Colleen Echohawk

CEO,
Chief Seattle Club

Colleen is an enrolled member of the Kithehaki Band of the Pawnee Nation and a member of the Upper Athabascan people of Mentasta Lake.

As the founder of the Coalition to End Urban Native Homelessness, she is committed to homeless advocacy. The coalition is a first of its kind to respond to the trajectory of Native American and Alaska Native people living away from reservations in urban places and experiencing homelessness.  She is interested in creating systems and structures that help facilitate wellness, and encourage kindness and courage.