Employees
Meet The American Indian College Fund Team
President’s Team
Cheryl Crazy Bull
(Sicangu Lakota)
President and Chief Executive Officer
Carrie Basgall
Board of Trustees Liaison and Senior Manager – President’s Office
Aderet Averick
Assistant to the President’s Office – Events and Administration
Dave PaceIIa
Web Admin
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
Kevin Maier
Accounting Technician
Kody Murphy
(Standing Rock Sioux Tribe)
HR Associate
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
Andrea McCauley
(Crow Creek Sioux)
Program Officer, Environmental Stewardship
Bridget Skenadore
(Diné)
Program Officer, Native Arts and Culture
Cassandra Harden
(Diné)
Program Administrator, TCU Programs
Hannah Gonzales
Program Administrator, TCU Programs
Research, Evaluation, and Faculty Development
David Sanders, Ph.D.
(Oglala Lakota)
Vice President, Research, Evaluation and Faculty Development
Crystal LoudHawk-Hedgepeth, MSCS, MEd
(Diné)
Senior Program Officer, Research
Heidi Normandin
Program Officer, Faculty Development
Jackie Gardner, MPH
Research and Evaluation Associate
Kayla Alkire Stewart, EdD
(Standing Rock Sioux Tribe)
Research and Evaluation Associate
Rebecca Garvoille, Ph.D.
Director Organizational Learning
Taylor Lucero
(Pueblo of Laguna)
Post Baccalaureate Fellow
Student Success Services
Tiffany Gusbeth
(Northern Cheyenne)
Vice President, Student Success Services
Adrianna Tso
(Diné (Navajo)/Chiricahua Apache)
Coach
Annamarie Stevens
Program Administrator, Career Readiness and Employment
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 Cesar Barron Jr., M.S.
College Success Coach
Kelley Mitchell
(Diné)
Program Officer, College Access and Success
Lisa Silverstein, Ph.D.
Senior Program Officer, TCU Capacity for Student Success
Loyola Rankin
(Navajo Nation, Diné)
Coach
Mariah Plummer, CHES
(Navajo Nation, Diné)
Student Engagement & Communications Coordinator
Nicolette Weston
(Oglala Sioux Tribe)
Program Administrator, Transfers and Admissions
Philip Hayes
Administrative Assistant, Student Success Services
Roanna Shebala
(Navajo Nation)
Program Administrator, College Readiness
Taylor Keplin
(Three Affiliated Tribes)
Programs Coordinator, TCU Student Success
Taylor Lynn
Student Engagement and Communications Coordinator
Verónica R. Hirsch, MA/PSM
(Chiricahua Apache)
Program Officer, Career Readiness and Employment TCU Student Programs
Resource Development
NancyJo Houk
Chief Marketing and Development Officer
Dana Bunker
Assistant to CMDO and Events Coordinator
Aaron Smith
Director of Major Gifts, Strategic Partnerships, and Grants Operations
Ava Kalhoefer
Associate Digital Designer
Aly Thomas
Senior Coordinator, Constituent Services
Amy Hartenstine
Major Gifts Officer
Crystal Yepez
Major Gifts Officer
Dan Khouri
Major Gifts Officer
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
Assistant Director Major Gifts Portfolio Management
Jessie Carlson
Associate Digital Writer and Editor
Justine Leininger
Grant Writer and Researcher
Karen Cheung
Director of Marketing
Karen Lasky
Data Management Coordinator
Kim Kaplan
Coordinator Constituent Services
Leeanna Tomah
(Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Muscogee Nation, and Comanche Nation)
Grants Writer Researcher
Maya Leibold
Development Coordinator, Major Gifts and Planned Giving
Natasha LaRose
(Chippewa Cree/Lakota/Dakota)
Major Gifts Officer
Shawn Bitsui
Navajo (Dine)
Community Outreach Manager
Ted Downum
Grants Manager
