Jody Gray is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in South Dakota. She received her Masters in Library and Information Science from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee. She has been doing DEI leadership in libraries and higher education organizations for 20 years. She was previously the director of the American Library Association's Office for Diversity, Literacy and Outreach Services. Jody is a past President and Past Executive Director of the American Indian Library Association. Currently, she is the Associate University Librarian for Research at the University of Minnesota Libraries.