NCAI Leadership — President Fawn Sharp (Elected on October 24, 2019)
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A National Congress of American Indians leadership page for NCAI President Fawn Sharp. It states that Fawn R. Sharp serves as the 23rd President of NCAI, described as the oldest, largest and most representative American Indian and Alaska Native tribal government organization in the country. It states that she was elected on October 24, 2019 at NCAI's 76th Annual Convention & Marketplace and is the third woman to hold the position. The page also states that she is the current Vice President of the Quinault Indian Nation in Taholah, Washington, after being a five term past-President, and lists past positions including managing attorney and staff attorney for the Quinault Indian Nation.
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NCAI Leadership Fawn R. Sharp serves as the 23rd President of the National
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representative American Indian and Alaska Native tribal
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government organization in the country. President Sharp was
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leadership/ncai-president) elected on October 24, 2019 at NCAI’s 76th Annual Convention &
Executive Committee Marketplace. Sharp is the third woman to hold the position of NCAI
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Fawn Sharp
Nation in Taholah, Washington, after being a five term past-
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Chief Executive Officer counsel; and staff attorney for the Quinault Indian Nation, administrative law judge for the Washington
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state Department of Revenue – Tax Appeals Division, Quinault Tribal Court Associate Judge, and
officer) Counsel for Phillips, Krause & Brown.
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Ms. Sharp has held numerous leadership positions, including an appointment by Governor Gary Locke to
leadership) serve as Trustee for Grays Harbor College, Governor of the Washington State Bar Association, Trustee
Embassy of Tribal of Washington State Bar Association – Indian Law Section, Vice President and Founding Member for the
Nations (/about- National Intertribal Tax Alliance, and Director/Secretary of the Quinault Nation Enterprises Board. Fawn
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nations) has conducted lectures and publications all over the United States.
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Ms. Sharp graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Gonzaga University in Spokane Washington at the age
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of 19. She received her Juris Doctorate from the University of Washington in 1995 and has subsequently
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received certificates from the National Judicial College at the University of Nevada, and from the
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