Expert in te reo, tikanga and language revitalisation, strategic management, academic leadership.
Executive director for Tokona te Raki: Māori Futures Collective, based in Ōtautahi/Christchurch, has extensive experience with Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu.
A graduate of Te Panekiretanga, Fulbright/Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga Scholar Award in 2013, First Nations Future Fellow at Stanford University in 2011 and awarded a PhD in 2015.
Of Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Porou, Te Whānau-ā-Apanui descent.