Brittany Schulman

Brittany Schulman is an enrolled citizen of the Waccamaw Siouan Tribe and grew up in rural North Carolina. As a traditional storyteller, Brittany’s perspective is grounded in her experience growing up with her mother, siblings and grandparents on their family farm and her Waccamaw Siouan community. She has been an active citizen since she was a child and continues to attend council meetings and provide opportunities for her people.

Brittany has led many initiatives in her community including the Waccamaw Siouan Cultural Day Camp and the Waccamaw Youth Ambassadors. Brittany has served in many leadership roles including Rockwood Fellow and American Express Leadership Academy 2.0 Fellow and mayoral appointee to Albuquerque Commission of American Indian/Alaskan Native Affairs.

Brittany has started several initiatives including the Native Leadership Collective of Albuquerque, a space for Native Executive to organize around urban Indian issues, Wrong NDN podcast, which was a pop culture commentary and interview show, and Good Relatives Book Club, a Indigenous children’s book of the month online community. She is also a published author through the Scholastic “Our Voices” series.

Brittany has held many positions over the years including teacher at Fairmont High School, Director of Indigenous Leadership Initiatives at Americans for Indian Opportunity and currently, Chief Programs Officer at Native Americans in Philanthropy.

Brittany is married to a wonderfully supportive husband, Joseph (Leech Lake Ojibwe) and they have two children—Corrina Nakoma and Jerod Wakita.