![Kate R. Finn](/program/fpw/sites/default/files/styles/small/public/people/finn.jpg?itok=iG40hyfX)
Kate R. FinnÌýis Executive Director ofÌýFirst PeoplesÌýWorldwide.Ìý±á±ð°ù areas of focus and research expertise include Indigenous Peoples law and policy, federal Indian law, preventing violence against women, sustainable finance, and business and human rights. Her recent work focuses on articulating the impacts of development in Indigenous communities as business and financial risks to forecast the materiality and opportunity of embedding respect for Indigenous Peoples into routine business operations.Ìý
Among several papers and articles, she has authored or co-authoredÌýIndigenizing Catalytic Capital,ÌýHarnessing Private Equity for Indigenous Peoples,Ìý,Ìý, Supply Chains & Sovereignty Native-Led Food Systems Solutions, , Social Cost and Material Loss: The Dakota Access Pipeline, andÌý.ÌýÌýÌý
Ms. Finn holds a J.D. and a Masters in Public Administration from the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½, and a B.A. from Princeton University. She was the inaugural American Indian Law Program Fellow at the ÀÖ²¥´«Ã½ Law, where she worked directly with Tribes and Native communities. She serves on the boards of First Nations Community Financial, Unified Solutions Tribal Community Development Group, Cultural Survival, and on the Stewardship Circle of Adasina Social Capital. Ms. Finn is an enrolled citizen of the Osage Nation.