Board Member
Andrea Akall’eq Burgess (Yup’ik/Inuit) is Global Director of Conservation in Partnership with Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities at The Nature Conservancy. Andrea also serves as president and co-founder of Native Peoples Action a 501(c)(4) and co-founder of Native Peoples Action Community Fund a 501(c)(3) non profit organization in Alaska. Andrea is a presidential appointee on the board of directors for the Institute of American Indian Art (IAIA) in Sante Fe New Mexico. Previously she owned and operated With Real People LLC, worked as Director of the Alaska Native Policy Center at First Alaskans Institute, and in the United States Senate.