Maggie Walter (PhD; FASSA) is Palawa, a member of the Briggs family of Lutruwita/Tasmania and Distinguished Professor of Sociology Emerita at the University of Tasmania. Maggie is a founding member of the Maiam nayri Wingara Indigenous Data Sovereignty collective, an executive member of the Global Indigenous Data Alliance (GIDA), and has published extensively in the field. Recent work includes Indigenous Data Sovereignty and Social Policy (edited with Tahu Kukutai; Stephanie Russo Carroll and Desi Rodriguez Lonebear, Routledge). Maggie is currently a Commissioner with the Yoorrook Justice Commission in Victoria, Australia’s first truth telling inquiry.

Tahu Kukutai (Ngāti Tiipa, Ngāti Māhanga, Ngāti Kinohaku, Te Aupōuri) is Co-Director of Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga  and Professor of Demography at The University of Waikato. Much of her work focuses on Māori and Indigenous demography and data sovereignty. She has 20+ years of experience doing research for iwi, Māori organisations and government agencies and is a founding member of the Māori Data Sovereignty Network Te Mana Raraunga and the Global Indigenous Data Alliance.  Tahu  is also a Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi and a Life Member of the Population Association of NZ.  She lives on her whānau papakāinga in a whare full of kids and cats.

Brittany is a senior design analyst at Te Kāhui Raraunga, where she leads the design and delivery of He Ara Pūkeko, an iwi data apprenticeship initiative within the Mana Whakatipu programme. In 2023, she played a key role in Iwi-Led Census, supporting iwi to collect data in ways that reflect their people and places. With a Master’s in Marketing from Victoria University, her research on Māori branding reflects her dedication to illuminating Māori narratives. A second language learner and advocate for te reo Māori, Brittany is an alumna of Te Wānanga Takiura (Rumaki reo) and Te Wānanga o Aotearoa (Te Aupikitanga), continuing her language journey through Te Pīnakitanga ki te Reo Kairangi.

Cheryl Ellenwood (she/her) is a citizen of the Nez Perce Nation and also Navajo. She is an Assistant Professor at Washington State University. Her research examines issues of equity and justice in the public and nonprofit sectors. She has worked with Native-led organizations and advocates for solutions led by Indigenous organizations and an Indigenous Data Sovereignty framework. Her current research partnership with the Nez Perce is a political and cultural history of the Nez Perce Fisheries’ transfer of authority to full management of two fish hatcheries. It argues that their success in salmon recovery is informed by cultural knowledge and a commitment to stewarding life sources. Cheryl holds a PhD in Public Management from the University of Arizona and a MA in American Indian Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. She is also the Director of the Indigenous Organizations and Data Lab, a member of the IndigeLab Network, and an alum and collaborator of the Collaboratory for Indigenous Data Governance.

Ko Taranaki te maunga, ko Tangahoe ko Waingongoro ko Waitotara ngā awa, ko Aotea te waka, ko Ngāti Ruanui, ko Ngāruahinerangi, ko Ngaa Rauru Kiitahi ngā iwi.

Lynell Tuffery Huria is a commercial lawyer with 30+ years experience in  trade mark protection, management and enforcement for sole traders, start-ups, whānau, hapū,  iwi organisations and multinationals. Lynell is regarded as one of the country’s leading experts on Indigenous intellectual property (IP) law in Aotearoa and the Pacific. Lynell has also developed a broad commercial practice advising on entity establishment, trust law, and a wide range of commercial transactions. She is a former Chair of the Indigenous Rights Committee for the International Trademark Association and was part of the organising team for the first Ngā Taonga Tuku Iho conference. Lynell is also an experienced board member, having served in a number of governance positions. Lynell and her husband also own a foundation construction business in Te Whanganui-a-Tara and have three sons and three mokopuna.

Chris Cormack (Kāi Tahu, Kāti Māmoe, Waitaha) has 27 years’ experience working in the ICT sector, with 21 of those being in the Library ICT sector. He was one of the original developers of the Koha library management system, started in Horowhenua and now used by over 18,000 libraries worldwide. Chris started his professional career working for Te Pūtahi a Toi at Massey University after completing his studies for a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Māori Studies and Mathematics. He programmed the backend of the Toi te Kupu system (a catalogue of resources in te reo Māori and for the teaching of te reo Māori). Chris has been a board member of the National Digital Forum and Creative Commons Aotearoa/NZ. Chris also works as Kaihuawaere Matihiko at Catalyst IT and as He Māwhitiwhiti Matihiko ki te kākahu o Hine-Raraunga at Te Kāhui Raraunga.

Dr. Desi Small-Rodriguez is a citizen of the Northern Cheyenne Nation and Chicana. She is the Executive Director of the Data Warriors Lab, a mobile Indigenous data science laboratory that partners with tribal nations and Indigenous communities to rebuild data for strong self-determined Indigenous futures. She co-founded the U.S. Indigenous Data Sovereignty Network and is a founding member of the Global Indigenous Data Alliance. Dr. Desi is also an assistant professor at the University of California, Los Angeles. As a social demographer and Indigenous statistician, her research and praxis center on disrupting settler colonial systems and rebuilding data by Indigenous Peoples for Indigenous Peoples.

Kateriina is a Programme Manager at Te Kāhui Raraunga, leading out the design and delivery of Te Mana Whakatipu – a work programme dedicated to enhancing iwi Māori data capability and capacity. This includes supporting the implementation of the 2023 Iwi-Led Census and managing the design and roll-out of seven data analytics-focused initiatives. Kateriina’s experience working with Māori organisations across a diverse portfolio of industries has allowed her to undertake mahi that focuses on empowering Māori, through the design of strategies embedded with iwi Māori knowledge and perspective, enhancing the wider ecosystem of Māori development. Alongside her mahi, Kateriina actively serves in various governance roles across iwi organisations and iwi commercial boards.