Brendan Kinkade

Brendan Kinkade, Sequoyah Fellow, AISES 2020 Award Winner for Executive Excellence, and IBM Vice President, Choctaw - Brendan was born in Oklahoma as a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and is a Sequoyah Fellow of AISES. On the local level Brendan has served as Chair of the Los Angeles Unified Schools District’s Title VI Indian Education Program Parent Committee and is father to two wonderful high school age children who are also members of AISES. On the national level he serves on IBM’s Executive Native American Diversity and Inclusion council, leading initiatives around societal impact and IBM employee engagement. He serves as Vice President, Technology and Hybrid Cloud Partnerships at IBM and is also the executive champion of the Native American Council’s Societal Impact and Engagement Squad. The Squad engages in community outreach activities to advance STEM, proposes Impact Grants, and helps build STEM equity in the Native community. Brendan consistently strives to improve current programs and propose thoughtful opportunities for the council to expand. In addition to leading efforts for the Native American community within IBM, Brendan’s global organization is a testament to the values of diversity and inclusion, with over 65% of his managers and 50% of his organization being women and/or minorities.