albuquerque, NM

Jessica Bradby, Pamunkey Indian Tribe
B.A. Sociology, Fort Lewis College
King William, VA

Jorge Martinez, Mazahua/Mixtec
B.A., Science and Society,
Brown University
San Gabriel Valley, CA

Joshua Bertalotto, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana 
B.A. Sociology
Johns Hopkins University
Hamburg, LA

Class of 2017

San Francisco, CA

Brandon Kapena Baptista, Kanaka Maoli 
B.A., Music and Social Anthropology, Harvard University

Lala Forrest, Pit River Tribe
B.S., Physiology and Neuroscience, 
University of California – San Diego

Mariah Gladstone, Blackfeet Nation/ Cherokee Nation
M.S., Environmental Science,
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
B.S., Earth and Environmental Engineering,
Columbia University

Alana Laanui, Kanaka Maoli
B.A., Political Science
University of Portland

Keith Martinez, Oglala Sioux Tribe
B.A., Communication
Villanova University

Taylor Miller, Navajo Nation
B.A., Public Policy
Duke University

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