Beverly Bushyhead

Email: beverly@dendros.com

Beverly Bushyhead (she/her) is an enrolled citizen of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians and grew up with her nation on their original lands in the Great Smoky Mountains of North Carolina. Beverly is a restorative practitioner, transformative leader, and strengths-based community builder focused on the intersection of cultural trauma response. Bev was tapped to co-lead and faciitate the State of Minnesota vs Michael Forcia, restorative justice response to the toppling of the Christopher Columbus statue at the Minnesota State Capitol and support those historically devalued by that statue at the MN State Capitol. The State Capitol is the house for all Minnesotans, where all belong. 

She shares original curricula through cohort designed learning and workshop facilitation. Ms. Bushyhead is a committed nonprofit educator. She facilitates governance clarity and practices, nonprofit operations, strategic thought leadership, program team alignment and Nonprofit business model realignment. Beverly enjoys community-based research.

Bev is a systems thinker gifted at creating innovations that inspire action steps toward social justice. Beverly Bushyhead has over 25 years’ experience. Beverly earned a degree in psychology at Augsburg College and two master’s degrees in public administration and Nonprofit Management at Hamline University. She lives in St. Paul, Minnesota near the sacred sites Makapaha and overlooking Wakan Tipi.