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
Dave PaceIIa
Website Manager
Public Education
Dina Horwedel, J.D.
Director of Public Education and Communications
Colleen Billiot
(United Houma Nation)
Public Education Coordinator
Operations
Tammy Miller-Carlson, CPA
Chief Financial and Operations Officer
Cherylynn Tsikewa
(Zuni Pueblo)
Assistant to the Chief Financial and Operations Officer
Anna Luthens
Director of Human Resources
Jaci Deitrick
(Cherokee)
Human Resources Associate
Kevin Maier
Accounting Technician
Megan Thoms
Data Control Manager
Michael Pupkin
IT Help Desk Technician
Moustapha Fall
IT Manager
Shelby Thex
(Northern Cheyenne)
Front Desk and Data Entry Coordinator
Sharon Hurley
Senior Coordinator Data Control
Steve Miller
Senior Accountant
Yasaman Parks
Senior Accountant
Zīle Humeyumptewa
(Hopi)
Office and Building Manager
Programs
Emily White Hat, J.D.
(Sicangu Lakota)
Vice President, Programs
Aleks Humeyumptewa
(Hopi)
Assistant to VP, Programs
Bridget Skenadore
(Diné)
Program Officer, Native Arts and Culture
Cassandra Harden
(Diné)
Senior Program Coordinator, Indigenous Early Childhood Education
Gerry Himmelreich
(Bois Forte Ojibwe)
Program Officer, Computer Science Initiative
Hannah Gonzales
Program Administrator, TCU Programs
Kai Teague
Program Officer, Environmental Stewardship
Leona Antoine
(Sicangu Lakota Oyate)
Education Specialist
Research, Evaluation, and Faculty Development
David Sanders, Ph.D.
(Oglala Lakota)
Vice President, Research, Evaluation and Faculty Development
Autumn Moore
Database Associate
Crystal LoudHawk-Hedgepeth, MSCS, MEd
(Diné)
Senior Program Officer, Research
Deborah Wheeler, PhD, MBA
Program Officer, Building TCU Transfer Pathways – Healthcare and Education
Erik Dutilly, PhD
Research and Evaluation Associate
Heidi Normandin
Program Officer, Faculty Development
Raj Moona
Database Administrator and Analyst
Rebecca Garvoille, Ph.D.
Director Organizational Learning
Taylor Lucero
(Pueblo of Laguna)
Post Baccalaureate Fellow
Kayla Alkire Stewart, EdD
(Standing Rock Sioux Tribe)
Research and Evaluation Associate
Resource Development
NancyJo Houk
Chief Marketing and Development Officer
Dana Bunker
Assistant to CMDO and Events Coordinator
Aaron Smith
Assistant Director of Major Gifts
Aly Thomas
Senior Coordinator, Constituent Services
Amy Hartenstine
Major Gifts Officer
Dan Khouri
Gift Officer Associate
Elissa Regan
Senior Manager, Direct Response
Elizabeth Russell
Senior Manager, Corporate Partnerships
Emi Deguchi
Senior Planned Giving Officer
Heather Sabo
Prospect Researcher and Management Associate
Jamie Schwartz
Senior Director of Major Gifts
Janna Stieg
Senior Major Gifts Officer
Jessie Carlson
Associate Digital Writer and Editor
Justine Leininger
Grant Writer and Researcher
Karen Cheung
Director of Marketing
Kim Kaplan
Coordinator Constituent Services
Liana Epstein
Gift Officer Associate
Mackenzie Parker
Assistant Director Major Gifts, Grants
Natasha LaRose
(Chippewa Cree/Lakota/Dakota)
Major Gifts Officer
Seth Bass
Marketing and Data Analytics Manager
Ted Downum
Grant Writer and Researcher
Student Success Services
Tiffany Gusbeth
(Northern Cheyenne)
Vice President, Student Success Services
Adrianna Tso
(Diné (Navajo)/Chiricahua Apache)
Coach
Ben Molzhon
Program Administrator, Engagement and Communications
Daniel Sauve
(St. Regis Mohawk)
Senior Scholarship Coordinator
Delphina Thomas
(Navajo)
Program Officer TCU Student Success
Erin Redshirt
(Sicangu/Oglala Lakota)
Program Assistant, College Access and Success
Jena Gray
(Sicangu Lakota)
College Readiness Associate
Jack Soto
(Diné/Cocopah)
Senior Program Manager for Career Readiness and Employment
Jonathan Breaker
(Siksika Nation of Blackfoot Confederacy and Plains Cree)
Program Officer, TCU Programs
Juan Ruiz
Scholarships Manager
Julio Barron
College Success Coach
Kaylyn Flowers
Administrative Assistant, Scholarships
Kelley Mitchell
(Diné)
Program Officer, College Access and Success
Krystyna Cisneros
Administrative Assistant
Lisa Silverstein, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer, TCU Capacity for Student Success
Loyola Rankin
(Navajo Nation, Diné)
Coach
Nicolette Weston
(Oglala Sioux Tribe)
Program Administrator, Transfers and Admissions
Sandy Packo
(Iñupiaq)
College Readiness Program Administrator
Verónica R. Hirsch, MA/PSM
(Chiricahua Apache)
Career Readiness and Employment
Program Administrator, Student Programs
