Michele Lansdowne is head of the Business Department at Salish Kootenai College in Pablo, Montana, where she founded the Tribal Business Information Center and developed the bachelor's degree in Business. She holds an M.B.A. from Western Washington University and a Master's in German Literature from the University of Washington. In the RDLN/Union Ph.D. program, her focus is Indian entrepreneurship, and her participation is supported by the Theodore R. and Vivian M. Johnson Foundation in Albany, CA.