Maggie Wente is a partner at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP, a law firm serving exclusively Indigenous clients from across Canada. She is of Anishinaabe and settler descent and is a member of Serpent River First Nation.

Dave Porter was elected to the Yukon Legislature and became Deputy Premier. He was also elected Chair of the Kaska Dena Council. Porter is currently the CEO for the BC First Nations Energy and Mining Council.

Cathy Wilkinson is an Ottawa-based consultant with a long history of involvement with the Indigenous Leadership Initiative. She also served for many years as a Senior Strategic Advisor to the International Boreal Conservation Campaign, and now serves as the Secretary and Treasurer for the Indigenous Leadership Initiatives Board of Directors.