Rhonda LeValdo, Acoma Pueblo, is Faculty in Media Communications at Haskell Indian Nations University and currently serving as Interim Dean for the School of Humanities. LeValdo received both her bachelor’s and master’s degree from the William Allen White School of Journalism at the University of Kansas in Journalism and Mass Communication. Ms. LeValdo has written for various outlets as well as audio/video work for: Indian Country Today, First Nations Experience (TV), Native News Online, Indianz.com, Tribal College Journal, National Native News (radio) as well as host for her own show Native Spirit radio on KKFI in Kansas City every Sunday. LeValdo has done work in mainstream media: Journal of Mass Media Ethics, Online NewsHour (PBS), Kansas Magazine, Kansas City Star and VOX media. LeValdo is currently a member of the board of directors for Indian Country Today and Lawrence Kansas Times. She also sat on the Board of Directors for Native Public Media, Unity Journalists for Diversity and is a past president of the Native American Journalists Association.

Natasha LaRose is a Program Coordinator for Student Success for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC). Natasha is an enrolled member of the Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy’s Reservation and is also of Lakota and Dakota descent. She is alumni of two TCUs, Fort Peck Community College and Salish Kootenai College, and received her master’s degree in anthropology from the University of Montana. She grew up in Wolf Point, Montana which is located on the Fort Peck Reservation and currently lives in the Twin Cities area of Minnesota. Natasha has worked with tribal communities in various capacities and is dedicated to advancing higher educational opportunities for current and future Native scholars.

David is the Multimedia Production Program Coordinator at Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College. In addition to teaching at community and tribal colleges in northern Minnesota, David worked as an international television news journalist, independent media producer, and humanitarian journalism trainer for various development organizations in Africa and Asia.

Bradley Shreve, PhD is the editor of Tribal College: Journal of American Indian Higher Education, the quarterly publication of the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC). Previously, he taught history and chaired the Division of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Diné College, America’s first tribal college, located in the Navajo Nation. Bradley is the author of numerous articles, essays, and the book Red Power Rising: The National Indian Youth Council and the Origins of Native Activism.

Elizabeth has chaired the Information Technology program at Ilisagvik College for six years. Three years ago, she created the Digital Arts in the Arctic certificates as part of the IT AAS degree. The certificates focus on building technical skills and cultural knowledge for those wishing to share and promote their expertise and creativity and to apply their skills in ways that respect and support the Iñupiaq culture.