NPAIHB Staff Directory
Board Contact Information
2121 SW Broadway
Suite 300
Portland, OR 97201
Phone - 503-228-4185
Fax - 503-228-8182
Management & Administrative Staff
Joe Finkbonner - Executive Director, Lummi
Jacqueline Left Hand Bull - Administrative Officer, Sicangu Lakota
Elaine Dado - Executive Admin. Asst. , Rosebud Sioux
Debi Creech - Accounts Payable Specialist
Micheal Feroglia - Business Manager, Cheyenne River Sioux
Tanya Firemoon - Office Manager, Assiniboine
James Fry - Director of Information Services, Colville
Chris Sanford - Network Administrator
Chandra Wilson - Human Resources Coordinator, Klamath/Modoc
Program Operations Staff
Jim Roberts- Policy Analyst, Hopi; Sioux
Sonciray Bonnell - Health Resources Coordinator, Sandia & Isleta Pueblo; Salinan
Lisa Griggs - Program Operations Administrative Assistant, Blackfeet
Western Tobacco Prevention Project (WTPP)
Project Contact-
Terresa White - WTPP Coordinator, Yup’ik Eskimo
Northwest Tribal Cancer Control Project (NTCCP)
Project Contact-
Tom Becker MD - Principal Investigator
Kerri Lopez - Director, Tolowa
Eric Vinson - Cancer Caregiver/Project Coordinator; Cherokee
Portland Area IHS IRB
Rena Gill - Chair, Spokane Tribe
Clarice Charging - IRB Coordinator, Mandan/Hidatsa
Project Red Talon
Stephanie Craig Rushing - Project Director
Lisa Griggs - Administrative Assistant, Blackfeet
Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center Staff & EpiCenter Projects
Project Contact-
Victoria Warren-Mears - EpiCenter Director
Thomas M. Weiser MD - Medical Epidemiologist
Katrina Ramsey - Project Specialist
Ticey Casey - Project Coordinator, Siletz
Michelle Edwards - Grants Administrator
Tom Becker MD - Medical Epidemiologist
Nicole Smith - Biostatistician
Access to American Indian Recovery Project
Erik Kakuska - Project Specialist, Zuni Tribe
Tribal EpiCenter Consortium
Bridget M. Canniff - Project Director
Jaci McCormack - Project Specialist , Nez Perce Tribe
Tribal EpiCenter Evaluation Project
Bridget M. Canniff - Project Director
Birdie Wermy - Project Specialist, Southern Cheyenne, Pawnee and Kiowa
NW Native American Research Center for Health (NW NARCH)
Tom Becker MD - NARCH Principal Investigator
Jodi Lapidus PhD - Consultant
Methamphetamine Data Project
Linda Frizzell PhD - Project Director, Eastern Cherokee/Lakota
Improving Health Research Skills for AI/AN Sudents
Tom Becker MD - Co Project Investigator
Professional Development for AI/AN Faculty
Tom Becker MD - Project Investigator
Indian Community Health Profile Project (ICHP)
Tam Lutz - ICHP Director, Lummi
Toddler Obesity & Tooth Decay Prevention Project (TOTS)
Njeri Karanja - TOTS Project Investigator
Cheryl Ritenbaugh - TOTS Co Project Investigator
Gerardo Maupome - TOTS Co Project Investigator
Mikel Aikin - TOTS Co Project Investigator
Tam Lutz - TOTS Director, Junior Project Investigator, Lummi
Kristyn Bigback Project Assistant, Northern Cheyenne
Northwest Tribal Dental Support Center (NTDSC)
Bonnie Bruerd - Prevention Coordinator, Contractor
Bruce Johnson -
Kathy Phipps - Epidemiology Coordinator, Contractor
Ticey Casey - Project Coordinator, Siletz Tribe
Northwest Tribal Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Project (NTFAS)
Carolyn Hartness - Project Specialist, Contractor
Suzie Kuerschner - Project Specialist, Contractor
Northwest Tribal Registry Project (NTRP)
Megan Hoopes - Project Director,
Northwest Tribal Cancer Navigator Project
Matthew Town - Project Director, Choctaw
Jenine Dankovchik - Project Specialist
Christine Merenda - Nurse Navigator, Yakama Indian Health Center
Ellen Doublerunner - Community Navigator, Yakama Indian Health Center
Frank Munoz - Community Navigator, Puyallup Tribal Health Authority
Western Tribal Diabetes Project (WTDP)
Kerri Lopez - WTDP Director, Tolowa
Don Head - WTDP NW Project Specialist, Gwich’in, Blackfeet, Gros Ventre
Katrina Ramsey - Project Specialist
Casandra Frutos - Project Asst.
Methamphetamine and Suicide Prevention Initiative
Stephanie Craig Rushing - Project Director
Colbie Van Eynde - Project Coordinator
Lisa Griggs - Project Assistant, Blackfeet
Native CARS (Children Always Ride Safe)
Jodi Lapidus PhD - Principal Investigator
Tam Lutz - Project Director, Lummi
Nicole Smith - Biostatistician
Kristyn Bigback - Project Assistant, Northern Cheyenne
