Karen Diver is currently the inaugural senior advisor to the President for Native American Affairs - University of Minnesota. In addition to previous roles in higher education, Karen served President Obama as the special assistant to the President for Native American Affairs at the White House in the Domestic Policy Council from November 2015 until the end of the Administration. Karen served as chairwoman of the Fond du Lac Band of Lake Superior Chippewa from 2007-2015, and executive director of the YWCA of Duluth from 1992-2003. Her current service includes the Great Lakes Fishery Commission as a US commissioner, and member of the Climate Related Financial Risk Advisory Committee of the Financial Stability Oversight Council at the Department of Treasury. She has a bachelors in economics from the University of Minnesota, Duluth, and a masters in public administration from the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.