Carla Fredericks

Carla Fredericks is the CEO of The Christensen Fund and a seasoned leader in philanthropy, economic development, human rights, business, finance, Indigenous Peoples law, international law, and Federal Indian law. Carla’s career focus has been the realization of Indigenous Peoples' human rights. She has served in several capacities, including serving as chair of the $1.7B Forest Tenure Pledge, supporting the UN Special Rapporteur on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, serving as counsel to the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe in their opposition to the Dakota Access Pipeline, representing the Maya peoples of Belize in their land claims, and developing models for Indigenous-driven consent processes, remedies, and self determined development. Carla is a graduate of the University of Colorado and Columbia Law School. She is Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Mashantucket Pequot (Western) Endowment Trust, an advisor to the MacArthur Foundation, and a member of the Indigenous Peoples Advisory Group to the Decolonizing Wealth Project. She has been published in numerous journals, including the Harvard Law Review and the Stanford Social Innovation Review. She is a proud, enrolled citizen of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation of North Dakota.