Koren Lightning-Earle

Biography

Koren Lightning-Earle, ’00 BA(Rec/Leisure), ’04 BA, ’07 LLB, ’18 LLM, Blue Thunderbird Woman, is Cree from Samson Cree Nation. She is the Indigenous Initiatives Liaison at the Law Society of Alberta, Vice-President of Kasohkowew Child Wellness Society and Board Member for First Nations Caring Society. She is Acting Commissioner for Alberta Utilities Commission. She was President of the Indigenous Bar Association for 6 years. Koren was recently awarded the Alumni Horizon Award from the University of Alberta. Koren is alumni of the Governor General’s Canadian Leadership Conference. She was an elected council member for Samson Cree Nation from 2011-2014 and is co-founder of Hub, a community mobilization program to help reduce crime. She was co-chair of the First Nations Women’s Economic Security Council. She is also a sessional instructor at Maskwacis Cultural College, a post-secondary school within the Four Nations of Maskwacis, Alta. Lightning-Earle is married, has two daughters, and is a sole practitioner at Thunderbird Law in her home community.