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

Ikhlas Ahmed

Program Administrator for Tribal Nations Engagement

Savannah Baber

(Chickahominy Indian Tribe and the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina)
Program Manager for Indigenous Leadership Initiatives

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

Dr. Jessa Rae Growing Thunder

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

Anpo Jensen

(Oglala Lakota)
Program Manager of Tribal Buffalo Lifeways Collaborative (TBLC)

Sadie Hill Kelley

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

Andrea Lopez

HR Generalist and Office Manager

Deanna Mousseau

(Kul Wicasa Oyate and Oglala Sioux Tribe)
Youth Programs Lead

Sidney Navarro

(Diné/Chicana)
Engagement Coordinator

Autumn Romero

(Sicangu Lakota Chippewa Cree Tribe of Rocky Boy, Montana)
Events Administrator

Toni Sanchez

(Seminole Tribe Of Florida)
Director of Communications

Koiya Tuttle

(Yurok)
Oceans and Marine Stewardship Project 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