Current Staff

Colin Fogarty

Executive Director
Bio

Heather Gurko (Tlingit Nation)

Education Manager
Bio

Courtney Yilk

Program Manager
Bio

Lily Hart

Editorial and Content Manager
Bio

Merseady Atkins (Colville/Yakama)

Confluence Emerging Artist 2022-2023

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

Rose M. George  (Confederated Tribes and Bands of Yakama Nation)

Field Trip Consultant
Bio

Dawn Mattson

Bookkeeper
Bio

Deanna Ouchida

Business Manager
Bio

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

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