Staff
NICWA Office
5100 SW Macadam Avenue, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97239
Phone: (503) 222-4044
Fax: (503) 222-4007
Email
Executive
Executive Director
Terry Cross (Seneca)
Email | ext. 112
Board and Member Relations Manager
Leslie Miller (Shawnee)
Email | ext. 126
Executive Communications Manager
Kristy Alberty (Cherokee)
Email | ext. 133
Development Manager
Edmund Sherman (Navajo/Omaha)
Email | ext. 123
Development Assistant
Jessica Bull
Email | ext. 127
VISTA Development and Special Initiatives Coordinator
Crystal Wabnum (Kickapoo/Potawatomi/Cherokee)
Email | ext. 148
Operations
Deputy Director
Iona Hansel (Umatilla)
Email | ext. 115
Assistant Deputy Director (and acting Senior Program Director)
Matt Morton (Squaxin Island)
Email | ext. 135
Operations Specialist
Carmen Farmer
Email | ext. 111
Event Manager
Isla Dane (Navajo)
Email | ext. 144
Information Systems Manager
Dave Velasquez (Tule River Yokuts)
Email | ext. 114
Office Support/Receptionist
Gisela Patterson (Chippewa/Cree)
Email | ext. 110
Support Team Leader
Fannie Black (Yup’ik)
Email | ext. 117
Fiscal Support
Tia Begay (Dine/Navajo)
Email | ext. 157
Project Support
Rachel Summer (Siletz)
Email | ext. 132
Project Support
Valorie Gaede (Shoshone Bannock)
Email | ext. 145
Project Support
Laurie Evans (Chickasaw)
Email | ext. 124
Project Support
Valerie Masoud (Cup’ik)
Email | ext. 118
Project Support
Programs
Assistant Senior Program Director
Melissa Clyde (Navajo)
Email |ext. 129
Director of Community Development
Connie Bear King (Standing Rock Sioux)
Email | ext. 128
Director of Government Affairs and Advocacy
David E. Simmons
Email | ext. 119
Senior Community Development Specialist
Nadja Jones (Comanche/Onondaga)
Email | ext. 146