NPAIHB Staff Directory

Board Contact Information

527 SW Hall Street
Suite 300
Portland, OR 97201
Phone
Fax

Management & Administrative Staff

Joe Finkbonner - Executive Director, Lummi
Verné Boerner - Administrative Officer, Inupiaq
Elaine Dado - Executive Admin. Asst. , Rosebud Sioux
Bobbie Treat - Controller, Haida
Debi Creech - Accounts Payable Specialist
Michael Feroglia - Business Manager, Cheyenne River Sioux
Kristyn Bigback - Office Manager

Program Operations Staff

Jim Roberts- Policy Analyst, Hopi; Sioux
Sonciray Bonnell - Health Resources Coordinator, Sandia & Isleta Pueblo; Salinan
James Fry - Director of Information Services, Colville
Chris Sanford- Network Administrator
Lisa Griggs - Program Operations Administrative Assistant, Blackfeet
Chandra Wilson - Human Resources Coordinator, Klamath/Modoc

Western Tobacco Prevention Project (WTPP)

Project Contact-
Terresa White - WTPP Coordinator, Yup’ik Eskimo

National Tribal Tobacco Prevention Network

Gerry Rainingbird - Project Director, Cree
Casandra Frutos - Project Assistant, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs

Northwest Tribal Cancer Control Project (NTCCP)

Project Contact-
Tom Becker - 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

Women’s Health Promotion Program

Project Contact-
Kerri Lopez - Director, Tolowa
Tom Becker - Consulting Epidemiologist

Northwest Tribal Epidemiology Center Staff & EpiCenter Projects

Project Contact-
Victoria Warren-Mears - EpiCenter Director
Thomas M. Weiser - Medical Epidemiologist, MD, MPH
Katrina Ramsey - Project Specialist
Ticey Casey - Project Coordinator, Siletz
Michelle Edwards - Development Specialist
Tom Becker - Medical Epidemiologist
Nicole Smith - Biostatistician
Vanessa Short Bull - Outreach and Training Coordinator, Ogalala Sioux

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

Data into Action 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 - NARCH Principal Investigator
Luella Azule - NARCH Coordinator, Yakama; Umatilla
Jodi Lapidus - Consultant

Methamphetamine Data Project

Dr. Linda Frizzell PhD - Project Director, Eastern Cherokee/Lakota

Improving Health Research Skills for AI/AN Sudents

Tom Becker - Co Project Investigator

Professional Development for AI/AN Faculty

Tom Becker - 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
Amanda Wright - PTOTS Project Assistant

Northwest Tribal Dental Support Center (NTDSC)

Bonnie Bruerd - Prevention Coordinator, Contractor
Jeffrey Hagen - Clinical Coordinator, Contractor
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

Mathew 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
Monika McGuire - Project Assistant, Confederated Tribes of Umatilla