Lynn Dee Rapp, an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe, a former longtime investment banker with Morgan Stanley and former chairperson of the National Congress of American Indian’s Finance and Investment Committee has joined the Advisory Board of Native American Venture Fund (NAVF).

Ms. Rapp, was born in the Pine Ridge Reservation and combines over 3 decades of experience in financial services, economic and community development. After advising family offices, institutions and high net worth individuals as a SVP with Morgan Stanley’s private client group, she expanded her roles within both finance and activism in Native America by launching SeaCrest Investment Management that caters to a select group of high net worth clients and Eagle Opportunity, a Native/Minority-owned investment firm specializing in financial solutions for Native American Tribes.

She furthered her influence within, as a Native American project financier by serving on several high profile boards over her career that promoted economic development and fostered change on a National level. Her current board appointments include the American Indian College Fund – Board of Trustees, American Indian Business Leaders Association, Rapid Loan Fund, a development loan program for Rapid City, South Dakota.