Wisconsin's 26 Most Influential Native American Leaders, Part 3

This is the third of a five-part series.

Randy Cadotte

Randy Cadotte is advancement director for Wisconsin Indigenous Economic Development Coorporation, a coalition of non-profit Native Community Development Financial Institutions (NCDFIs) with the mission to expand Native economic development in Wisconsin by strengthening Native-owned businesses, Tribal enterprises and communities. He took on that role after five years as executive manager of Seven Winds Casino and six years in management roles at LCO Casino. 

Anne Eagan-Waukau

Anne Egan-Waukau is Urban Native Vote Organizer for Wisconsin Conservation Voters, where she works to encourage and support voting among Native Americans in Milwaukee, Madison and other areas around the state. She is a member of Marquette University’s Council on Native American Affairs, the board of directors of Indian Community School of Milwuakee, Strong Native Minds and the Wisconsin School Public Relations Association, and vice chair of the board of the Gerald L Ignace Indian Health Center. She has a degree in journalism from Marquette.

Monica Isham

Monica Isham is a Sawyer County Circuit Court judge, elected in August 2023, the first woman and the first member of the Lac Courte Oreilles Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians to serve as a judge in Sawyer County. Prior to being elected to the bench, she was an Associate at Dallenbach, Anich and Wickman, SC in Ashland, spent five years as an attorney for the Lac Courte Oreilles Tribal Child Support Program, and served a year as Deputy Attorney General for the Tribe. She earned an undergraduate degree from UW-Green Bay and law degree at Marquette.

Philomena Kebec

Philomena Kebec is chief judge of the Sokaogon Chippewa Community and economic development coordinator for the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. She has previously serves as an Associate Justice for the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe and a policy analyst for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission. She also developed the Gwayakobimaadiziwin Bad River Needle Exchange as a harm reduction project for the Bad River Reservation and surrounding community. She was named the Pro Bono Attorney of the Year for 2024 by the State Bar of Wisconsin. She earned her law degree from the University of Minnesota and is currently a Bloomberg American Health Fellow in overdose and addiction at Johns Hopkins University.

Becky Albert-Breed

Becky Albert-Breed is executive director of First Nations Financial, a Native Community Development Financial Institution founded in 2010 to help Native Americans and surrounding communities access funds for personal growth such as home ownership, small business, investing and personal finance. She has served the Ho-Chunk Nation as Treasurer, Business Finance Director over Casinos and C-Stores, and Legislative Financial Examiner. She holds a bachelor degree in accounting from University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and a MBA from Cardinal Stritch University.

Part 3 coming tomorrow!