The Board

The National Indigenous Economic Development Board is a Ministerial appointed board established in 1990. Board members are First Nations, Inuit, and Métis business and community leaders from across Canada. The Board’s mandate is to provide the federal government with strategic economic development advice to support the development and implementation of policies and programs that respond to the unique needs and circumstances of Indigenous people in Canada.

Board Members

Dawn Madahbee Leach

Chairperson

Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation (Little Current, Ontario) General Manager, Waubetek Business Development Corporation

Victoria LaBillois

Vice-Chairperson

Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation (Quebec), Principal, The Eloquent Hostess

Chief Terrance Paul

Member-at-Large

Membertou First Nation (Nova Scotia), CEO of Membertou Development Corporation

Dr. Marie Delorme

Member

Métis (Alberta), CEO of The Imagination Group of Companies

Michael Bonshor

Member

Dzawada’enuxw First Nation of Kingcome Inlet (British Columbia), President and CEO of Visions First Nations Financial Services/ Ki’mola Indigenous Capital

Maxime Vollant

Member

Innu First Nation of Pessamit (Quebec), Head of Indigenous relations at the Rio Tinto-IOC mining company

Sandra Sutter

Member

Métis (Alberta), Indie recording artist and filmmaker, ICD.D

Danielle Levine

Member

Métis (British Columbia), Entrepreneur and owner of Danielle-Levine Consulting

Andy Moorhouse

Member

Inuit (Quebec), Vice President of Economic Development, Makivik Corporation

Crystal Martin

Member

Inuit (Nunavut), Co-founder Indigenous Geographic

Alumni Board Members

Dana Soonias

Member

Red Pheasant First Nation

2021

- 2024

Bob Dickson

Member

Lac Seul First Nation

2021

- 2024

Ruth Williams

Member

High Bar First Nation

Kamloops, BC

1993

- 2024

Hilda Broomfield Letemplier

Member

Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL

2014

- 2024

Chief Clarence Louie

Chairperson, Vice-Chairperson, Member

Osoyoos Indian Band

Oliver, BC

2001

- 2021

Darlene Bernard

Member

Lennox Island First Nation

PEI

2015

- 2018

Sharon Stinson Henry

Member

Chippewas of Rama First Nation

Orillia, ON

2008

- 2018

Adam Fiddler

Member

Sandy Lake First Nation

Thunder Bay, ON

2013

- 2016

David Crate

Member

Fisher River Cree Nation

Koostatak, MB

2013

- 2016

James Ross

Member

Fort McPherson, NWT

2011

- 2015

Pita Aatami

Member

Kuujuaq, QC

2008

- 2014

John Michael Keyuk

Member

Gatineau, QC

2011

- 2014

Joe Linklater

Member

Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation

Old Crow, Yukon

2005

- 2014

Richard J. Francis

Member

Kingsclear First Nation

2008

- 2014

Matthew Mukash

Member

Whapmagoostui, QC

2007

- 2013

Tara Tootoo Fotheringham

Member

Winnipeg, MB

2008

- 2012

Barbara Bruce

Member

Winnipeg, MB

2005

- 2010

Victor Buffalo

Member

Samson Cree First Nation

Hobbema, AB

2007

- 2010

Dale Booth

Member

Naotkamegwanning First Nation

Ottawa, ON

2007

- 2010

Jim Boucher

Member

Fort Mackay First Nation

Fort Mackay, AB

2007

- 2010

Nellie Cournoyea

Vice-Chairperson

Inuvik, NWT

2007

- 2010

Harry Cook

Member

