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Dana Arviso, PhD (Diné)
Dana serves as Director of Indigenous Programs at Decolonizing Wealth Project, with over 17 years dedicated to the Native nonprofit and philanthropic sectors. Most recently, Dana was the Senior Program Strategist at Native Voices Rising. In 2024, Dana completed her PhD; her dissertation, “Reclaiming Philanthropy: Re-centering Native Giving in Respect, Relationships, Communal Responsibility, and Reciprocity”, explores how we might reimagine philanthropy as reparations to Black and Indigenous communities. She earned her BA from California State University, Sacramento, and her PhD from the University of Washington.
[body/long] Eva Brander Blackhawk (Western Shoshone, Newe Numa) serves as the Program Associate for the Decolonizing Wealth Project and Liberated Capital. In her role, she is responsible for managing grantmaking programs, with a specific focus on
strengthening systems building and data management, as well as nurturing relationships with both funders and grantees.Prior to DWP, Eva honed her skills and understanding of nonprofit strategies during her two-year tenure as a nonprofit strategy and management consulting fellow with Public Equity Group. Her work involved advising clients on strategic planning, efficacy before scale, and narrative change, demonstrating her ability to comprehend and address the goals and challenges of nonprofit partners.Eva studied Economics and Anthropology at Columbia University, where she explored the intersection of economic systems with social justice and Indigenous rights. Her academic experience includes multiple funded research projects on Indigenous language revitalization and futurism, as well as experience as a research assistant in the economics department working on the Racial and Ethnic Minority Career Trajectories in Economics project. She was also the president of the Native American Council and the Fashion Society at Columbia.