Our Staff

Dedicated to Serving Native Communities

Executive

Chrystel Cornelius

CEO and President

(Ojibwe, Oneida)

Florence Ludka

Chief Financial Officer
Executive Vice President of Finance and Lending

(Ojibwe)

Fern Orie

Chief Programs Officer
Executive Vice President of Advocacy & Strategic Partnerships

(Oneida)

Programs

Lanalle Smith

Senior Programs Officer, Capacity Building

(Dine’)

Stephanie Cote

Senior Programs Officer, Financial Education & Asset Building

(Anishinaabe)

Sayre Savage

Programs Officer

Lending

Jamie Olson

Director of Lending

(Nez Perce)

Alexandra Shaughnessy

Lead Lending and Investment Officer

Mikeala Purvis

Investment Officer
(Anishinaabe)

Finance

Daniel Lee Sharp

Director of Finance

Debbie Powers

Accountant

Michelle Carlson

Finance Assistant

Administrative

Development

Vincent J. Grant

Executive Assistant

(Ojibwe)

Mary Deiter

Development and Capitalization Officer
(Peepeekisis Cree Nation)

Communications

Information Technology

Sandy Thompson

Communications Director

Isaiah Cornelius

IT Specialist

(Ojibwe)