Natasha Hale

Natasha is Navajo and Saudi Arabian and was born and raised on the Navajo Nation. She is from the community of Bahastl’ah (Twin Lakes) in northwest New Mexico and has over twenty years of experience building place-based solutions at the intersection of land protection and strong cultural economies. She has worked closely with Tribes and grassroots tribal leaders to protect land, water, natural, and cultural resources through land protection campaigns, social entrepreneurship initiatives, strengthening tribal governance and nation building efforts, and land management initiatives. She served as the inaugural director of Native American Partnerships for the Catena Foundation, a program officer for the W.K. Kellogg Foundation, and is a co-founder of Colorado Plateau Foundation. Natasha also served as a director for the Grand Canyon Trust and co-founded Change Labs, an incubator designed to support social entrepreneurs as they navigate processes and obstacles to launching their business in tribal communities. She played a critical role in the designation of the Bears Ears National Monument and was appointed by the Tribal Coalition to play a key role in executing their national campaign. She takes pride in standing on the shoulders of her leaders and ancestors who have asserted and defended the rights of Native people, lands, and water.