An enrolled member of the Citizen of Potawatomi Nation is a distinguished faculty member at the University of Michigan, holding the George Willis Pack Professorship in the School of Environment and Sustainability, along with various key roles.  His is an expert in environmental justice, particularly in the context of climate policy, Indigenous peoples and food sovereignty.  Kyle’s extensive involvement in research and advisory roles includes serving as a U.S. Science Envoy and contributing to the White House Environmental Justice Advisory Council.

Browning Neddeau ndezhnekas.P-Nos-Wah nin neshnabe noswen. Chico, California ndoch bya nesh je Hollister, California edayan. Shishibeniyek ndebendagwes. My name is Browning Neddeau. P-Nos-Wah is my Potawatomi name. I am from Chico, California, but I am originally from Hollister, California. I am an enrolled Citizen Potawatomi Nation. I am the Past Chair of the National Art Education Association's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Commission. I serve on the National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in Higher Education’s National Advisory Council as the Vice Chair of the Faculty Interests and Needs Committee. I am a tenured, Jointly Appointed Associate Professor of Elementary Teacher Education and American Indian Studies at California State University, Chico. My recent peer-reviewed publication

(Citizen Potawatomi Nation) is an environmental justice professional who works at the intersections of Tribal Sovereignty, public policy, conservation sciences and community engagement at Better World Group in Los Angeles. He approaches complicated issues of environmental justice, climate change, and land management using Indigenous methodologies. Before joining Better World Group, Bryce pursued an interdisciplinary education at the University of Washington where he earned a Master of Marine Affairs and a Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Studies. While in school, Bryce worked for sʔilwiɫ (the Center for American Indian and Indigenous Studies) and researched environmental reciprocity and place-based responsibility.  He enjoys berry picking with friends, trying new foods, and swimming in the ocean.  Pronouns (he/him/his)".

Geneva Mayall is an enrolled member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation and Sansei (third generation Japanese American). She comes from a line of storytellers and social justice advocates and hopes to follow in the footsteps of her grandmother who at the age of ninety-three still attends civil protests every Friday on the streets of Oakland. Geneva recently worked at Central Oregon Community College teaching Native high school students how to prepare for life after high school and maintain cultural connection and pride. However she has recently left her job to pursue her passion of storytelling by becoming a kwe Native film producer. Her first Native film is a short documentary called Reflection of Life: Voices of our Youth that has been nominated for multiple awards in the Native film festival circuit. It is Geneva’s goal to combine her bloodline of social justice and passion for storytelling to help bring the community together.

is from the Citizen Band of Potawatomi and lives in Wasétenak (Grand Rapids, Michigan) with his wife and three children. He is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Biocultural Restoration at SUNY-ESF in Syracuse, New York. His research focuses on the plant knowledge within the Citizen Potawatomi communities in Central Oklahoma. He received his undergraduate degree from University of California Davis in Ecological Restoration and Management. He currently works as the Intertribal Food Systems Coordinator for the Menominee Tribe of Wisconsin. Previously, he worked as the Community Garden Manager for his band where he focused on growing both traditional and non-traditional crops and led workshops around building relationships with plants and the land through Indigenous foods and crafts. He envisions rebuilding healthy Great Lakes Native communities by supporting robust Native food systems, building capacity through increased production, distribution, and consumption of nutritious, culturally significant, and sustainably harvested foods.

(she/her/they) (Citizen Band Potawatomi/Xicana/German descent) is a tamale enthusiast, food on the water admirer, sweet on pan dulce, fangirl of the Three Sisters and the list goes on. Besides being a big fan of food, Jäger believes food is medicine and central to culture. She lives in the Seattle area with her spouse and child and currently on a break from working a full time job. Before starting this break at the end of June Mary Beth worked as a decade long telecommuter at the Native Nations Institute (NNI), University of Arizona as a research analyst . Over the last several years, Jäger has served as a co-lead for the Indigenous Foods Knowledges Network, funded by the National Science Foundation (Award#1745499) and part of the NSF-NNA Initiative. Additionally, she served as a co-PI for the comparative study of COVID-19 impacts on Indigenous individuals’ food access, security and sovereignty in Alaska and the U.S. Southwest (NSF-OPP Award #203516). One key aspect of these two projects is co-producing knowledge with fellow Indigenous collaborators. Jäger believes in advancing justice and equity through co-production and collaborating with Indigenous communities to leverage research to their benefit. Mary Beth volunteers as a co-lead NNA-Community Office she hopes to continue and build her relational accountability with Peoples of the Arctic, non-human kin, and Lands that started through her work on the two NSF funded projects. Jäger enjoys reading, being outdoors,going to the beach, creating art, playing board and card game, and spending time with friends and family, especially over a meal.