Whitney Sawney

Director of Communications and Policy

Whitney Sawney, a citizen of the Cherokee Nation, is the Director of Communications and Policy for the Native American Agriculture Fund (NAAF).

Whitney is a graduate of the University of Arkansas and has 7 years of experience working in policy communications throughout Indian Country. Before joining NAAF, Whitney worked at the National Congress of American Indians and the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative, where her work focused on promoting tribal food sovereignty and agriculture policy communications. 

In the Spring of 2016, she interned for former Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid and is an alumni of the Native American Political Leadership Program at George Washington University. In the Fall of 2016, Whitney was awarded the Wilma P. Mankiller Fellowship with the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, D.C.