Lac La Ronge Indian Band

Air Ronge, SK

2005

- 2008

Edward John

Member

Vancouver, BC

2002

- 2008

Mel Benson

Member

Beaver Lake Cree Nation

Calgary, AB

2005

- 2008

Charles S. Coffey

Member, Vice-Chairperson

North York, ON

1999

- 2007

Alex M. Nitsiza

Member

Wha Ti, NWT

2005

- 2008

Rosa B. Walker

Member, Vice-Chairperson

Peguis First Nation

Winnipeg, MB

1998

- 2007

Micheline L’Espérance-Labelle

Member

Montréal, QC

2001

- 2007

Martin L. Klyne

Member, Vice-Chairperson, Chairperson

Regina, SK

1998

- 2007

Claire M. Barnabé

Member

Ottawa, ON

2000

- 2006

Jeeteeta Merkosak

Member

Pond Inlet, Nunavut

2002

- 2005

Gary Bosgoed

Member

Regina, SK

1996

- 2004

Richard R. Bruyere

Member

Fort Frances, ON

2002

- 2005

Bernd S. Christmas

Member

Millville, NS

2002

- 2005

Frieda Martselos

Member

Fort Smith, NWT

1999

- 2004

Roy Whitney

Chairperson

Calgary, AB

1996

- 2005

Arthur Yancey Bennett

Member

Bruce Mines, ON

1999

- 2004

Misel Joe

Member

Conne River, NL

2001

- 2004

Steven Bearskin

Member

Chisasibi, QC

1991

- 2004

David Tuccaro

Member

Redwood Meadow, AB

1999

- 2002

Mary Elizabeth Jamieson

Member, Vice-Chairperson

Ohsweken, ON

1996

- 2002

Arthur Mercer

Member

Terrace, BC

1999

- 2001

Keith Roderick Julien

Member

Truro, NS

1999

- 2001

Cynthia Bertolin

Member, Vice-Chairperson

Edmonton, AB

1996

- 2002

Mary Macdonald

Member

Toronto, ON

1996

- 2001

Stan Beardy

Member

Muskrat Dam, ON

1996

- 2002

Doreen G. Saulis

Member

Fredericton, NB

1998

- 2000

Joanne Taptuna

Vice-Chairperson

Kugluktuk, NWT

1998

- 2000

Melinda Tatty

Member

Rankin Inlet, NWT

1996

- 1999

Aurélien Gill

Member

Pointe-Blueu, QC

1994

- 1999

Chesley Andersen

Member

Nain, NL

1996

- 1999

Roger Augustine

Member

Newcastle, NB

1996

- 1999

Garda Moran

Member

Portage la Prairie, MB

1996

- 1999

Graham Tuplin

Member

Lower Montague, PEI

1996

- 1999

Shirley Anne Harley

Member

Fort Good Hope, NWT

1996

- 1999

Robert Louie

Member

Kelowna, BC

1996

- 1999

Dwight A. Dorey

Member

Truro, NS

1996

- 1999

Keith Belisle

Member

White River, ON

1996

- 1999

J.C. Roger Warren

Member

Verdun, QC

1996

- 1999

Ron Rivard

Vice-Chairperson

Saskatoon, SK

1993

- 1995

John J. Kime

Member

Toronto, ON

1993

- 1995

Winnifred Giesbrecht

Member

Winnipeg, MB

1993

- 1996

John Hickes

Member

Thompson, MB

1993

- 1996

Ronald D. Williams

Member

Yellowknife, NWT

1993

- 1996

Donald A. Noble

Member

Oakville, ON

1993

- 1996

Ronald L. Jamieson

Member

Ohseweken, ON

1990

- 1996

Myrtle Bush

Member

Kahnawake, QC

1993

- 1995

Linda J. Simon

Member

Sackville, NB

1991

- 1995

Kenneth C. Thomas

Chairperson

Regina, SK

1990

- 1995

Leo Hardy

Vice-Chairperson

Kelowna, BC

1992

- 1995

Wendy Grant

Member

Vancouver, BC

1992

- 1995

Albert W. Diamond

Member

Val d’Or, QC

1992

- 1995

Yvon Dumont

Member

St. Laurent, MB

1992

- 1995

Kerry L. Hawkins

Member

Winnipeg, MB

1992

- 1995

Thomas Charles Lawson

Member

Grand Bend, ON

1991

- 1994

David Simalaik

Member

Baker Lake, NWT

1991

- 1992

Cyrus Standing

Member

Prince Albert, SK

1990

- 1991

Anne A. Noonan

Vice-Chairperson

Ottawa, ON

1990

- 1991