Kahérakwas Donna Goodleaf is Turtle Clan, citizen of the Kanien’kehá:ka nation and lives in the community of Kahnawake. Served as a former committee member for the Kahnawake Education Center Research and Ethics Committee, former Board member for the Kahnawake Combined School Committee, and former board member for the Kahnawake Kateri Memorial Hospital Board. She is currently employed as the Director Decolonizing Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Centre for Teaching and Learning, Concordia University.
She currently serves on the Indigenous Directions Leadership Council, Concordia University.