Member Webinar: Indigenous Peoples’ Heritage Month 2025: Session One

I attended Appalachian State University and graduated in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science in History. I began my professional career teaching high school history for a few years following graduation, which is what has inspired my work at EAB. I first joined EAB in February of 2020 where I started as a Coordinator for the Strategy and New Ventures team before moving over to the Deal Desk team in July of 2021 as an Associate. Today, I serve as a Senior Specialist for Deal Desk to support EAB’s commercial teams in serving our 2,800+ partners, mainly focusing on our enrollment products. 

Deanna Keenan is an Associate Director on the Qualitative Team at Seramount. She is the team specialist on employee resource groups and inclusive language practices in the workplace and has led team projects such as the Return to Office series, Awareness Month best practices, and the production of a variety of guides centered on tackling difficult conversations in the workplace.

Deanna is passionate about elevating employees from historically excluded communities, such as women of color, employees with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ employees. She is especially interested in creating best practices for employee resource groups in order to generate meaningful impact on business metrics and goals.

Deanna holds an MSW concentrated in children, youth, and family and global policy from the University of Southern California and a dual BA in psychology and Africana studies from Binghamton University.

Outside of work, Deanna is a mom of two young children, loves hiking with her family and dogs, and can be found baking breads and knitting intricate blankets for fun.

Winona LaDuke, an Anishinaabe from the White Earth reservation in northern Minnesota, is a Harvard graduate with a master’s in Rural Development. An author of seven books, including the novel Last Standing Woman, she is recognized as a rural development economist, curator, and long-standing advocate for Indigenous rights and environmental justice. LaDuke began her work in the late 1970s addressing Indigenous rights at the United Nations and has since engaged deeply with energy policy issues, from uranium and coal mining to pipelines and dam projects. In her community, she has led oral history and land rights initiatives, renewable energy development, and fiber hemp production. She is also co-founder of the Giiwedinong Museum of Treaty Rights and Culture. Twice nominated as the Green Party’s candidate for U.S. Vice President, she also received an electoral college vote for President, reflecting her national influence.