Staff and Board

Confluence has a small but dedicated staff devoted to the notion that elevating Indigenous voices in our understanding of our region will make the world a better place.

Current Staff

Mary Rose Navarro

Interim Executive Director
Welcome from Mary Rose

Heather Gurko (Central Council Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska)

Education Manager
Bio

Courtney Yilk

Program Manager
Bio

Lily Hart

Editorial and Content Manager
Bio

Woodrow Hunt (Cherokee/Klamath/Modoc)

Filmmaker, Tule Films
Bio

Louise Wilmes (Native Hawaiian/Otoe-Missouria Tribe)

Education Workshop Facilitator
Bio

Daria Martin Bigham (Yavapai-Apache & Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nations)

Education Workshop Facilitator
Bio

Dawn Mattson

Bookkeeper
Bio

Deanna Ouchida

Business Manager
Bio

Amy Roesler

Operations Assistant

Kitana Connelly (Grand Ronde)

2023 Emerging Indigenous Artist and Educator
Bio

Past Emerging Indigenous Artists

2022

Merseady Atkins (Colville/Yakama)

 

Current Board

Antone Minthorn, Chairman (CTUIR)

Former CTUIR Chair, Pendleton, OR
Bio

Karissa Lowe Vice-Chair (Cowlitz)

Community Grant Program Manager, Nature in Neighborhoods, Portland, OR

Ann Jackson, Treasurer (Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota)

Project Manager, Wenaha Group, Portland

Connie Sue Martin, Secretary

Attorney, Schwabe, Williamson, and Wyatt
Seattle, WA

Anthony Johnson (Nez Perce)

Nez Perce Tribe

Thomas Lauderdale

Pink Martini Band Leader, Portland, OR

Kimm Fox-Middleton

Oregon Zoo, Manager of Inspiration & Connection

Patricia (Patsy) Whitefoot (Yakama)

Director, Indian Education/Yakama Wellness Coalition, Toppenish, WA

Elizabeth Woody (Warm Springs/Dine)

Executive Director, Museum at Warm Springs, Warm Springs, OR

 

Sam Robinson (Chinook)

Vice-Chair Chinook Indian Nation

Ben Jacobsen

Founder, Jacobsen Salt

Carina Miller (Warm Springs)

Columbia River Gorge Comission Chair

Anthony Johnson (Nez Perce Tribe)

at the Nez Perce Tribe

All-Time Board

Chief Cliff Snider, In memoriam

Dan Cryer

David DiCesare, In memoriam

Kathleen Sayce

Michelle Peters

Royce Pollard, Ex Officio

Shirley Powell

Alisa Pyszka

Tom Moak

Glenn Nelson

Chuck Eaton

Deana Dartt

Jane Jacobsen, In memoriam