Our Board
COUP Council is a Native, women-led organization whose Board members are actively engaged in all aspects of the organization while encouraging staff to lead planning and implementation of mission goals.
Jean Roach
Board Member
Mnicoujou Lakota from the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe, Jean attended AIM Survival School and graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1995. Jean is a Mni Luzahan resident, grandmother, and silversmith. Her community organizing work centers on support for incarcerated relatives and political prisoners. In addition to Jean’s work with COUP, she also serves on the Board of the Black Hills Clean Water Alliance defending our community from mining interests and the International Leonard Peltier Defense Committee.
Sharon No Heart
Board Member
A Standing Rock Sioux elder currently focused on raising Indigenous foster children. Sharon served as manager of Little Earth of United Tribes, a public housing project in Minnesota built specifically for the Indigenous Community, for five years and has recently sat on the Board of Rural America.