Our Team
Staff
Tia Oros Peters
Chief Executive Officer
Shiwi
Photo Credit: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Dine’)
Eli Bargas
Special Projects
Ohlone/Yoeme/Apache/Cheyenne/Chicano
Photo Credit: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Dine’)
Kimberly Brown
Fiscal Manager
Choctaw
Photo Credit: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Dine’)
Rosa Campos
Affiliate Coordinator
Purepecha
Photo Credit: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Dine’)
Tyler Chalmers
Fiscal Assistant
Choctaw Nation
Heather Freitas
Advancement Director
Lusitanian descent
Photo Credit: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Dine’)
Louis Gordon
Program Director
Xicano/Purépecha
Photo Credit: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Dine’)
charles houston
Strategic Relations Coordinator
Karuk-wa-araara
Photo Credit: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Dine’)
Lekishon Kanyinke
Program Assistant
Maasai/Ogiek
Sylvia Lazerick
Advancement Assistant
Photo Credit: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Dine’)
Rebecca Lewis
Fiscal Assistant – Controller Support
Teresa McGinnis
Chief of Staff
Yurok
Photo Credit: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Dine’)
Paula O’Rourke-Dickey
Executive Administrative Assistant
Yurok
Eileen Ragain
Administrative Assistant
Yurok
Photo Credit: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Dine’)
Michael Raigoza
Program Officer for Cultural Projects
Nomlaki
Mima Salas
Program Coordinator for Thriving Women
Diné/Xicana/Gabrieliño Kizh
Photo Credit: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie (Seminole/Muscogee/Dine’)
Johnny Salazar
Director of Operations
Indigenous
Photo Credit: Hulleah Tsinhnahjinnie
(Seminole/Muscogee/Dine’)
