Sherry Salway Black

Sherry Salway Black is the Director of the Partnership for Tribal Governance at the National Congress of American Indians. Previously, she was the Senior Vice President of First Nations Development Institute. Ms. Black is a member of the Honoring Nations Board of Governors. She also serves on the boards of First Peoples Fund, the Johnson Scholarship Foundation, and the Hitachi Foundation. Ms. Black is a member of the Oglala Lakota Nation in Pine Ridge, South Dakota. Ms. Black was a Member of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability from 2011 to 2013. She received a B.S. from East Stroudsburg University and an M.B.A. from the Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.