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OUR TEAM
Board of Directors
Advisory Council
Our Board of Directors, who are majority Indigenous, includes Nia Tero’s
founding partners, other individuals of goodwill, and globally recognized
representatives of Indigenous Peoples and local communities. The Board
is accountable for providing counsel, insight, oversight, and direction on
Nia Tero’s strategy.
Our global Advisory Council, comprised of Indigenous leaders from around the
world and two expert philanthropic observers, provides additional guidance
and wisdom to our executives and Board. They advise on Nia Tero’s institutional
culture and relationships, growing a global set of partnerships to amplify Indigenous
Peoples’ voices and influence, secure thriving homelands and waters within partner
territories, and fulfill Nia Tero’s mission.
Pictured Left to Right
Pictured Left to Right
Row 1: JOSEPH WILLIAMS
Māori
Board Chair
Row 1: AROHA TE PAREAKE MEAD
Ngāti Awa, Ngāti Porou, Tuhourangi,
Ngāi Tuhoe and Ngāti Tūwharetoa
(Māori) Tribes, Aotearoa/New Zealand
MYRNA CUNNINGHAM KAIN
Miskita
Vice Chair
DOMINIQUE BIKABA
Bashi Tribe, Eastern Congo,
Democratic Republic of Congo
ANNE MARIE BURGOYNE
Row 2: BRENDA PIPESTEM
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
GUNN-BRITT RETTER
Saami, Unjárga-Nesseby
by Varangerfjord,
North-Eastern Norway
JUPTA ITOEWAKI
Wayana
KEVIN STARR
Row 2: JOJI CARINO
Ibaloi-Igorot, Cordillera Region of the Philippines
Row 3: LIAM KOKAUA
Ngāti Arera
MICHAEL CROW
LAURA HATTENDORF
Observer
NAINOA THOMPSON
Kānaka Maoli
OLE KAUNGA MALI
Laikipia Maasai, Kenya
Row 3: RALPH REGENVANU
Uripiv of Malakua Island, Vanuatu
Row 4: NEMONTE NENQUIMO
Waorani
SHERRI MITCHELL
Penobscot Nation, Penawahpskek
PETER SELIGMANN
Row 5: VICKY TAULI-CORPUZ
Kankana-Ey Igorot
Board Chair 2017 - 2022
Row 4: STEPHANIE PLATZ
Observer
VIVIANA FIGUEROA
Omaguaca-Kolla, Indigenous from
the Jujuy Province of Argentina
YO-YO MA
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