Staff

Full-Time Staff

Tracy L. Canard Goodluck

Executive Director
Tracy L. Canard Goodluck (she/her) is a proud member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and is also Mvskoke Creek.…
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María Samaniego

Managing Director
María Samaniego (she/her) is a nonprofit leader who has dedicated the last 18 years to improving access to opportunities in…
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Christina Kracher

Director, Policy & Strategic Initiatives
Christina Kracher (she/her) is a proud member of the Little Shell Chippewa Tribe of Montana. She brings nearly 15 years…
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Katy Stewart, MPH

Senior Program Manager
Katy Stewart (she/her) joined the Center for Native American Youth in July 2023 after five years with the Aspen New…
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Jamie Levitt

Communications Manager
Jamie Levitt (she/her) brings nearly a decade of strategic communications experience to CNAY, having sat in various roles across public…
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Tahnee Poafpybitty

Senior Program Associate
Tahnee Poafpybitty (she/her) is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, descending from Chief Little Raven, a Sandcreek…
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Samantha Hintz

Program Associate
Samantha Hintz (she/her) is an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, born and raised in…
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Neely Bardwell

Program Coordinator
Neely Bardwell (she/they) is Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians with her family – the Kenoshmegs – being one…
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Consultants

O’Mastewin Foster

Child Welfare Consultant, 2024 Building Communities of Hope Fellow, YAB Member at Large
O’mastewin (O’ma) Foster (she/they) – “First Day of Light Woman” – is of the Blackfeet Nation, Assiniboine and Dakota Peoples…
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Alyssa Mosley

Storytelling Consultant
Alyssa Mosley (she/her) is a citizen of the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation and a passionate advocate for Indigenous representation, cultural…
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Ian Teller

Training Facilitator, 2024 Champion for Change, 2024 Democracy is Indigenous Organizer, YAB Member at Large
Ian Teller is Diné (Navajo) and from Tsaile, Arizona, a beautiful community on the Navajo Nation. He is a 2024…
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Roxy Sprowl

Child Welfare Consultant, 2024 Building Communities of Hope Fellow
Roxy Sprowl (she/they) – Bezhigonoodinkwe, or First Wind Woman – is a former-foster youth turned consultant and nationally recognized public…
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