Carol Anne Hilton, MBA, is founder of the Indigenomics Institute, the Global Center of Indigenomics, and the Global Indigenous Technology House, which focuses on the economic empowerment of Indigenous Peoples. She is a Hesquiaht woman of Nuu chah nulth descent from the west coast of Vancouver Island, and is from the house of Mam'aayutch, a chief's house, a name which means "on the edge." Hilton is the first generation out of Canadian residential schools, fifth generation since the establishment of the Indian Act, and comes from over 10,000 years of the potlatch tradition of giving and the demonstration of wealth and relationship. Her work focuses on building a collective reality that centers Indigenous peoples in social and cultural well-being and economic empowerment today, and is leading the evolution of Canada's $100 billion Indigenous economy. An advisor to governments, business, and First Nations, she is author of the award-winning Indigenomics: Taking a Seat at the Economic Table. She lives in Victoria, BC.