Sarah EchoHawk, President
AISES - Advancing Indigenous People in STEM

Sarah EchoHawk, a citizen of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, has been working on behalf of Native people for over 25 years. In 2013, she was named CEO of AISES, an organization dedicated to Advancing Indigenous People in STEM, and currently serves as the organization’s President. Prior to joining AISES, Ms. EchoHawk was the Executive Vice President at First Nations Development Institute. Previously, she also worked for the American Indian College Fund, and as an adjunct professor of Native American Studies at Metro State University of Denver. Ms. EchoHawk currently serves on several boards including the American Indian Policy Institute, Colorado Health Foundation, Native Ways Federation, Digital Promise, and PFLAG. She is a contributing author in the book, Invisible No More: Voices from Native America (2023), a groundbreaking collection of stories by Native American leaders who are leading the way through cultural grounding and nation-building in the areas of community, environmental justice, and economic justice . Ms. EchoHawk was also a contributor to the report, Transforming Trajectories for Women of Color in Tech (2022), as a member of the Committee on Addressing the Underrepresentation of Women of Color in Tech at the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. She holds a Master of Nonprofit Management from Regis University and a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Native American Studies form Metro State University of Denver.