Sarah EchoHawk | National Center for Women & Information Technology

Sarah EchoHawk

Sarah EchoHawk
American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
Chief Executive Officer

Sarah EchoHawk, an enrolled member of the Pawnee Nation of Oklahoma, has been the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) since May 2013. A national American Indian non-profit organization founded in 1977, AISES’ mission is to substantially increase the representation of American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, First Nations, and other indigenous peoples of North America in science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) studies and careers.

Prior to joining AISES, Sarah spent six years with First Nations Development Institute (First Nations), a national American Indian economic development organization. During her initial tenure there, she served as the Director of Development and Communications; and as Executive Vice President in her last four years with the organization. Sarah also served as the interim CEO for the organization’s subsidiary, First Nations Oweesta Corporation, during 2010.

Sarah is currently a member of the board of directors for Native Americans in Philanthropy and serves as Chair of the Board for the Native Ways Federation and Red Feather Development Group. She is also former board member for the Oregon Native American Business and Entrepreneurial Network (ONABEN). Sarah currently serves as an Ambassador for the U.S. Department of Energy’s Minorities in Energy Initiative and previously served on the President’s Community Cabinet for Metro State University of Denver for six years.

Sarah has a Master of Nonprofit Management (MNM) degree from Regis University and an undergraduate degree in Political Science and Native American Studies from Metro State University of Denver. She attended law school at the University of Colorado and completed additional graduate coursework in applied communications at the University of Denver.

Other Profiles you might like

A headshot of Erika Dawson Head smiling at the camera. She's wearing a black top, a beaded necklace and glasses.

Erika Lynn Dawson Head

Erika Lynn Dawson Head, M.S. is the founding Executive Director of Diversity and Inclusive Community Development and Director of the Massenberg STEM Institute at the Manning

Read More »
A headshot of Jeremy Young smiling at the camera, wearing a suit and glasses.

Jeremy C. Young

Jeremy C. Young is the Freedom to Learn program director at PEN America. In this role, he leads PEN America’s efforts to fight government censorship in educational institutions, with a particular focus on the higher education sector. He directs PEN America’s work on educational gag

Read More »
A headshot of Jen Kracha smiling at the camera in front of a blurred natural background

Jen Kracha

Jennifer (Jen) Kracha is a Project Engineer with TeachEngineering Digital Library – a free online collective of K-12 STEM resources – within NCWIT at the

Read More »
A photo of Duh Chaker smiling at the camera in front of a natural background.

Dua Chaker

Dua Chaker is a Senior Project Engineer at TeachEngineering- a free online collective of K-12 STEM resources – within NCWIT at the University of Colorado

Read More »
Scroll to Top