People: Dawson Her Many Horses named head of Native American Banking

Wells Fargo announced Dawson Her Many Horses, head of Native American Banking, has been named managing director.

Her Many Horses belongs to the Rosebud Sioux Tribe of South Dakota and is one of the first enrolled tribal members to be promoted to managing director at a major U.S. bank.

In addition, Her Many Horses was selected in June to the 2023 Class of the Aspen Institute Finance Leaders Fellowship.

Her Many Horses joined Wells Fargo in 2018 as senior vice president in Middle Market Banking to focus on rebuilding the bank’s Native American banking effort. In 2021, he was promoted to head of Native American Banking for commercial banking.

He is a member of the Commercial Banking Diverse Segments team and co-chairs the Wells Fargo National Unbanked Advisory Task Force.

Her Many Horses serves on the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History board. He is a member of the Center for Indian Country Development’s Leadership Council at the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis and is the chair of the Native American Visiting Committee at Dartmouth College.

Her Many Horses is the founder and chair of NAFOAs (Native American Finance Officers Association) Corporate Advisory Committee, where he served on the board for several years. He is a resident of Las Vegas.