Luanne Whitecrow is an Ojibway from the Seine River First Nation, Ontario. She graduated from the Toronto School of Business with diplomas in Micro Computer Business Applications, Network and Communications. With over  10 years’ experience working within the Indigenous community in the Greater Toronto Area, where she worked at the Aboriginal Business Resource Centre in marketing and promotion for the Toronto Aboriginal Business Association, its annual TABA Awards, and the Small Business Certificate Program. She played a key role in providing networking and guided support to Aboriginal artists in multiple disciplines.  Now in her 10th year at the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business, she is helping to guide organizations build sustainable strategy in Indigenous Relations through the Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) program.