Ben Brockie
Community Advocate
Ben Brockie works at the intersection of criminal justice reform, Indigenous rights, and higher education access. Granted clemency after more than 22 years in prison, he brings the voices of those still inside into rooms they cannot yet enter. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Washington in 2026 with a B.A. in American Indian Studies and Sociology, where he founded Formerly Incarcerated Scholars at UW. A Johns Hopkins APWA Fellow, EdTrust Fellow, and Mary Gates Community Investment Scholar, he served as a public health intern at the Urban Indian Health Institute and is now pursuing an MBA. He will begin law school in fall 2027. A proud enrolled member of the Aaniih Nation of Fort Belknap, Montana, Ben's work is grounded in Indigenous values.
