Karen Diver is currently serving as the inaugural Senior Advisor to the President for Native American Affairs at the University of Minnesota.
Her previous roles in higher education included serving as a Faculty Fellow for Inclusive Excellence at the College of St. Scholastica and as business development with the Native Nations Institute at the University of Arizona.
Karen was also an appointee of President Obama as the Special Assistant to the President for Native American Affairs. As part of the Domestic Policy Council from November 2015 until the end of the Administration.
Karen served as Chairwoman of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa from 2007 -2015, managing the second largest workforce in northern Minnesota and a high capacity Tribal government.
Her current service includes the Great Lakes Fishery Commission as a US Commissioner and US Section Chair, member of the Board of Directors for the Bush Foundation, and Board of Governors for the Honoring Nations Program with the Harvard Kennedy School Project for Indigenous Governance and Development.
She has a Bachelors in Economics from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and a Masters in Public Administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
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