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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)

Anthony Tamez-Pochel

National Program and Digital Associate
Saulteaux | Sicangu Lakota | Black
(He/Him)

April Fournier

National Program Manager
Navajo
(She/Her)

Em Harring

Development Associate
Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
(She/They)
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)

Pam Bradshaw

Director of Advancement
(They/Them)

Fellows

Rep. Dr. Ponka-We Victors-Cozad

Distinguished Fellow
Tohono O’odham | Ponca
(She/Her)
Christina Haswood, LEAD2030 Fellow

Rep. Christina Haswood

LEAD2030 Fellow
Diné
(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)

Advisors

Holly Cook Macarro

Political Consultant & Strategic Advisor
Red Lake Band of Ojibwe
(She/Her)

Jessica Byrd

Founder, Three Point Strategies
(She/Her)

Laurie Weahkee

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

Marci McLean

Indigenous Program Director, Leadership Montana
Amskapi Piikani
(She/Her)