Adria Brown (Chickasaw, she/her/hers) is the Director of the Native American Program at Dartmouth College. In this role, she provides direction, leadership, and consultation in the educational, social, cultural, and personal development of Native and Indigenous students at Dartmouth through student advising and mentoring, community engagement and collaboration, and budget administration.

Dedicated to cultivating interdisciplinary learning communities, her work as program director, social worker, and museum educator is rooted in the principles of abolitionist social work and compassion. Prior to the NAP, she spent several years working in various museum education and social work roles including at the Saint Louis Art Museum, Chickasaw Cultural Center, We Stories, Laumeier Sculpture Park, and the Saint Louis Circuit Attorney’s Victim Services Unit.

She earned a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College in Native American Studies and Art History and a Master of Social Work from the Brown School at Washington University in St. Louis. Raised in St. Louis, Missouri, she is an enrolled citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. She comes from the Keel Family in Tishomingo, and is from a mixed-race (Indigenous and white) family.

Board Member Since: 2021

Current Position:  Co-Vice President; Co-Chair Sustainability Team; Leadership Team