Staff

Full-Time Staff

Executive Director
Tracy L. Canard Goodluck (she/her) is a proud member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and is also Mvskoke Creek.…
Managing Director
María Samaniego (she/her) is a nonprofit leader who has dedicated the last 18 years to improving access to opportunities in…
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…
Senior Program Manager
Katy Stewart (she/her) joined the Center for Native American Youth in July 2023 after five years with the Aspen New…
Communications Manager
Jamie Levitt (she/her) brings nearly a decade of strategic communications experience to CNAY, having sat in various roles across public…
Senior Program Associate
Tahnee Poafpybitty (she/her) is an enrolled member of the Comanche Nation of Oklahoma, descending from Chief Little Raven, a Sandcreek…
Program Associate
Samantha Hintz (she/her) is an enrolled member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians, born and raised in…
Program Coordinator
Neely Bardwell (she/they) is Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa Indians with her family – the Kenoshmegs – being one…
Communications Coordinator
Alyssa Mosley (she/her) comes from the Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation of Bridgeton, New Jersey. She is a passionate advocate for…

Interns

Dartmouth Tribal Services and Solutions Project Fellow
Rhett Williams is from Bourg, Louisiana and is an enrolled member of the United Houma Nation in the Gulf Coast…