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Speaker Biographies
Logan Anderson
Logan Anderson joined First Peoples Fund in 2012 as the Program
Manager for Nonprofit Partnerships. She is an enrolled member of
the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma; however, she is closely tied to
her Mandan roots on the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota.
Logan has worked with Native community development financial
institutions (CDFIs) for 7 years. Her CDFI experience and knowledge
stems from working with a grassroots, certified Native CDFI
on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota. Logan
has strong working knowledge in client management and training
facilitation, and hands-on expertise as a technical assistance provider,
which allows her to be a successful manager of First Peoples Funds’
Training & Technical Assistance programs. Living most of her life in
the California Bay Area, Logan moved to South Dakota in 2003 to
be closer to family.
Matthew Bland
Matthew Bland, Asset Manager for Travois New Markets, handles
accounts receivable and payable, prepares financial reporting, and
coordinates financial audits for Travois New Markets and all subsidiary
entities. Matthew graduated from Boston College with a Bachelor’s
Degree in Art History, holds a Master’s Degree in Accounting
from the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and is a certified public
accountant (CPA).
Shawn Bordeaux
Shawn Bordeaux is an enrolled member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe.
He serves as a board member for the Rosebud Economic Development
Corporation (REDCO), the tribe’s economic development
company, and also as a Tribal Utility Commissioner. He is a former
Tribal Councilman, having served as Chairman of the Economic
Development and Education Committees and was the Vice Chairman
of the Treaty Council. He’s employed as the Economic and
Community Development Officer for Sinte Gleska University. Mr.
Bordeaux has held several senior level management positions in various
tribally-owned corporations, has taught college courses on the
Rosebud and Winnebago Reservations, and has provided consulting
for over fifteen years and served on numerous regional and national
boards in education, business, health and tourism. He holds degrees
in Business Administration and a Master’s Degree in Community &
Regional Planning from the University of Nebraka-Lincoln. He is a
certified Economic Development Finance Professional.
Lonnie Brewer
The Cheyenne River Chamber of Commerce currently employs
Lonnie Brewer as Chamber Coordinator, responsible for its dayto-day
functions, membership recruitment, event coordination, and
fundraising. Lonnie brings a wide range of experiences and broad
skill set, including years of client interface, exceptional customer
service, and strong organizational capacity, which contributes to the
Chamber’s growth and strengthened presence on the reservation.
He is dedicated to fulfilling the Chamber’s mission and seeing the
organization through the incubation phase towards a thriving selfsufficient
entity.
Tawney Brunsch
Tawney Brunsch is the Executive Director of Lakota Funds, the
first-ever Native community development financial institution
(CDFI) on a reservation. Since becoming Executive Director of
Lakota Funds in 2010, Ms. Brunsch has led the financial institution
through several history-making accomplishments, including: the
charter of the Lakota Federal Credit Union, the launch of a child
development account program, and the conversion that is currently
underway of a low-income tax credit housing development into
privately-owned homes, which will be the largest influx of deeded
properties into the reservation’s real estate market.
With a well-versed career in the financial industry, Ms. Brunsch is
committed to revitalizing the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation’s economy
by providing access to sound lending products paired with the
assistance necessary for private sector development. She innovated
a collaborative of key regional leaders in the Native asset-building
field to form the Great Plains Native Asset Building Coalition, and
is a member of the South Dakota Indian Business Alliance and a
member of the Board of Directors of the Native CDFI Network. In
addition, Ms. Brunsch serves on the Board of Directors for Mazaska
Owecaso Otipi Financial, a Native community development financial
institution dedicated to creating opportunities for homeownership
on the Pine Ridge Reservation. Ms. Brunsch received her Bachelor’s
Degree in Commercial Economics from South Dakota State University
and is certified as a Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Preparer.
Kevin D. Buckles
Born and raised on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation, Kevin D.
Buckles is an enrolled member of the Assiniboine Tribe. For the
past seven years he has been working diligently in Indian Country to
address the high unemployment rate that has been a way of life for
Native America for over fifty years. Kevin was the first-ever Native
American elected to serve as mayor of the town of Poplar, Montana,
and served on various boards within the community.
Kevin began working with the national Tribal Employment Rights
Office (TERO) to implement the Native Construction Careers Initiative,
which had its first success on the Fort Peck Indian Reservation.
In 2010 he established Native American Construction Training
Management (NACTM). Since then he has created permanent jobs
for over 100 tribal members from various tribes. Kevin has come
full circle and is now working again as the Fort Peck Tribe’s TERO
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