Lindsay Early has been honored to serve as Deputy Director of the National Indian Child Welfare Association since 2018. She is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma. Lindsay is a Gates Millennium Scholar and a graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Law. She graduated from the Americans for Indian Opportunity Ambassadors leadership program. Before joining NICWA, Lindsay worked as an educator through Teach for America and taught history and American Indian Studies at a tribal college. Lindsay is passionate about social justice, Indigenous rights, education and advocating for children. She currently lives in Portland, Oregon. In her free time, she enjoys hiking and spending time in the outdoors, working out, bead working.
