Staff Directory

Executive Department

Carrie Basgall
executive assistant to president and CEO

Richard Williams (Oglala Lakota/Northern Cheyenne)
president and CEO
 

Operations

Tammy Miller-Carlson, CPA
chief financial & operations officer

Meghan Andrews
information and technology services coordinator

Joshua Bekerman
information and technology services manager

Melissa Fritz
data entry specialist

Darrick Silversmith (Diné)
front desk administrator

Suzanne Lockhart
office and human resources manager

Jo Ann Otero
controller

Veronica Schultz
accountant

Megan Thoms
assistant to the chief financial & operations officer

Programs

Hepsi Barnett (Osage)
director of projects and research

Tarajean Yazzie-Mintz, Ed.D. (Navajo)
program officer Wakanyeja "sacred little ones" early childhood education initiative

Jackie Holder
Woksape Oyate program grants administrator

Deborah Esquibel Hunt, Ph.D. (Cherokee/Northeast Alabama)
Woksape Oyate project officer

Cole St. Arnold (Jicarilla Apache & Ojibwe)
projects and research administrative assistant

Dawn Tallchief, Ph.D.  (Seneca)
program officer for TCU faculty fellowships

Public Education

Dina Horwedel, Esq.
director of public education & communications

Jaime Aguilar
media specialist

Jonas Greene (Laguna/San Juan Pueblo)
media placement manager

Resource Development

Casey Lozar (Kootenai)
vice president of resource development

Michael Johnson (Hidatsa/Arikara)
annual giving manager

Corporations and Tribes

Jamie Schwartz
director of corporate and tribal development 

Lindsay Klatt
corporate and tribal development coordinator

Cheryl M. Ellenwood (Nez Perce/Navajo)
associate development officer

Hayley Carpenter (Muscogee Creek)
associate development officer

Jessica Morris
administrative assistant

Foundations

Jennifer Navarro
director of foundations development

Natasha Drake
foundations grant writer and researcher

Mackenzie Parker (Oglala Lakota descendant)
foundations development administrative assistant

Tori Wunsch
foundations development officer

Major Gifts and Planned Giving

Eileen Egan (Hopi)
director of major gifts and planned giving

Kelsey Moskitis
prospect researcher and planned giving administrator

Mahalia Newmark (Dene)
major gifts and planned giving development officer

Jona Charette (Northern Cheyenne)
major gifts and planned giving administrator

Nick Swan (Itazipco Lakota)
major gifts and planned giving development officer

Scholarships

Patrick McTee
director of scholarships

Cheryl DeGraff (Citizen Potawatomi )
administrative assistant

Chad Yen
interim scholarship coordinator 

Ordell Joe (Diné)
scholarship coordinator