Joseph Ironhawk Little - Investment Associate

Joe (Oglala Lakota and Gabrieleno Tongva) is experienced in data science, research development, and coalition building. He joins Relevance Ventures as an Investment Associate. Prior to joining Relevance Ventures, Joe served as an Investment Associate at Known Holdings, a San Francisco-based asset management firm that focuses on social and economic regeneration while delivering meaningful investment returns. He also served as the Data and Research Associate at Native Americans in Philanthropy, an Indigenous-led nonprofit focused on increasing philanthropic investments in Indigenous communities. He serves on the Native Voices Rising grant review board, a partnership between Native Americans in Philanthropy and Common Counsel Foundation. 

Joe has held positions as an Indigenous Philanthropy Fellow for Native Americans in Philanthropy, a Policy Fellow for the U.S. Senate Committee on Indian Affairs, and as a Marketplace Capacity Analyst Intern for Nike N7 at Nike, Inc.  He received his BA degree in Public Policy from Stanford University.