WASHINGTON, DC – The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) is proud to announce that Sherry Salway Black, our Director of the Partnership for Tribal Governance, has been appointed to the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability for Young Americans (“the Council”).

The first meeting of the Council will be held Monday, March 10th where the appointees will begin to discuss their recommendations “on how to promote financial capability among young Americans and encourage building the financial capability of young people at an early stage in schools, families, communities, and the workplace and through use of technology.”

Sherry Salway Black, Oglala Lakota Nation, is a valuable asset to the Council. She served as a member of the President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability and is the former Senior Vice President of First Nations Development Institute, a Native-led nonprofit organization that works to improve the economic condition of Native Americans through promoting business development and financial education. Ms. Black is a member of the Honoring Nations Board of Governors and also serves on the boards of First Peoples Fund, the Hitachi Foundation, and the Johnson Scholarship Foundation.

Ms. Black plays a critical role at NCAI as she leads the Partnership for Tribal Governance (PTG). The PTG program helps to organize, enhance, and distribute resources necessary to support tribes’ efforts to strengthen their governance. Ms. Black works to coordinate education, training, and technical assistance for tribes as they implement new policies while also helping to ensure smooth communication and cooperation among tribes, policymakers, and national organizations