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