On Native American and contemporary perspectives as we prepare to celebrate Thanksgiving
Andrea Alexander, Makah Tribal Member is active in the Northwest Native Asset Building Coalition providing financial literacy training and housing support to reservation based and urban native people. Andrea serves on the Washington State Community Economic Revitalization Board (CERB) that delivers grants & low interest loans to rural communities. She is also a founding board member for the newly formed Washington State Native American Chamber of Commerce.
Andrea has experience with diverse community economic development organizations: Executive Director of the Affiliated Tribes of Northwest Indians, Governor’s Office on Indian Affairs, and the Makah Tribal Government. Andrea gained philanthropic experience through First Nations Development Institute, Director of Grants Social Justice Fund Northwest, Philanthropy Northwest Grantmakers of Color and is the founder of the Potlatch Fund.
Andrea attended the University of Colorado in Boulder, worked in the family business, Frankin Institute of Sales, a sales and management training firm that helped to open doors for her early corporate marketing career: Victor Business Products, IBM, Nordstroms, KMJK Radio & KISW Radio. Andrea loves sports Seahawks football and spending time with her large extended family that reside from Coastal communities all the way from Neah Bay WA to Newport, OR.