Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 7) - Allan is an enrolled citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, which is located on the Fort Berthold Reservation. He lives in New Town, North Dakota with his wife and seven children. Allan is a
Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 7) - Alayna is from the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe. She is a teacher in the Lakota Language Nest at Sitting Bull College. Alayna earned her Bachelor of Science from the University of Mary in 2014. She received
Matthew Ehlman wants to challenge conventional wisdom about philanthropy in rural communities. Having raised millions of dollars for Red Cloud Indian School on the Pine Ridge Reservation and for other nonprofit organizations through his firm The
Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 7) - Donna is a licensed social worker, tribal elder and community center manager at the Fond du Lac Reservation. She writes for Indian Country Today and The Daily Yonder. Donna is earning her master’s degree
Irene Fernando believes deeply that new leadership is integral to organizational success. That’s why she and her two co-executive directors at Students Today Leaders Forever designed a model that requires each of them to transition out of leading the
Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 7) - Herb has more than ten years of experience in law enforcement with the Fond du Lac Police Department. He has served in several roles throughout his career including chief of police, sergeant and
Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 7) - Amber is an enrolled citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation, and also of the Spirit Lake Dakota and Standing Rock Lakota Nations. She is the executive director of a non-profit organization
Native Nations Rebuilders Program (cohort 7) - Josh credits his father with passing along valuable life lessons. Today, he has the confidence and motivation to do anything he puts his mind to. Josh believes in the importance of working with open
As a college student, Chris Francis learned personally the power of one effective teacher to inspire a student as both an artist and community member. Today, he is an artist, advocate and administrator deeply embedded in his South Dakota community
Amelia Franck Meyer has learned a fundamental truth serving youth in the child welfare system: it takes healthy leaders to heal those they serve. She has transformed a small treatment foster care agency into an award-winning enterprise known for
In her community-based work, Elena Gaarder finds herself returning over and over to the same questions: What mix of policies, investments, partners and initiatives truly would shift the balance so that disadvantaged neighborhoods become opportunity
When Latasha Gandy was struggling to help her third-grade daughter with reading, she came to an important realization: not only was the system failing her child, but it had also failed her years before. Despite graduating with a 4.2 GPA from high
