Erin serves as IFAI’s Senior Managing Attorney, supporting IFAI’s professional staff teams and work across the IFAI portfolio. Erin’s entire career as an agricultural lawyer has focused on supporting Tribal Nations investing in food systems and agriculture. Erin previously held multiple roles at IFAI and has returned to the organization after a brief period of federal service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture— Food and Nutrition Service, where they served as the Tribal Affairs Technical Advisor in the FNS Office of the Administrator. They hold both their J.D. and LL.M. in agricultural and food law from the University of Arkansas School of Law.