Faculty Advisory Council

2024 – 2025

The Faculty Development Program Office is guided and advised by a five-member Faculty Advisory Council comprising faculty members from tribal colleges and universities. Advisory Council members can be full-time faculty members or adjunct instructors. For more information, contact Heidi Normandin, Sr. Program Officer–Faculty Development, at hnormandin@collegefund.org.

Karen Colbert

General Education Department Chair and Lead Math/STEM Faculty 
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College

Michael Leneaugh (Yankton Sioux)

Math Faculty and Faculty Council Chair
Sinte Gleska University

Tyler Parisien (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa)

Allied Health Faculty
Turtle Mountain College

Sarah Vande Corput

Associate Professor, General Education and Liberal Studies
College of Menominee Nation

Stephen Wall (White Earth Nation)

Faculty Emeritus, Indigenous Liberal Studies Department
Institute of American Indian Arts