Employees
Meet The American Indian College Fund Team
President’s Team
Cheryl Crazy Bull
(Sicangu Lakota)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Carrie Basgall
Executive Assistant to President and CEO
Lisa Smith
Senior Director, Administrative Services
Operations
Tammy Miller-Carlson, CPA
Chief Financial and Operations Officer
Doug Duniphin
IT Services Administrator
Yasaman Parks
Accountant
Veronica Schultz
Accountant/Building Manager/Benefits Administrator
JoAnna Thompson
Front Desk Administrator
Megan Thoms
Data Services Administrator
Norma Theisen
Controller
Cherylynn Tsikewa
(Zuni Pueblo)
Assistant to the Chief Financial and Operations Officer
Program Initiatives
Emily White Hat, J.D.
(Sicangu Lakota)
VP – Programs
Bridget Skenadore
(Diné)
Program Officer Native Arts and Culture
Kendra Teague
Program Officer
Cheryl LaRose
Program Officer – ECE
Eric Kills A Hundred
(Flandreau Santee Sioux)
Program Administrator-TCU
Hannah Gonzales
Program Assistant
Research, Evaluation and Faculty Development
David Sanders, Ph.D.
(Oglala Lakota)
Vice President, Research, Evaluation and Faculty Development
Aleks Humeyumptewa
(Hopi)
Administrative Assistant, Office of Research and Development
Crystal LoudHawk-Hedgepeth
(Diné)
Research Associate
Rebecca Garvoille, Ph.D.
Research and Evaluation Associate
Cathy Noland
(Iñupiaq)
Program Officer-Faculty Development
Resource Development
NancyJo Houk
Chief Marketing and Development Officer
Jamie Schwartz
Director of Major Gifts
Karen Cheung
Director of Marketing
Jordan Cooper
Grant Writer and Researcher
Mackenzie Parker
Major Gifts Grant Manager
Elissa Regan
Marketing Manager
Elizabeth Russell
Manager, Corporate Partnerships
Antwan Martin
Donor Services Coordinator
Ted Downum
Grant Writer and Researcher
Emi Deguchi
Senior Planned Giving Officer
Liana Epstein
Resource Development Senior Coordinator
Aaron Smith
Assistant Director of Major Gifts
Kimberly Urish
Senior Major Gifts Officer
Janna Stieg
Major Gifts Officer
Dan Khouri
Resource Development Senior Coordinator
Amita Manandhar
Marketing Coordinator
Kim Williams
Community Outreach – Senior Coordinator
Nancy Slyter
Database Manager
Karissa Adame
Resource Development Coordinator
Justine Leininger
Resource Development Coordinator – Corporate Partnerships
Student Success Services
Tiffany Gusbeth
(Northern Cheyenne)
Director of Student Success Services
David Bledsoe
Student Engagement & Communications Manager
Cheryl DeGraff
(Potawatomi)
Administrative Assistant
Amber Grant
Career Readiness Coach
Alex Darling
(Navajo)
Student Success Coach
Shonday Randall
Muscogee (Creek) Nation
Program Officer – Native Pathways
Cody Emrick
Scholarship Manager
Teresa Melendez
(Pokagon Band of Potawatomi)
College Success Coordinator
Kelley Mitchell
(Diné)
Senior Student Success Coach
Jack Soto
(Diné/Cocopah)
Career Readiness Pathways Program Manager
Lisa Silverstein, Ph.D.
College Success Senior Program Manager
Public Education
Dina Horwedel, Esq.
Director of Public Education and Communications