Our Team
Meet Our Team
We have a rich history but more importantly, we have a bright future. Today, the need for Indigenous journalism is clearer than ever. We are hard at work setting the stage for the next generation of Indigenous storytellers and engineers to amplify their voices into the future. Meet the diverse team behind IndiJ Public Media.
Amelia Schafer
Wampanoag/Montauk-Brothertown Indian Nation
Reporter
Dalton Walker
Red Lake Anishinaabe
Managing Editor
Dianna Hunt
Cherokee Nation
Senior Editor
Felix Clary
Chickasaw Nation
Indigenous Affairs Reporter
Joaqlin Estus
Tlingit
Tlingit National Correspondent (Anchorage)
Jourdan Bennett-Begaye
Diné
Executive Editor
Kalle Benallie
Navajo Nation
Reporter-Producer
Kevin Abourezk
Rosebud Sioux
Deputy Managing Editor
Kolby KickingWoman
Blackfeet/Gros Ventre
Mountain Bureau Chief
Luna Reyna
Montana Little Shell Chippewa
Pacific Northwest Bureau Chief
Mark Trahant
Shoshone-Bannock
Editor
Mary Annette Pember
Red Cliff Band of Ojibwe
National Correspondent (Cincinnati)
Nika Bartoo-Smith
Osage/Oneida Nation
Underscore + ICT Beat Reporter
Pauly Denetclaw
Diné
Political Correspondent (Washington, DC)
Renata Birkenbuel
Montana Little Shell
Education Correspondent
Aliyah Chavez
Kewa Pueblo
Managing Editor, Anchor, ICT Newscast
Daniel Hererra
Technical Director/ Video Editor
Ebonye Delaney
Executive Producer, Broadcasting
McKenzie Allen-Charmley
Dena’ina Athabaskan
Producer, ICT Newscast
Paris Wise
Zia/Laguna Pueblo
Producer, ICT Newscast
Pacey Smith-Garcia
Weminuche Band of Ute
Production Assistant, ICT Newscast
Quindrea Yazzie
Navajo Nation
Newscast Editor, ICT Newscast
Shirley Sneve
Ponca/Sicangu Lakota
Senior Producer
Stewart Huntington
Producer, ICT Newscast
Bree Yeung
Human Resource Specialist
Courtney Habrock
Account Executive
Emily Matis
Grants Manager
Haley Martinez
Assistant Development Director
Heather Donovan
Senior Director of Revenue
Jacki Foster
Chickasaw Nation
Executive Assistant
Janee’ Doxtator-Andrews
Oneida Nation
Audience Development Director
Karen Lincoln Michel
Ho-Chunk
CEO
Laura Fuentes
Finance Director
Nick Roberts
Development Director
Riley Mowatt
Comanche Nation of Oklahoma
Tribal Program Manager
Sasha Keenan
Marketing Manager
Sky Vasquez
Bishop Paiute
COO
Sydnie Turner
Executive Assistant
