Dr. Ryan O’Leary is a member of a federally recognized Indian tribe in the U.S., that being the Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe in northern MN. He has served in various leadership roles within Indigenous nations for the last 25 years, including in tribal economic development, tribal government administration, and as a tribal college faculty member. Ryan has also been a lead pastor for approx. 13 years. He currently leads the First Peoples Initiative, a ministry for Indigenous people in North America. Along with leading the First Peoples Initiative, Ryan also serves as President of the National Association of Native Evangelicals in the United States and is a member of the board of directors for the National Association of Evangelicals based out of Washington D.C.