ACCI Conference 2017

Robin Henager, Ph.D. is an award-winning researcher and assistant professor in Economics and Finance in the School of Business at Whitworth University, in Spokane, WA. She received her Ph.D. in Financial Planning, Housing and Consumer Economics from the University of Georgia. Her... Read More →

Janie Simms Hipp, J.D., LL.M. (Chickasaw) is Founding Director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative at the University Of Arkansas School Of Law.  She is an enrolled member of the Chickasaw Nation.  Prior to launching the Initiative, she served in the Obama Administration as the Senior Advisor for Tribal Relations to Secretary Tom Vilsack, and prior to her appointment within the Office of the Secretary she served in the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, USDA as the National Program Leader for Farm Financial Management, Risk Management Education, Trade Adjustment Assistance, and the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development... Read More →

Erin currently serves as Research Director and Staff Attorney for the Indigenous Food & Agriculture Initiative at the University of Arkansas School of Law, a nationally focused organization serving Tribal communities on issues related to health and wellness, healthy food systems, diversified economic development, and cultural food traditions... Read More →