Jacqueline is Northern Arapaho and Chippewa Cree, she grew up on the Rocky Boy Reservation in Montana and the Wind River Indian Reservation in Wyoming. Raised in a family of eight, she learned early on the sacred role of food in Arapaho culture. Since 2020, she has served as the Tribal Relations Specialist for Food Bank of Wyoming and Food Bank of the Rockies, leading monthly culturally responsive food distributions for the Northern Arapaho and Eastern Shoshone tribes. She was selected by the Senate and appointed by Governor Mark Gordon to serve on the Wyoming Children’s Trust Fund Board.

Member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and currently lives in Wyoming. She is a mother of three beautiful children and a dog mom to three amazing dogs. She is a Tribal Trauma Crisis Counselor, Native Nations Advisory Panelist and a student at the Institute of American Indian Arts. She spends her free time hiking with her family and gardening. Her mission is empowerment of Native youth, creating stability and nurturing self-esteem.

Enrolled Norther Arapaho. Wind River Reservation born and grown and now of service to the community. I am a HeartCorp service member, health educator with the Destiny Program Corporation, co-owner of Indigi-meals Pro. I advocate healthy eating, creating healing enviornments and create sustainable strength and movement.

Kelly Pingree, a member of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, is the Project Director for The Center for Popular Research, Education, and Policy and Co-Director of The Wind River Food Sovereignty Project. A trained chef and former Nutrition Educator with the University of Wyoming Cent$ible Nutrition Program, she blends her culinary knowledge with a deep commitment to food justice, cultural preservation, and community empowerment.

Enrolled Eastern Shoshone, founder of Intertribal Wellness and volunteer director of The Destiny Program, where she leads initiatives in health education, fitness, and food sovereignty on the Wind River Indian Reservation. She combines academic research with lived experience to address chronic disease, revitalize traditional knowledge, and strengthen community resilience.

I began victim advocacy as a Probation and Parole Officer with Wind River Tribal Court in 2020, later joining Wind River Family & Community Health Care in 2022 as a Family/Victim Advocate under the Tribal Victim Services program, which now operates under a public health model. I serve on the boards for MMIP Wind River and the Fremont County Group Home, and I am deeply involved in community outreach, including youth mental health trainings, organizing the Native Youth Summit, and supporting efforts to establish a homeless shelter in Riverton.