FNDI Staff

First Nations Development Institute Staff
Our 21 member staff at First Nations Development Institute is committed to strengthening Native American economies. We believe that when armed with the appropriate resources, Native peoples hold the capacity and ingenuity to ensure the sustainable, economic, spiritual and cultural well-being of their communities.

Executive Staff

Michael E. Roberts President (Tlingit)	Sarah EchoHawk Executive Vice President (Pawnee)

Research, Policy and Asset-Building Programs

Sarah Dewees Senior Director of Research Policy & Asset-Building Programs	Catherine Bryan Senior Program Officer (Navajo)	Raymond Foxworth Senior Program Officer (Navajo)


Ruben Hernandez Program Officer (Rosebud Sioux)	Sarah Hernandez Program Coordinator (Rosebud Sioux)	Benjamin Marks Research and Program Officer

Institutional Capacity Building

Marsha Whiting Senior Program Officer (Chippewa Cree)	Bridget Skenadore Program Coordinator (Navajo)	Jackie Francke Senior Program Officer (Navajo)	Montoya Whiteman Senior Program Officer (Cheyenne-Arapaho)	Lisa Yellow Eagle Program Officer (Navajo/Lakota)

Development and Finance

Alice Botkin Development Officer	Debbie Derryberry Senior Administrative Assistant to Development & Communications	Helen Knoll Finance Officer	Pat Stark Finance Assistant	Melanie Archuleta Administrative Assistant (Kaibab Paiute)

Communications

Randy Blauvelt Senior Communications Officer	Andrea Wieland Communications Specialist	Alaina Archuleta-Dean Communications Coordinator /Executive Assistant (Kaibab Paiute)