Faculty Advisory Council

2025-2026

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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

Tyler Parisien (Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa)

Allied Health Faculty
Turtle Mountain College

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Jenna Serpa (Quechua)

Nisqually Extended Campus Manager and Adjunct Faculty
Northwest Indian 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

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