Our Team

Changing Currents Staff

  • Direlle R. Calica, J.D.

    Changing Currents, Executive Director and Co-Founder
    Confederated Tribes Of Warm Springs
    Email: direllecalica@kanimllc.com

  • Shirod Younker

    Youth Summit and Education Program, Director
    Coquille Indian Tribe
    Email: syounker@kanimllc.com

  • Kale’a Calica-Younker

    Development and Projects Coordinator
    Coquille/Warm Springs/Yakama
    Email: kaleacy@kanimllc.com

  • Isa Ramos

    Social Media and Content Coordinator
    Mexican-American
    Email: isarfamaya@kanimllc.com

  • Taylor Gates

    Project Intern

    University of Oregon, Portland Internship Experience

Our Board of Directors

Jaytuck Steinruck

Tolowa Dee-Ni’ Nation

Dove Dexter

Nimiipuu

Nez Perce Tribe

Reuben Martinez

Makah Tribe

Ene Helm

Confederated Tribes of Coos, Lower Umpqua & Siuslaw

Serina Fast Horse

Sicangu Lakota and Amskapi Piikuni

Rosebud Sioux Tribe and Blackfeet Tribe

Advisory Committee

Clarita Lefthand Begay, Navajo

Micah McCarty, Makah

Joel Moffett, Nez Perce

Laura VerMeulen, Tlingit and Haida

Ene Helm, CTCLUSI

Tracy Kennedy, Burns Paiute

Stone Hudson, Three Affiliated Tribes

Tana Atchley Culbertson, Klamath Tribes

Cheyenne Holliday, Verde

Roy Iwai, Follow the Water

Alai Reyes Santos, Ph.D., University of Oregon

Kathryn β€œKat” Brigham, CTUIR

Belinda Brown, Kosealekte Band, Pit River Tribe

Anna Liza Victory, Cherokee

Tyson Hawk Oreiro, Lummi

Kylie Avery, Washington Department of Commerce

Patrick Freeland, ATNI Community Resilience

Gabe Sheoships, CTUIR

Barton Robison, Willamette Partnership

Rose Ponton, Verde

Michelle Smith, Coalition of Oregon Land Trusts

Annie Rohlf, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality

Brian Krehbiel, Grand Ronde