Appointed/Elected:

Appointed November 16, 2020, by Governor Tim Walz. Elected November 8, 2022.
Current term expires December 31, 2028.
 

Education:

College of St. Catherine, B.A., 1985
University of Minnesota Law School, Juris Doctor, 1995
 

Employment:

• Hennepin County, American Indian Community Relations Development Manager, 2018 – 2020
• Indian Child Welfare Law Center, Staff Attorney, 2014 – 2017
• White Earth Tribal Court, Appellate Judge, 2012 – 2014
• White Earth Tribal Court, Judge, 2007 – 2011

Professional Memberships:

• Minnesota American Indian Bar Association
• Minnesota State Bar Association
• Proof Alliance
• Indian Child Welfare Law Center Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) Cabinet
• Casey Family Programs ICWA Tribal & Specialty Courts

Professional and Community Activities:

• Minneapolis Children’s Hospital, Volunteer Cohort
• Minnesota ICWA Guardian Ad Litem for Hennepin and Ramsey counties
• Minnesota Indian Women’s Resource Center, Board Chair
• National Crittenton Foundation, Board of Trustees
• Hennepin Health Care, Community Advisory Board
• 7^th Generation Tribal Mentoring Program

Additional Information:

• Education Development Center, Inc. Tribal Services Manager
• Consultant - Midwest Child Welfare Implementation Center, National Children’s Bureau
• National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Trainer
• Futures without Violence, Consultant
• Achievement Award – MN Department of Human Services for work on the 2007 Tribal/State Agreement on Indian Child Welfare