Cree Cheechoo is a Business Development Officer at the Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation (SIEF) in Saskatoon. She is a member of the Moose Cree First Nation in Ontario but was raised in Saskatchewan as her father is from the James Smith Cree Nation. She has been with the Saskatchewan Indian Equity Foundation since March 2016. Her role as a Business Development Officer is to assist First Nation Entrepreneurs throughout Saskatchewan to either start up, expand or acquire a business through the SIEF Equity Contribution Program. Cree also holds a designation as a Professional Community and Economic Developer as set by the Saskatchewan Economic Development Association.