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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
Paul Lumley
Yakama
Chief Advancement Officer
Becca Gruner
Kumeyaay
Executive Assistant
Daniel Guilfoyle
Seneca
Director of Youth and Education Services
Walter Hammond
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Kim Harless Felix
Ópata
Community Engagement and Policy Director
Jay Hosteen
Diné (Navajo)
MNA Principal
Tawna Sanchez
Shoshone-Bannock/Ute/Carrizo
Director of Family Services
Erika Silver
Director of Housing and Stabilization Services
Sky Waters
Osage
Director of Community Development

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Naya staff

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T'Astae Cross
Youth Advocate
Leadership
Operations
Tamara Henderson
Laguna Pueblo
Chief Operations Officer
Operations
Tamera Floyd
Community Reception Coordinator
Department Directors
Family Services
Leadership
Tawna Sanchez
Shoshone-Bannock/Ute/Carrizo
Director of Family Services
Operations
Ted Fry
IT Administrator
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Thi Nguyen
Accountant
Family Services
Torie Beller
Early Childhood Family First Advocate
Community Development
Valencia Ocampo
Homeownership Counselor
Youth and Education Services
Vega Rodriguez
Wapas Nah Nee Shaku Garden Specialist
Family Services
Vic Nicklin
King Island Inupiaq/Gila River Pima
Parent Child Support Specialist
Youth and Education Services
Victor Wilson
Yupik and Klamath Paiute
Community Health Worker
Leadership
Walter Hammond
Interim Chief Financial Officer
Housing and Stabilization Services
William Briden
Family Shelter Youth Advocate
Community Development
Winter Rose
Homeownership Counselor
Housing and Stabilization Services
Yelena Shevyakov
Energy Assistance Specialist
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board of directors

Molly Washington
Chair
Apache/N’dee
N'dee Law LLC
Eddie Sherman
Vice Chair
Diné/Umóⁿ'hoⁿ
Against the Current Consulting
Cristal Finley
Treasurer
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation
Ronda Rutledge
Secretary
Cherokee
Ecotrust
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 Intertribal Fish Commission (CRITFC)
Cory Freeman
OnPoint Community Credit Union
Tim Goodman
Comcast Cable-Oregon/SW Washington Region
Lisa Leno
The Confederated Tribes of the Grand Ronde
Lai-Lani Ovalles
Native Hawaiian and Filipina
Black Pearl Wellness
Karen St. Clair
Dakota
Psychotherapy Private Practice
Zeke Smith
Osage
Empire Health Foundation
Chabre Vickers
Shoshone Bannock
Prosper Portland

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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