Mark Podlasly
Biography:
MARK PODLASLY, a member of the N'laka'pmx First Nation in B.C., has been working with the Harvard JFK School of Government and the Harvard Business School as a Teaching Fellow and Research Associate.
A recent Master of Public Administration (MPA) graduate from Harvard University, Podlasly's background includes over ten years of experience in business development and project management with Westcoast Energy (now Duke Energy), advising and consultation with the Federal Treaty Negotiation Office in Vancouver, and developing a telecommunications strategy in Arizona for Motorola Corporation and the Hopi Indian Nation. He also led a 1998 attempt to reclaim 500,000 acres of contiguous privately owned tribal territory in British Columbia through use of private capital and the creation of joint ventures.
His article titled, "Are Aboriginal People Canadian?: An Examination of What it Means to be Canadian in a Shared Land" was recently published in the Literary Review of Canada. He is married and temporarily resides in Boston, Massachusetts.
Activities:
- 2022-01-20 – Ethics Series — The Ethics of Investing
- 2023-11-16 – Ethics Series — The Ethics of Investing: Indigenous Perspectives