NCPI Leadership Table
A National Bench of Native Civic Leaders
Our work is guided by experienced Native strategists, legal experts, organizers, and national communications leaders who have shaped civic participation across Indian Country for decades.
Ahtza Dawn Chavez
(Diné Nation)
Executive Director, Naeva; power-building strategist who helped pass the New Mexico Voting Rights Act.
Jacqueline De León
(Isleta Pueblo)
Leads the Native voting rights practice at the Native American Rights Fund; advancing litigation, advocacy, research to protect Native voters.
Dawn Knickerbocker
(White Earth Nation, Anishinaabe)
Project Director for NCPI. Dawn brings two decades of experience in philanthropy, civic strategy, and Native-led organizing. Operations Director at the Tribal Funding Registry, and co-founder of In Our Ways Strategy Group.
Judith LeBlanc
(Caddo Nation)
Executive Director, Native Organizers Alliance; co-led the largest Native Vote effort in history.
Ronnie Jo Horse
(Oglala Lakota Nation; Northern Cheyenne descendant)
Executive Director, Western Native Voice; statewide leader in Native civic engagement.
Alyssa Macy
(Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs)
Policy strategist advancing Native civic participation and environmental justice. CEO of Washington Conservation Action.
Saundra Mitrovich
(Maidu)
National leader in Native voter education, census, and civic engagement- Co-leader for the national Native Counts Coalition.
Michelle (Macuar) Sparck
(Qissunamiut Tribe of Chevak, Alaska)
Leader in Native voter education and civic participation with the Alaska Federation of Natives. Director of Get Out the Native Vote (GOTNV).
Temryss Lane
(Lummi Nation)
Strategist and storyteller dedicated to Indigenous visibility; Executive Vice President, Pyramid Communications.
Together, this leadership table brings deep experience, regional reach, and shared commitment to coordinated civic infrastructure.
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