Rebecca is the Legal and Policy Counsel to the Chief Executive of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe. Most recently, she was the City Attorney for the City of Duluth, a role she held from 2020 to 2024. Before being appointed by the former Mayor of Duluth to the City Attorney post, Rebecca was a staff attorney with the Fund du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. Prior to becoming a lawyer, Rebecca worked for ten years with Mending the Sacred Hoop, an organization striving to end violence against Native women and children. Additionally, Rebecca has been involved with numerous nonprofit organizations, including the YWCA, American Indian Community Housing Organization, the Program for Aid to Victims of Sexual Assault, the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition, and C.H.U.M., a homeless shelter and food shelf. Rebecca earned her J.D. from Hamline University School of Law.
