Our role is to provide support and specialized technical assistance and services to assist communities to improve the health and well-being of their citizens.

Frank Ryan, J.D., M.Ed.

Frank Ryan, J.D., M.Ed., has extensive experience working with Tribes, Tribal organizations, and the Indian Health Service on a wide range of applied research and analysis studies. In addition, he has had undergraduate and graduate level teaching experience and is knowledgeable of Indian education policy and issues.

Mr. Ryan served as Director of Harvard’s American Indian Program where he worked with students on a daily basis, assisting them with academic, financial, and cultural adjustment to the rigors of university life. Mr. Ryan also served as a faculty member, teaching: Federal-Indian Law; Beyond the Best Interests of the Child; Administrative law; and numerous Indian education, health, and natural resources special reading courses. He was a member of the Standing Committee on Admissions and Financial Aid; member of the Committee on Due Process; Member of the Administration, Planning, and Social Policy faculty committee; Principal Investigator on an educational research grant; and Chairman of the graduate schools committee to fundraise an endowment to support Hispanic education. He has published in the Harvard Education Review.

At the US Department of Education, Mr. Ryan served as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Indian Education and oversaw the Indian Fellowship program which focused on critical professions education. He has lectured at Harvard, Yale, New York University, University of Washington, UCLA, University of Illinois, and tribal community colleges and has extensive experience working in areas involving education and personnel development; and academic counseling.