Mr. Derrick Neeposh is the Chairman of the Board of Compensation and the President of the Cree Regional Economic Enterprises Company Inc. (CREECO), Gestion ADC and the Quality Inn & Suites Val-d’Or. Mr. Neeposh is from the Cree First Nation of Waswanipi and was...
Bernd Christmas is a business lawyer focusing on Indigenous economic development. Currently he is a partner in the Indigenous owned infrastructure oriented Longhouse Capital. Most recently he was the CEO for Nch’kay Development Corporation. He was prior to that, the CEO of...
From an early age, Rose Paul’s grandparents instilled within her a lifelong commitment to help her Mi’kmaw community grow and prosper. That has been her promise. She is a fl uent Mi’kmaw Speaker, a mother of 8 children & 15 grandchildren and counting, who have...
Bill Lomax, the President and CEO of the First Nations Bank of Canada (FNBC) is a member of the Gitxsan Nation and grew up in Terrace, B.C. He spent 22 years working on Wall Street and in Private equity in the United States working with...
Bill Gallagher is a Strategist in the minefield of Indigenous, government, corporate relations and an authority on the rise of Indigenous empowerment in Canada’s resources sector. Published Resource Rulers; Fortune and Folly on Canada’s Road to Resources at 150 native legal wins, and Resource Reckoning;...
Chief Crystal Smith has served the Haisla people for 12 years through her work with Haisla Nation Council, starting as Executive Assistant to Chief and Council from 2009 to 2013, then being elected Chief Councillor in 2017. She holds a Diploma in Business Administration from Coast...
Justin Bourque is the President of Athabasca Indigenous Investments – a landmark partnership of 23 First Nation and Métis communities partnered with Enbridge to invest in seven pipelines that make up the Trunkline of the oilsands, that move critical energy resources from their traditional lands...
Brian Davey is the distinguished Chief Executive Officer of NADF, situated in Thunder Bay, Ontario, a specialized Indigenous Financial Institution serving 88 First Nations communities. Mr. Davey's professional lineage encompasses over three and a half decades of steadfast dedication to First Nation business and economic...
Cadmus Delorme, a Cree and Saulteaux, was the Chief of the Cowessess First Nation. Mr. Delorme graduated from Cowessess Community Education Centre in 2000. He later moved to Regina to pursue a Bachelor of Business Administration and a Certificate in Hospitality, Tourism and Gaming Entertainment...
Alisha is the Navajo Nation Division of Economic Development economist, the first-ever Navajo economist for the tribe. She’s also a doctoral candidate at New Mexico State University in the Doctorate of Economic Development program. Alisha is also the vice-chair of the board of directors of...