People
Staff
Staff
Traci L. Morris, PhD
Executive Director & Research Professor
Dr. Morris is the executive director of the American Indian Policy (AIPI) Institute and a research professor at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of…
Brooke Curleyhair
Research Analyst
Brooke (Diné) is a Research Analyst for the American Indian Policy Institute. With experience in K-12 classrooms and a background in navigating…
JoAnn di Filippo, PhD
Associate Director
Dr. di Filippo currently serves as the Associate Director for AIPI. During the past 20 years, di Filippo has worked as a business and finance…
Morgan Gray
Senior Research & Policy Analyst
Morgan Gray (Chickasaw Nation) serves as the Senior Research & Policy Analyst at the American Indian Policy Institute, where she leads AIPI’s…
Kristen Talbert, MBA, MA
Indigenous Leadership Academy Program Manager
Kristen (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate) is the Program Manager for the Indigenous Leadership Academy at the American Indian Policy Institute. She…
Kennedy Satterfield
Communications Specialist
Kennedy Satterfield (Choctaw Nation) is a Communication and Digital Strategy Specialist at the American Indian Policy Institute, where she leads…
Advisory Board
Advisory Board
Stephen Roe Lewis
Governor of the Gila River Indian Community of Arizona
Stephen Roe Lewis was raised in Sacaton, “Gu-u-Ki”, on the Gila River Indian Community. His father is the late Rodney Lewis and mother Willardene Lewis. Mr. Lewis has a son, Daniel currently…
Geoffrey Blackwell
General Counsel and Chief of Staff, National Congress of American Indians (NCAI)
Geoffrey Blackwell brings a wealth of knowledge and experience in Indian Country and Washington, D.C. to NCAI. He has testified before Congress on seven occasions, and before the U.S. Commission…
Sarah EchoHawk
President, American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Sarah EchoHawk, a citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, has been working on behalf of Indigenous people for over 20 years. She has led AISES, an organization dedicated to Advancing Indigenous…
Denise E. Bates
Dean, University College, Tufts University
Denise E. Bates, Professor of History, joined Tufts as the Dean of University College in 2023. She leads a dedicated team of professionals to advance our mission of expanding access and catalyzing…
Maria Dadgar
Executive Director, Inter Tribal Council of Arizona
Maria Dadgar is an enrolled member of the Piscataway (Pi-Scat-Away) Tribe of Accokeek (Ack-Ko-Keek), Maryland. Maria has worked in the fields of Higher Education, Non-Profit Executive Management…
Dr. Angela Gonzales
Professor, School of Social Transformation, Arizona State University
Dr. Angela Gonzales is an enrolled citizen of the Hopi Nation from the Village of Songoopavi (Spider clan) and Professor in the School of Social Transformation. She joined the ASU faculty in Fall…
Dallin Maybee
Assistant Director of Development, Native American Rights Fund (NARF)
Dallin Maybee is Seneca and enrolled Northern Arapaho. Raised on the Cattaraugus territory of the Seneca Nation of Indians in Western New York, he is an accomplished artist, public speaker,…
Sascha Meinrath
Palmer Chair in Telecommunications, Penn State University
Sascha Meinrath is the Palmer Chair in Telecommunications at Penn State and director of X-Lab, an innovative think tank focusing on the intersection of vanguard technologies and public policy.…
Jacob Moore
Instructional Professional, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University
Jacob Moore is responsible for the intergovernmental affairs between ASU and tribal nations and communities. Previously, Jacob Moore was managing partner for Generation Seven Strategic Partners,…
Karen Mossberger
Professor Emerita, School of Public Affairs, Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions, Arizona State University
Karen Mossberger is Professor Emerita in the School of Public Affairs in the Watts College of Public Service and Community Solutions at Arizona State University. She is Director Emerita of the Center…
Matthew R. Rantanen
Director of Technology, Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association (SCTCA); Director of the Tribal Digital Village (TDVNet) Network/Initiative
Matthew R. Rantanen is the Director of Technology for the Southern California Tribal Chairmen's Association (SCTCA) and Director of the Tribal Digital Village (TDVNet) Network/Initiative that was…
Kate Rosier
Assistant Dean, Community Engagement + Executive Director of Indian Legal Program, Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Arizona State University
Kate Rosier is the Executive Director of Indian Legal Program at the Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law at Arizona State University.
Kate Rosier, an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation of…
Chairperson Sherry Treppa
Chairperson, Habematolel Pomo of Upper Lake
Sherry Treppa is the former Chairperson of the Habematolel Pomo of Upper …
Past Advisory Board
- Jason Coochwytewa, Chief Executive Officer, Urias Communications (Hopi/Isleta)
- John Tippeconnic, Retired, former Director American Indian Studies Program (Comanche Tribe of Oklahoma)
- Rebecca Tsosie, Regents’ Professor of Law; Special Advisor to the Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, University of Arizona, Tucson. (Pascua Yaqui)
- Nathan Pryor, Government Relations Manager, Maricopa Association of Governments (Navajo Nation)
- Jamie Fullmer, Bluestone Strategy Group (Yavapai-Apache Nation)
- Marcelino Flores, Pasqua Yaqui Tribe
- Jacqueline Pata, Executive Director, National Congress of American Indians (Tlingit Tribe)
- Roy Boney, Director, Language Programs at Cherokee Nation (Cherokee Nation)
- Kim Scott, Founder & Executive Director, Center for Gender Equity in Science and Technology and Founder of Compugirls.org
- Ed Brown Retired/Emeritus, former Executive Director of ASU AIPI and ASU AIS (Pascua Yaqui/Tohono O’odham)
Kristen (Sisseton-Wahpeton Dakota Oyate) is the Program Manager for the Indigenous Leadership Academy at the American Indian Policy Institute. She has thirteen years of non-profit, for-profit, case management, data collection, and teaching experience, as well as project and program planning. Her career has focused on the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) and connecting American Indian families with resources to provide them with the best outcomes for success.
Dr. di Filippo currently serves as the Associate Director for AIPI. During the past 20 years, di Filippo has worked as a business and finance consultant for American Indian tribes, government agencies, non-profit organizations, and institutions of higher education. Di Filippo is responsible for securing over $50 million dollars for federally sponsored projects from the U.S.
Dr. Morris is the executive director of the American Indian Policy (AIPI) Institute and a research professor at the Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law at Arizona State University. She is a member of the Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma. Dr. Morris is a leading scholar on the subject of Tribal Digital Sovereignty and is expected to release a new book on the topic in 2025.
Access to high-speed Internet service has become an essential component to the nation’s economy, education, and healthcare. However, federal data continues to show tribal lands are the least connected areas of the country. AIPI launched a survey to collect information from residents of tribal reservations to determine what levels of Internet access they had and what types of devices they using to access it. The study also identified potential barriers to access, such as the lack of availability or its unaffordability for residents to purchase.
Research
Resources and analysis
AIPI’s expertise and focus is substantively on broadband technology and tribal digital sovereignty, with expertise in tribal telecommunications, communications policy, and newly emerging systems as they impact sovereign Tribal nations.
Project spotlight
Tribal Technology Assessment: The State of Internet Service on Tribal Lands
Access to high-speed Internet service has become an essential component to the nation’s economy, education, and healthcare. However, federal data continues to show tribal lands are the least connected areas of the country.