Kurt Russo has worked since 1978 with Native Nations in North, Central, and South America on indigenous rights and environmental justice, protective management of sacred sites, and conflict resolution. He is the Executive Director of Se’Si’Le, an Indigenous-led nonprofit organization. He was the Co-Founder and former Executive Director of the Florence R. Kluckhohn Center for the Study of Values, and Co- Founder and former Executive Director of the Native American Land Conservancy. He has a B.S. in Forestry (University of Montana), a MS in Forestry (University of Washington, and a Ph.D. in History (University of California (Riverside).