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Our Team

Advance Native Political Leadership is an Indigenous woman-led organization working to expand equity and representation of Native people in U.S. politics.

Staff

Anathea Chino, Co-Founder & Executive Director

Anathea Chino

Co-Founder and Executive Director
Acoma Pueblo
(She/Her)

Em Harring

Development Manager
Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
(They/She)
Farah Dabbagh

Farah Dabbagh

National Training Manager
(She/Her)

Jes Cruz

Director of Special Projects
(She/Her)
Jordan James Harvill is on a shore near the ocean. He is in his 30s, and has shoulder-length brown wavy hair and is wearing a green hood, a gray sweater, and blue jeans.

Jordan James Harvill

National Program Director
Cherokee, Choctaw
(He/Him)

Megan Feeney

Research and Data Manager
(She/Her)

Pam Bradshaw

Director of Advancement
(They/Them)

Fellows

Elise Blasingame

Scholar-in-Residence
Osage/𐓏𐒰𐓓𐒰𐓓𐒷
(She/Her)

Co-Founders

Anathea Chino, Co-Founder & Executive Director

Anathea Chino

Co-Founder and Executive Director
Acoma Pueblo
(She/Her)

Chrissie Castro

Consultant
Diné and Chicana
(She/Her)

Kevin Killer

President, Oglala Sioux Tribe
Oglala Lakota
(He/Him)

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan

Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
White Earth Band of Ojibwe
(She/Her)

Advisory Board

Chrissie Castro

Consultant
Diné and Chicana
(She/Her)

Jessica Byrd

Founder, Three Point Strategies
(She/Her)

Laurie Weahkee

Consultant
Diné, Cochiti and Zuni Pueblo
(She/Her)

Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan

Lieutenant Governor of Minnesota
White Earth Band of Ojibwe
(She/Her)