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board & staff
People & Culture
One of the largest employers of urban Native people in the Pacific Northwest, NAYA’s culture of reciprocity begins within. We celebrate the diverse experiences and identities each of us brings to serving the Native community. Many of us are program participants who return to serve. No matter our differences, we share the values.
NAYA Leadership
Oscar Arana
Chichimeca
Chief Executive Officer
Tamara Henderson
Laguna Pueblo
Chief Operations Officer
Lisa Booth
Tsimshian, Yupik
Chief Financial Officer
Paul Lumley
Yakama
he/him
Chief Advancement Officer
Becca Gruner
Kumeyaay
she/her
Senior Executive Assistant, Strategic Initiatives
Daniel Guilfoyle
Onöndowa'ga:' (Seneca)
they/them
Director of Youth and Education Services
Jay Hosteen
Diné (Navajo)
MNA Principal
Tawna Sanchez
Shoshone-Bannock/Ute/Carrizo
Director of Family Services
Erika Silver
she/they
Director of Housing and Stabilization Services
Sky Waters
Osage
Director of Community Development
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Development and Communications
Deborah Rochford
Chicana
she/her
Donor Relations Manager
Housing and Stabilization Services
Devere Sanchez
Shoshone-Bannock, Ute
he/him
Resident Services Coordinator
Housing and Stabilization Services
Dion Henderson
Diné
he/him
Khwat Yaka Haws Family Shelter Advocate
Youth and Education Services
Dora Sanchez-Lopez
Youth Housing Advocate
Community Development
Duane Lane
Native Business Accelerator
Community Development
Edy Martinez
Our 42nd Avenue District Manager
Youth and Education Services
Ei-Shah Pirtle-Wright
Peer Mentor Specialist
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Emma Heyen
MNA Counselor
Department Directors
Housing and Stabilization Services
Leadership
Erika Silver
she/they
Director of Housing and Stabilization Services
Youth and Education Services
Erik R.
Grosventre/Navajo
he/him
Youth Housing Coordinator
Development and Communications
Erin Lahai
Tohono O'odham/Hopi
they/them
Digital Storytelling Creator
Family Services
Erin Nasewytewa
Infant and Toddler Teacher's Aide
Finance
Erin Telles
she/her
Controller
Youth and Education Services
Evelyn Aguilar
Warm Springs/Wasco
she/her
Youth Advocacy Manager
Youth and Education Services
Fabian Villarreal
she/her
College Prep Coach
Housing and Stabilization Services
Felicia Garrett
Blackfoot
she/her
Family Shelter On-Call Advocate
Housing and Stabilization Services
Gabrial Rickard
East Band Cherokee, Choctaw
he/him
Resident Services Coordinator
Youth and Education Services
Gina Mengwasser
Western Cherokee
Health Equity Manager
Youth and Education Services
Ginger Rogers
Health Educator — Commercial Tobacco Prevention
Finance
Hannah McKinley
she/he
AP Coordinator
board of directors
Molly Washington
Chair
Apache/N’dee
Native American Programs of Legal Aid Services of Oregon
Eddie Sherman
Vice Chair
Diné/Umóⁿ'hoⁿ
Against the Current Consulting
Cristal Finley
Treasurer
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
Prosper Portland
Ronda Rutledge
Secretary
Cherokee Nation
Consultant and Life Coach
Tia Begay
Navajo/Diné
National Indian Child Welfare Association (NICWA)
Steven Cole-Schwartz
INATAI Foundation
Aja DeCoteau
Conferated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission (CRITFC)
Tim Goodman
Comcast Cable-Oregon/SW Washington Region
Lisa Leno
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Tribal Council
Zeke Smith
Osage
Waters Meet Foundation
Chabre Vickers
Shoshone Bannock
Prosper Portland
Jeff Fitzpatrick
Nez Perce
Digital Native Consultants
Anna Williams
Red Cliff Band of Lake Superior Ojibwe
Portland Ronald McDonald House Oregon
board of Trustees
Cecily Quintana
Cochiti Pueblo and Hispanic
Quintana Galleries
Chey Kuzma
Gitxsan Nation
Oregon Community Foundation
Eric Hunter
CareOregon
Nancy Phillips
Pac/West Communications
Nichole June Maher
Tlingit
INATAI Foundation
Paul Phillips
Pac/West Communications
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