CEO, Emerging Equities Solutions Group, LLC
Education
BA – Economics, University of New Mexico
MBA – New Mexico State University
PhD – Rural/Tribal Relations, Arizona State University
Business/Research Background
Dr. Luarkie is CEO of Emerging Equities Solutions Group, LLC, a privately held Native American-owned professional services, consulting, and advisory firm. Emerging Equities provides professional services to Native American tribes, Native businesses, industry partners, and academia from coast-to-coast in economic integration, energy strategy, and technology.
Dr. Luarkie currently serves as the inaugural program director for the Native American Mining and Energy Sovereignty (NAMES) program at the Colorado School of Mines – Payne Institute. He also has served as the Executive Director of the New Mexico Tech University Research Park Corporation and New Venture Development in the Office of Innovation Commercialization at New Mexico Tech University. This function was responsible for the marketing and commercialization of intellectual property, partner development, and market engagement. He has been an entrepreneur and has served as CEO for tribal-owned Section 17 Corporations, Tribal 8(a) businesses, and has participated on several national, regional, and local boards and committees, including as an advisory member to the New Mexico Tribal Entrepreneurship Program, administered by UNMRI. As part of his leadership journey, Dr. Luarkie has been a two-term Governor for the Pueblo of Laguna, his home Pueblo.