Session Speakers

Fatima Abbas
Haliwa Saponi

Director | Office of Tribal and Native Affairs | U.S. Department of the Treasury

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Amber Bell

Executive Vice President, Chief Strategy Officer | Opportunity Finance Network

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Pamela Boivin
Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin

CCIA Program Manager | Native CDFI Network

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Dave Cade

Housing Director | Dry Creek Rancheria Band of Pomo Indians

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Kimberley Carr

Affordable Lending Manager | Mission and Community Engagement | Freddie Mac

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Chrystel Cornelius
Ojibwe; Oneida

CEO & President | Oweesta

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Dante Desiderio
Sappony

Chief Financial and Economic Strategist | Native Americans in Philanthropy

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Caitlin Duffy

First Vice President of Philanthropy Banking | Amalgamated Bank

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Brian Edwards

Associate Editor | Tribal Business News

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Vanessa Farley
Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy Indians

Director of Tribal Energy Programs | MTERA

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Kyle Felsman
Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes

Tribal Program Director | GRID Alternatives

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Wizipan Garriott
Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary – Indian Affairs | U.S. Department of the Interior

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Toniqua Hay

Stakeholder Engagement Lead | Energy Improvements in Rural or Remote Areas | Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations | U.S. Department of Energy

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Janie Hipp
Chickasaw Nation

President & CEO | Native Agriculture Finance Services

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Ellen Lurie Hoffman

Director | Center for Impact Finance | Carsey School of Public Policy

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Dennis Ickes

CEO | Tule River Economic Development Corporation

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Brett Isaac
Navajo Nation

CEO | Navajo Power
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Chris James

President & CEO | National Center of the American Indian Enterprise Development

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Amir Kirkwood

CEO | Justice Climate Fund

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Winona LaDuke
Anishinaabe

Author

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Krystal Langholz

Chief Community Officer | Calvert Impact

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Cathie Mahon

President & CEO | Inclusiv

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Edward Markey

United States Senator for Massachusetts

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Karla Miller

Vice President | Northwest Area Foundation

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Jonathan Morgenstein

Senior Project Manager | National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)

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Jane Nishida

Acting Deputy Administrator and Assistant Administrator | Office of International and Tribal Affairs | Environmental Protection Agency

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Kerry O'Neil

CEO | Inclusive Prosperity Capital, Inc.

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Kim Pate
Eastern Band Cherokee, Mississippi Choctaw

Managing Director | NDN Fund

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Dhruv C. Patel

Co-Founder & CEO | Syncurrent

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Dominic 'Nick' Parker

Anderson-Bascom Professor | University of Wisconsin – Madison

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Ted Piccolo
Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation

Senior Director | Indigenous Futures Fund | Mission Driven Finance

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Harold Pettigrew

President & CEO | Opportunity Finance Network

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Pam Porter

CFO | Green Bank for Rural America | Appalachian Community Capital

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Pravina Raghavan

Director | CDFI Fund | U.S. Department of the Treasury

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Ian Record

Consultant | Ian Record Consulting

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Greg Rickford

Member of Provincial Parliament | Kenora – Rainy River | Ontario Legislature | Minister of Indigenous Affairs & First Nations Economic Reconciliation

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Zakaria Shaikh

Consultant | State Small Business Credit Initiative (SSBCI) | U.S. Department of the Treasury

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Dennis Smith

Affordable Lending Manager | Single-Family Acquisitions Division | Freddie Mac

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Michael Swack

Carsey Senior Fellow Research Professor | Center for Impact Finance

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Pete Upton
Ponca Tribe of Nebraska

CEO | Native CDFI Network & Executive Director | Native 360 Loan Fund

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Jesse Van Tol

President & CEO | National Community Reinvestment Coalition

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Kristen Wagner

National Program Director | Native CDFI Network

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Kevin Walker

President & CEO | Northwest Area Foundation

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Additional speakers will be announced soon!