John Henry Glover (“Stormy”) recently joined The Evergreen State College in December of 2025 as an assistant director in the MPA program. Stormy has been a professor, administrator, facilitator, and consultant in Indigenous law, policy, education, and development; diversity, equity, and inclusion; rural and underrepresented communities; and non-profit management. Hailing originally from the beautiful Flathead Valley in western Montana, John has spent much of his adult life in the Dakotas and the Pacific Northwest.

Professionally, Stormy has served as the director of institutional advancement at Northwest Indian College, associate dean at the University of South Dakota School of Law, professor of American Indian Studies at Black Hills State University, and founder, executive director and board member for Native Educational Endeavors, Inc, a charitable 501(c)(3) organization focused on providing educational opportunities for Native Americans and fostering cross-cultural respect. He has been employed as an indigenous subject matter expert and facilitator for Kauffman & Associates; a tribal liaison for Inner City Fund (ICF) and Environmental Resources Management (ERM); a field researcher for Westat; chief diversity officer at USD School of Law; director for the BHSU Center for American Indian Studies; and, as an advisor to North Sound Accountable Community of Health and Borealis Philanthropy. Stormy began his professional life as a civil litigator with Miller, Norman, and Kenney, practicing law in Minnesota and North Dakota.

Stormy received his BA in international studies and political science from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minnesota, and his JD from Willamette University College of Law in Salem, Oregon. During his career he received fellowships from the Newberry Library of Chicago, USD School of Law, and Bush Foundation of Minnesota. Stormy has earned graduate certification or professional endorsements in diversity, equity and inclusion (Cornell), non-profit management (Harvard), and non-profit development (Indiana U/Purdue).

Stormy is no stranger to fund raising and development having secured and managed millions of dollars in grant funds from USDA, National Institute of Health, National Science Foundation, National Endowment for Humanities, Indian Land Tenure Foundation, American Indian College Fund, South Dakota Community Foundation, Oglala Sioux Tribe, and from other private and public sources.

Stormy has appreciated his opportunities to contribute through service learning and community service activities including providing diversity, equity and inclusion trainings, nonprofit assessments, and strategic planning, leading oral history projects, and creating paid internships in Indian Country. He has also been pleased to volunteer time or otherwise support charities, including Meals on Wheels, Good Shepherd Free Clinic, YouthWISE, Lighthouse Mission Homeless Center, Lutheran Charities, and various local and international food banks and sustainable food empowerment programs.

Stormy’s tribal affiliation is Salish from the Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes of the Flathead Reservation in western Montana. His son Gene “Boomer” is Macalester College graduate and is presently pursuing a biological research-oriented PhD focused on herpetology from the University of South Dakota. Stormy and Boomer are both avid birders, anglers, sci fi fans, and peripatetic adventurers, with dad having hit all states but Hawaii and son favoring international travel including France, Australia, United Kingdom, Madagascar, and the African continent.