About Us
 The Harvest Initiative was organized in the spring of 2008 to create and facilitate economic activity on the Crow Creek Sioux Reservation by investing in local ideas.
The Harvest Initiative resulted from a collaboration between a Des Moines, Iowa business executive and two Drake University law students. The business executive, Barry Griswell (former Chairman and CEO of Principal Financial Group), together with his wife Michele, made several trips to the reservation and made several gifts to the community and the Boys and Girls Clubs on the reservation. However, Griswell wanted to work on a solution which would enable tribal members to improve conditions on the reservation and promote sustainable economic growth. Dustin Miller and Jason Yates, the two Drake University law students, worked with the Griswell family to create the Harvest Initiative and sustain it throughout its first few years of operation. Mr. Miller currently is a Program Specialist with USDA Office of Tribal Relations. Mr. Yates is an administrator for the Iowa Small Business Loan Program in partnership with the Iowa Department of Economic Development.
Hunkpati Investments is a Native CDFI organized in the spring of 2009 by a local Native majority Board of Directors with the help of the Harvest Initiative. Hunkpati Investments exists to provide basic financial services and help individuals overcome the barriers currently preventing access to credit and capital. Hunkpati Investments assists tribal members, either individually or cooperatively, through training entrepreneurs, providing access to capital where traditional financial institutions will not, and enhanced financial literacy. Hunkpati Investments is currently run by its Executive Director, Krystal Langholz. Ms. Langholz did her Master's degree at Colorado State University specializing in community development. During this time she interned at the Lakota Funds, another Native CDFI on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation.
For more about us, please click here to see our most recent annual report.
Hunkpati Investments Staff
 Krystal Langholz, Executive Director  Emily Trump, Chief Financial Officer
 Diane LongFox-Kastner, Business Coach  David Sahli, AmeriCorp VISTA
The Harvest Initiative Directors
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Hunkpati Investments Directors |
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Jason Yates, President
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Sandra Isburg, Chairperson |
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IowaMicroLoan/Iowa Community Capital
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Shelby's Convenience Store |
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Rod Vaughn, Vice-President
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Myra Isburg, Secretary and Treasurer |
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Diamond Willow Ministries
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Shelby's Convenience Store |
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Sandra Isburg, Treasurer
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Wes Parsons, Vice-Chairperson |
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Shelby's Convenience Store
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Erika Eckley, Secretary
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Pioneer, A DuPont Business
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Dustin Miller
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USDA Office of Tribal Relations
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Boys & Girls Club of Three Districts |
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Ronda Hawk
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Boys & Girls Club of Three Districts
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Crow Creek Housing Authority |
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Jenny Schroeder
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Real Time Solutions
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Scott Oswald
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Cornerstone Homes
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Sara Miller
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