La Conner High alum named to new WWU liaison post

Laural Ballew studied history while a student at La Conner High.

These days she’s making history.

Ballew, an enrolled member of the Swinomish Tribal Community, created and chaired the Department of Tribal Governance and Business Management at Northwest Indian College.

And now she’s blazing new trails.

The 1974 La Conner High grad is Western Washington University’s first Executive Director of American Indian/Alaska Native and First Nations Relations and Tribal Liaison to the President.

In that role, she represents the WWU president and board of trustees as a liaison and envoy to American Indian...