Jo-Anne E. Stately, Vice President of Development

Jo-Anne Stately, Anishinabe, has been Vice President of Development for the Indian Land Tenure Foundation since 2003.  Prior to joining ILTF, Stately held several positions in philanthropy and the nonprofit sector.  She worked as Senior Program Officer at The Saint Paul Foundation, Director of the F. R. Bigelow Foundation’s Children, Families and Community Initiative, Assistant to the Director and Acting Director of the Minnesota Indian Affairs Council, and as Assistant Director of the Indian Health Board of Minneapolis.

An enrolled member of the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Pillager Band, from the White Earth Reservation, Stately remains active in issues and programs directly benefiting the Indian community.  Currently, she sits on the boards of the Minnesota Council on Foundations and the Minnesota Humanities Commission.  She also serves on the State of Minnesota Regents Advisory Council and was a founding member of the National Fund for Excellence in American Indian Education.  Stately holds a bachelor’s degree in sociology from Minnesota State University Moorhead.