Monica Nuvamsa, Hopi and member of the Water Cloud Clan from the Village of Songoopavi, is the executive director of the Hopi Foundation. Her experience includes local community grant making, nonprofit and community capacity building, community leadership development, and community organizing. Nuvamsa has served on several nonprofit boards, including Native Americans in Philanthropy, Native American Agriculture Fund, First Nations Development Institute, and the Arizona Alliance for Nonprofits. Nuvamsa has a BA in psychology and American Indian studies and a certificate in graduate research studies from the Arizona State University Lodestar Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Innovation.