Staff


Erik R. Stegman

(Carry the Kettle First Nation – Nakoda)
Chief Executive Officer

Jeanette Ziegler

(Mohegan Tribe)
Chief Operating Officer

Brittany Schulman

(Waccamaw Siouan)
Chief Programs Officer

Joel Moffett

(Nez Perce)
Vice President of Tribal Nations Engagement

Rose David

(Anishinaabe, Beausoleil First Nation)
Chief of Staff to the CEO

Brian Barlow

(Cherokee Nation)
Data & Research Administrator

Aaron Baumgardner

(Catawba)
Grant Manager

Destini' Carrington

Indigenous Leadership and Education Programs - Office Administrator

Kelly Cleveland

(Chickasaw Nation)
Executive Assistant

Reyna Davila Day

(Bois Forte Band of Ojibwe)
Membership Engagement & Systems Administrator

Kori Ellien

(Hupa)
Project Director

Danielle Frank

(Hupa and Yurok)
Native Youth Coordinator

Dr. Jessa Rae Growing Thunder

(Fort Peck Assiniboine/Sioux)
Director of Tribal Nations Initiatives

Sadie Hill Kelley

(Oneida, Kiowa, Comanche, Mvskoke, Shoshone Paiute, Cherokee and Absentee Shawnee)
Grant Coordinator

Andrea Lopez

HR Generalist and Office Manager

Sidney Navarro

(Diné/Chicana)
Engagement Coordinator

Toni Sanchez

(Seminole Tribe Of Florida)
Director of Communications

Amanda Tello

(Esselen/Mixtec)
Grant Manager

Shandiin Vandervere

(Diné)
Education Resource Facilitator

Katie Williams

Director of Development

Kelsey Woody

(Navajo)
Director of Membership & Indigenous Leadership

Winoka Yepa

(Diné)
Director of Education & Research

Estakio Beltran

(Tolteca-Mexica, Tlatoani)
Partnership Advisor

Kelly Dennis, Esq.

(Shinnecock and Hassanamisco Nipmuc)
Partnership Strategist