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Cynthia Lindquist, M.P.A., Ph.D., Term: 2005–2009
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 Dr. Cynthia Lindquist, also known as Ta’sunka Wicahpi Win (Star Horse Woman), is a member of the Spirit Lake Dakota Nation and President of Cankdeska Cikana (Little Hoop) Community College, one of 37 tribal colleges and universities in the United States.
Prior to serving as President of Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Dr. Lindquist worked in health care administration, starting as the Spirit Lake tribe’s health director/planner in the early 1980s. She wrote and developed the Northern Plains Healthy Start initiative and is an adjunct faculty member at the University of North Dakota School of Medicine and Health Sciences. Dr. Lindquist served as Executive Director, North Dakota Indian Affairs Commission, and as Senior Advisor to the Director, Indian Health Service, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
In 2004, Dr. Lindquist was appointed by President Bush to serve as a member of the National Advisory Council on Indian Education. She is also a member of the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Scholars advisory committee for the Kaiser Family Foundation and a founding member of the National Indian Women’s Health Resource Center. Dr. Lindquist serves as secretary for the American Indian Higher Education Consortium, an advocacy organization for tribal colleges and universities. She also serves on the American Indian College Fund Board of Trustees.
Dr. Lindquist earned a master’s degree in public administration from the University of South Dakota and a doctorate in educational leadership from the University of North Dakota.
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