McKaylin Peters

McKaylin Peters (she/her) is a citizen of the Menominee Nation from Keshena, Wisconsin. Raised on the Menominee Reservation, she currently serves as the Executive Director of the Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin. McKaylin earned a Bachelor of Science in Community & Nonprofit Leadership from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, along with certificates in American Indian & Indigenous Studies and Global Health, Languages, and Education. She is currently pursuing a Master of Science in Organizational Leadership at Johns Hopkins University.

Deeply committed to her community, McKaylin has worked extensively in mental health advocacy, with a particular focus on Indigenous youth and men’s mental health. She serves on the Tribe’s Mental Health Task Force, coaches Tribal Storm 12U Softball, and acts as the Tribal Government Mentor for the Menominee Youth Council, where she is also a founding member.

McKaylin is passionate about philanthropy, leadership, and storytelling as tools for community empowerment. She has served as a Native Youth Grantmaker with Native Americans in Philanthropy, a Remembering Our Sisters Fellow with the Center for Native American Youth, a Fresh Tracks Trainer with the Aspen Institute, and an Earth Ambassador with UNITY. She also served on an advisory committee for a collaborative research project between Native Americans in Philanthropy and The Bridgespan Group, focused on increasing non-Native philanthropic support for Native communities.

 About McKaylin’s Remembering Our Sisters Project