Amy Besaw Medford

Amy Besaw Medford is Director of the Honoring Nations program at the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development housed in the John F. Kennedy School of Government. Started in 1998, Honoring Nations identifies, celebrates, and shares information about tribal government programs, practices, and initiatives that are especially effective in addressing key needs, problems, and challenges facing American Indian nations.

Amy serves on the Board of Directors for the Northwest Indian College Foundation. Previously, she was a Research Associate at the Harvard Project in the area of family strengthening in Indian Country and an Administrative Fellow at the Harvard University Native American Program. Ms. Besaw was also a consultant in the areas of team building and organizational leadership.

Amy is Brothertown Indian and Korean. She was raised in a military family and has lived throughout the world, including her parents' homelands. Her mother is from Kwangju, South Korea and her father is from Gresham, Wisconsin.

She received a BA in Business Administration from University of Washington, MA in Organizational Leadership from Chapman University, and an EdM in Human Development and Psychology from Harvard University's Graduate School of Education.

Contact:
Tel. (617) 496-1759
Email: amy_besaw@harvard.edu