Dawn Madahbee Leach
Ms. Madahbee Leach, an Anishinabe-Kwe and member of the Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, is currently the General Manager of the Waubetek Business Corporation, a leading Indigenous financial institution, providing financial services to Indigenous entrepreneurs across Northeast Ontario in Canada. She is also the founder, President and Chief Executive Officer of Indigenous Business International, which assists Indigenous people and companies internationally with various economic sector strategies and project reviews.
Ms. Madahbee Leach is the Chair of the National Indigenous Economic Development Board and has been part of this federally appointed board since 2000, providing advice and guidance to the federal government on issues related to Indigenous economic policies and programming. In collaboration with more than 20 national Indigenous organizations, she chaired the development of the first ever National indigenous Economic Strategy for Canada, published in June 2022.
Ms. Madahbee Leach graduated from the University of Waterloo’s Economic Developers Program and has a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Political Science and Law from Laurentian University, with a part of her studies for this degree at York University.