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Andi Weber

The Haskell Foundation, a nonprofit with the mission of supporting Haskell Indian Nations University, has hired Haskell alum Andi Weber as its new executive director.

Weber, a member of the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians of Wisconsin and a descendant of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin, joins the foundation from the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes in Fort Hall, Idaho, where she managed more than 20 community and economic development projects as a senior planner. She’ll replace outgoing executive director Aaron Hove, who has guided the foundation since September of 2018.

“For the past almost four years, it has been a privilege to work with the foundation’s Board of Trustees in fulfilling the foundation’s mission of supporting Haskell and its students,” Hove said in a news release from the foundation. “I am very pleased that Andi will be taking the reins for the foundation. With her experience, commitment and energy, I am confident that the foundation will move forward in a very positive and meaningful direction.”

Weber will oversee a $20 million National Science Foundation grant to fund an Indigenous science hub project at Haskell, the largest National Science Foundation award ever granted to a tribal college or university. She’ll also guide the Haskell Foundation’s strategic plans, which include fundraising, alumni relations and capital campaigns.

Money raised by the Haskell Foundation goes toward assisting with the university’s unmet needs beyond the funding appropriated by the Bureau of Indian Education.