1. The Federal Reserve’s Center of Expertise on Indian Country Economies and Development AIBA Conference Bismarck, ND November 3-4, 2016
Presented by Susan Woodrow
Assistant Vice President , Co-Director/Center for Indian Country Development
and Branch Executive, Helena Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis

2. Mission
To help self-governing communities of American Indians in the United States attain their economic development goals.
Vision
Within the Federal Reserve System
Be the thought leader for Indian Country development matters
Expand scope of work to incorporate holistic aspects of Indian Country development
Leverage Bank’s resources and coordinate across departments and other Federal Reserve Banks
Nationally
Clearinghouse for tribal economic development resources and initiatives
Respected contributor to the research critical to emerging economic issues that are of vital interest to Indian Country constituents

3. Strategic Framework
for Sustainable Development

4. Strategies
Host convenings to examine and highlight critical Indian Country development policy issues
Conduct and publish research on key Indian Country economic and policy challenges
Foster collaboration and partnerships across the Federal Reserve System and with other key stakeholders
Develop resources and serve as an information clearinghouse

5. Strategic Plan 2016 -2020 Four Strategic Areas of Focus Land
Business and Entrepreneurship
Education and Early Childhood Development
Homeownership

6. Strategic Plan
Land
Support the best economic use and effective governance of land in Indian Country, as balanced with cultural and traditional uses of the land.
Piikani Money “Just Don’t Blow It” Campaign

7. Strategic Plan 2016 -2020 Business and Entrepreneurship
Advocate, and develop and provide resources, for tribal and private small business growth in Native communities to support diversification and strengthen reservation economies.
Indian Business Alliances
Model Tribal Secured Transactions Act

8. Strategic Plan 2016 -2020 Education and Early Childhood Development
Highlight effective educational and training programs for AIAN children and adults, and shine a light on educational achievement and funding gaps in Indian Country as well as potential solutions.

9. Strategic Plan 2016 -2020 Homeownership
Enhance a better understanding of homeownership impacts and opportunities for AIAN individuals and communities.

10. Strategic Plan 2016 -2020 Research
Census project to geocode and analyze business microdata in Indian Country
Indian Country mortality rates
Occupational structures in the AIAN population
Housing and mortgage lending in Indian Country
Reservation profiles
Native consumer finance and other consumer credit analysis
AIAN Workers Are Under-Represented in High Skill Occupations (and vice versa)

11. Communications and Resources
CICD Website
Tribal Homeownership Case Studies
CICD Blog
Reservation Home Mortgage
Data Profiles 2014
CICD Blog and
Articles Subscription

12. CICD Leadership - Patrice Kunesh CICD Co-Directors CICD Advisor
- Sue Woodrow
CICD Advisor
- Dick Todd
Partners Committee
Leadership Council

13. Leadership Council Elsie Meeks, CICD Chair Jaime Pinkham
Lakota Funds
Federal Home Loan Bank of Des Moines
Jaime Pinkham
Bush Foundation/Native Nations Program
Dante Desiderio
Native American Finance Officers Association
Gerald Sherman
Bar K Management
Miriam Jorgensen
Native Nations Institute, Univ. of Arizona Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development
Janie Simms Hipp
Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative
University of Arkansas School of Law
Jacqueline Johnson Pata
National Congress of American Indians
Cris Stainbrook
Indian Land Tenure Foundation
Mary J. Pavel
Sonosky, Chambers, Sachse, Endreson & Perry
Sarah DeWees
First Nations Development Institute
John Phillips
American Indian Higher Education Consortium
Sarah Vogel
Vogel Law (Keepseagle counsel)