Speaker Profile

Hollie Mackey

Hollie Mackey

Chief Strategy Officer, North Dakota Advanced Agriculture Technology Engine

Hollie Mackey (Northern Cheyenne) is the Chief Executive Officer and PI for the North Dakota Advanced Agriculture Technology Engine (FARMS). Dr. Mackey formerly served as the Broadening Participation lead for the North Dakota EPSCoR and Executive Director for the White House Initiative to Advance Educational Equity, Excellence, and Economic Opportunity for Native Americans and Strengthening Tribal Colleges and Universities. Dr. Mackey’s scholarship examines the effects of structural inequity in Indigenous and other marginalized populations in educational leadership and public policy which she uses to advocate nationally for Tribal sovereignty and self-determination in education.