Board of Directors

Linda Thompson

Headshot of Linda Thompson. She is wearing a black shirt and is looking to the left of the camera. She has shoulder length brown curly hair.

Board Member

Linda Thompson is a citizen of the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe, with ties to both Leech Lake and Mille Lacs Lake. She has worked for the Minnesota Indian Women’s Sexual Assault Coalition since 2016 as a membership and outreach coordinator and is currently their operations director. From 2008-2016, Linda was the founding executive director for the First Nations Women’s Alliance, a Tribal coalition serving Tribes in North Dakota, at which time she served as a Tribal Advisory Committee Member for the Indian Law and Order Commission, which released the 2013 A Roadmap for Making Native America Safer Report. 

 

Linda has been a domestic violence and sexual assault advocate in both urban and reservation settings since 1992, including with the Spirit Lake Tribe (ND) and Women’s Advocates (MN). She has also served on various boards, including the statewide sexual and domestic violence nonprofit coalition, CAWS North Dakota, Safe Alternatives for Abused Families Shelter, and Northern Plains Resource Conservation and Development. Linda has also served on various trafficking task forces and the North Dakota State Attorneys’ Fatality Review Team.

 

"I have long admired the work, and have been proud of the national leadership and work of NIWRC leadership and staff."—Linda Thompson.