Native Edge

Yvette Fielder is an experienced business, economic and workforce development professional brining strategic planning, leadership, and training to develop a broad range of business skills to small businesses, entrepreneurs, and tribal leaders with a proven track record of building strong relationships with tribal communities and enterprises. As a Program Director Yvette oversees the Native Edge Institutes which are NCAIED’s training and educational platform. Yvette is an enrolled member of the MHA Nation, and descendant of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, her clan is the Midibahdi which in the Hidatsa language means Waterbuster. Yvette graduated with honors from The University of Phoenix with her Master’s in Public Administration and her Bachelor’s in Management with a minor in Business. Yvette also completed a certificate business program with The Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.