Treasurer | Executive Facilitator & Project Manager
DeeAnna Lopes, known by her Indigenous name Chief Faithful-Bird Thunderbird, carries her work with the steadiness of someone serving both the present and the generations ahead. As a Chief of The Mund Bareefan Clan/MBC INAAN, she treats autonomy as a daily practice — protecting the people, the land, and the knowledge that binds them together. In that role, she serves as the “General Contractor” of her Nation’s vision, shaping infrastructure, systems, and partnerships rooted in stewardship and collective strength.
Her leadership in education reflects a simple belief: learning preserves identity, protects culture, and empowers community. As Treasurer and Board Member for Indigenous Education (IndEdu), she helps manage the financial arm of education while advancing “Autonomous” learning models that place Indigenous history alongside STEM and wealth creation. Through her affiliates in banking and technology, she helps build self-sustaining environments where families, youth, elders, and commerce can thrive together. Her Maker Education works with Black Oaks Center in Pembroke, Illinois, master formulator Dennis “Hosea” Boyd, creator of Ginger Surprise, and Dr. Cherilyn Lee, a world-renowned Holistic Health Practitioner, extends that vision into grassroots empowerment.
That ethic of stewardship has shaped her work beyond one community. She curated and led the team that secured a $1.7 trillion commitment for global infrastructure, including EV transportation systems across the United States and Canada, critical water infrastructure, and strategic expansion into Indigenous Lands in Africa. She also curated and led the team that expanded the Arts for Life Campaign in Atlanta, GA, created and led by Grant Love, securing a $9 million commitment from The Coca-Cola Company to support education and awareness in the fight against Human Trafficking. In both efforts, DeeAnna bridges grassroots purpose with global frameworks, aligning resources with human dignity, community protection, and long-term restoration.
Anchored by mentors like Russell Simmons and Dr. Philip “Gates” Jordan, Chief Faithful-Bird Thunderbird continues to build platforms that amplify voices often left at the margins, especially women, elders, and youth. Through The Indipreneur Magazine in Marietta, GA, and the I Am Indipreneur Workshops, she brings fine arts and business together in support of independent artists, music producers, and filmmakers as autonomous entrepreneurs, with Grammy Award-winning producers currently using the ecosystem. Her work invites Indipreneurs to use their voice, creativity, and influence to connect businesses, communities, and cultures worldwide. With advanced technology, strategic finance, and deep respect for the land and its people, Chief Faithful-Bird is helping build permanent, scalable infrastructure protected by tribal autonomy for the Seventh Generation.