Maxine Laszlo supports Indigenous communities through strategic and economic planning, funding strategy, and inclusive community engagement. She is drawn to solutions that expand economic opportunity through culturally rooted, Tribal-centric approaches focused on healing, resilience, and lasting wealth for Native Nations.

At Blue Stone Strategy Partners, Maxine serves as an Economic Development Specialist. She brings 10 years of experience working alongside more than 25 Tribes, Alaska Native Corporations, and Pacific Island communities on economic development and diversification strategies, community listening and facilitation, market and site research, and aligning priority projects with partnership and funding pathways.

Before joining Blue Stone, Maxine worked in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), serving as Executive Director of the Saipan Chamber of Commerce and as a Small Business Advisor at Northern Marianas College. Through her sole proprietorship, she also supported the CNMI government and local entrepreneurs by leading strategic planning efforts, conducting workforce surveys, and helping small businesses pursue federal and local resources to launch, grow, and expand operations.Maxine earned a Master of Public Affairs from Indiana University’s O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs, with concentrations in Policy Analysis and Nonprofit Management. She currently resides in Indiana.