Onna LeBeau, a member of the Omaha tribe of Nebraska, serves as the Director of the Office of Indian Economic Development (OIED). Onna comes to the Department of Interior as the former Executive Director of the Black Hills Community Loan Fund since 2015, where she had the honor of expanding the loan fund from a solely homeownership focused non-profit to one that provides the community with options for credit building and business development. Onna’s passion for community development started in 2001 shortly after graduating from Northern state university in Aberdeen SD, with degrees in finance and economics. Onna worked for the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Great Plains Region, office of Economic Development, serving as loan specialist for the BIA loan guarantee program from 2002-2007.
Lisa Serrano
Lisa Serrano is a Tribal Outreach Specialist with the Department of Energy (DOE) - The Office of State and Community Energy Programs (SCEP) Tribal Home Electrification and Appliance Rebates Program. She provides technical assistance to Tribes in the lower 48 and Alaska. With over 25 years of experience in Native American Law, providing legal and legislative support between Government and Tribes. With a background in International Relations. Paiute and Chumash.
Iris Friday
N. Iris Friday (Tlingit) is a Native American Program Specialist in the U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development’s Office of Native American Programs in the Office of Performance and Planning. The Office of Performance and Planning oversees all major policy matters impacting the Department’s Native American programs, formulation of the President’s annual Budget Request, all Congressional matters, and more. In her prior role with HUD’s Northwest Office of Native American Programs Iris worked to bring homeownership to Native families through homebuyer fairs, homebuyer education counseling, and promotion of financial education as a tool for achieving homeownership success.
Tedd Buelow
Tedd Buelow is the Tribal Relations Team Lead for USDA Rural Development (RD). In this role he leads the Tribal Relations Team within the Innovation Center’s Strategic Engagement Division that works to increase access to RD's programs for Tribe's, Tribal citizens, and organizations focused on improving the quality of life and economic opportunity throughout Indian Country and Alaska. In between stints at USDA Tedd worked for the CDFI Fund on the Native American Program team. Prior to that he worked for USDA RD’s Community Development Programs as a desk officer for the NW region. Tedd began his federal career as a volunteer with the Peace Corps in the Eastern High Atlas National Park in Morocco.
Josh Jackson
Josh Jackson is a Policy Advisor in the Office of Tribal and Native Affairs at the Department of the Treasury where he works on the implementation of $30 billion in relief funds to tribal governments to support their public health and economic recovery. Josh has worked both in advocacy and in-house for a Tribal government, but most notably worked in the US House of Representatives as a Senior Policy Advisor and managed the Congressional Native American Caucus for nearly five years. Josh is originally from Oklahoma and is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation.
