Libby Washburn

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Associate CEO

Libby Washburn is the Associate CEO of NAAF. Before joining NAAF, she was the Director of Ethics and Compliance for the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance. Washburn previously served as Special Assistant to the President for Native Affairs at the White House. She has served in senior leadership roles at New Mexico State University and the University of New Mexico, focusing on building compliance structures and strengthening ethics requirements. She worked in the Obama-Biden Administration at the U.S. Department of the Interior. In addition, she worked for Sen. Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico as the State Director and Legislative Counsel. Washburn practiced Native American law for several years for the federal government and in private practice. She graduated from the University of Oklahoma and the University of New Mexico School of Law. Washburn is a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation.