Jessica Burghart

Jessica Burghart is a proud enrolled member of the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation. She holds a Ph.D. in Management with a focus on Leadership and Management from Walden University, an M.Phil. from Walden, an MBA from Friends University, and a B.S. in Business Management from Haskell Indian Nations University. Jessica is passionate about Indigenous issues in business and developed business strategies specifically for Native American businesses in her dissertation. 

Currently, Jessica teaches courses on International Business, Business Policy, Financial Management, and Production Operations Management at Haskell. She has held various business roles at companies such as Honeywell and GM and has served on the Ethics Committee for the Prairie Band Potawatomi Tribe. 

She was selected as an Advisory Board Member for Missouri State University and has been recognized for her work with awards, such as the SCMC/NNSA Small Business Advocate Award and being named a 2023 American Indian College Fund Fellow. Additionally, Jessica is a sponsor for the American Indigenous Business Leaders and the American Indian Science and Engineering Society student organizations. Recently, she received a $250,000 grant from the Small Business Administration (SBA) for the Tribal College Small Business Achievement Grant Program and has presented her research at conferences.