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    MIAC Staff

    Established in 1963, the MIAC provides a liaison office to the eleven sovereign tribal nations that share a border with Minnesota and the state government. MIAC's Executive Director advocates for policy changes, is a leader for Council staff, provides administrative support and management and engages with Native communities within Minnesota.
     
    MIAC staff members provide the operational support for the council. Their responsibilities include engagement with Native communities within Minnesota, research and analysis, the protection of all Indian gravesites and burial mounds statewide and administer state funded grants established to preserve Dakota and Ojibwe languages.
    Photograph of Shannon Geshick
    Shannon Geshick
    Executive Director
    Photograph of Opalina Peralta
    Opalina Peralta
    Executive Assistant
    Photograph of Keegan Flaharty
    Keegan Flaharty
    Grants and Contracts Manager
    Photograph of Skyler Kuczaboski
    Skyler Kuczaboski
    Grants Administrative Specialist
    Photograph of George J. Goggleye Jr.
    George J. Goggleye Jr.
    Cultural Resource Manager
    Photograph of Lilly Geraghty
    Lilly Geraghty
    Cultural Resource Manager
    Photograph of Isaac Weston
    Isaac Weston
    Cultural Resource Manager
    Photograph of Brandon Alkire
    Brandon Alkire
    Legislative Director
    Photograph of Michele L. Poitra
    Michele L. Poitra
    Communications Specialist
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