Office of the President

Mission Statement: The Office of the President provides leadership and facilitates processes of collaboration, support and advocacy for university programs and departments culminating in continuous improvement for student success.

Working with the President’s Executive Council, staff in the Office of the President ensure Haskell’s historic legacy in the partial fulfillment of sacred treaty and trust responsibilities for higher education to American Indians and Alaska Natives is met. Haskell’s mission of serving the educational needs of Indian Country is accomplished by the provision of high-quality baccalaureate and associate degrees that honor the cultural legacy, experiences and resilience of tribal people in its curriculum. Haskell Indian Nations University embraces the principles of sovereignty and self-determination required to build capacity in Indian Country.

Staff in the Office of the President serve as key members of the university who provide leadership for strategic planning, as well as key operations and priorities related grants management, fiscal oversight, community outreach and engagement, and institutional effectiveness. The Office of the President also serves as the primary coordinator for Haskell’s National Board of Regents in scheduling and convening meetings of the Regents, as well as external relationship development with campus stakeholders.

Starting in February 2026, Dr. Alex Red Corn is serving as Acting President of Haskell Indian Nations University through an Intergovernmental Personnel Agreement (IPA).

Spring and Summer 2026 Goals and Initiatives:

Goal 1: Work with HLC Steering Committee to ensure Haskell is making appropriate progress to maintain a healthy system of ongoing improvement and accreditation.

Goal 2: Foster a collaborative process with faculty and staff to synchronize and finalize strategic planning efforts complete with a year-by-year timeline of action items through 2030. As part of this effort, the following sub-goals are:

Goal 3: Increase Presidents Office visibility and attendance in committee meetings and collect data in order to refine and synchronize strategic planning efforts on campus.

Goal 4: Increase communication and transparency through the development of a HINU communication’s plan to ensure consistent, accurate, and timely information informs our students, faculty, and staff, as well as our community partners and alumni.

Goal 5: Support faculty and staff in co-development (or refinement) of committees and shared governance infrastructures, as well as affiliated policies and procedures with the purpose of co-building ongoing systems of improvement, communication, data flow to monitor execution of the completed strategic plan.