Indian Center Staff

	Clyde Tyndall ICI Executive Director ctyndall@aol.com 402-438-2531, 102 Tyndall has led the Indian Center since May 2005. Prior to lending his expertise to the Indian Center, he served as Chief of Tribal Operations at the Omaha Tribe and as Assistant Tribal Business Manager for the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska. Tyndall has been key to envisioning new avenues of interest and securing additional grant funding. He is a Vietnam Veteran and member of the Omaha Tribe.
	Bobby Robinette Housing/Finance Director 402-438-5231, 113 Robinette has been hard at work at the Center since 1996 and is Santee Sioux. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration-Accounting (1994).
	Alan McCready Community Food Programs Director purelifefire@hotmail.com 402-438-5231, 115 Proved his worth as a hard-working volunteer prior to his hiring in February 2009, he has assumed the title of Director following the untimely passing of staff member Calvin A. Pekas, Jr., in March 2011.
	Rose Fosler Accounting roser92000@yahoo.com 402-438-5231, 111 Fosler has been busy as a bee since starting at the Indian Center over 14 years ago in March 1996! She received a post-secondary certificate in business and has been in the accounting field longer than most of our clients have been alive.
	Jacinda Welsch Executive Assistant/Family Services jacinda@mail2star.com 402-438-5231, 105 Ms. Welsch started as an AmeriCorps member for the Youth Program in September 2006. She earned her B.S. in Business Administration in 2005 with a minor in Sociology and is Omaha. She is the Vice Chair of the Board of Directors at Volunteer Partners in Lincoln.
	Joe Bad Moccasin Jr. Youth Coordinator jbadmoccasinii@gmail.com 402-438-2531, 114 Many will recognize Joe as a returnee to the Youth Program. He has years of experience working with Native American youth in Lincoln, and was even a program participant himself in the late 1980s and early 1990s. He served a 1-year as term as an AmeriCorps member here in 1996-1997 and was employed with the Indian Center 1999-December 2003 before re-joining us in June 2010. He is Crow Creek (Dakota) Sioux and Choctaw.

	Kathy Harlan Receptionist kathleen.harlan@yahoo.com 402-438-5231, 107 Kathleen is a member of the Omaha Tribe helping us out by answering phones and providing direction at the front desk here at the Indian Center since the spring of 2010.
	Cuba Dabney Omaha WIA Site Director, 2421 N. 24th St., Omaha, NE 68110 cubadabneywia@aol.com Phone: 402-932-3351 Fax: 402-932-3353 Dabney began working at the Workforce Investment Act Program Omaha site in November 2008, replacing Elan Cunningham, who served for 24 years! Ms. Dabney is of the Omaha Tribe.
	Juanita "Jina" Red Nest Scottsbluff WIA Site Director, 1603 2nd Ave, Scottsbluff, NE 69361 jina_red@yahoo.com Phone: 308-632-5100 Fax: 308-632-5145 Ms. Red Nest is Lakota and Oneida (of Wisconsin) and has been with the Indian Center at the Scottsbluff office since 2004.
	Sue Bad Moccasin Community Outreach Sue is another returnee to the Indian Center, having been employed here 1990-1995 before returning this spring, 2010. A Choctaw tribal member, Ms. Bad Mocassin serves in a variety of functions including CSFP support and assisting the Indian Center Sewing Maidens.
	Jessica James-Grant Workforce Investment Act Program Director/Youth Director jessicajamesgrant@gmail.com www.marykay.com/jessicajamesgrant 402-438-5231, 109 Enrolled Pyramid Lake Paiute (NV) and raised on the Shoshone-Bannock Indian Reservation (ID), Ms. James has an A.A. in Liberal Arts and a B.A in American Indian Studies from Haskell Indian Nations University and a Master's Degree in Indigenous Nations Studies from The University of Kansas prior to her joining us at the Indian Center. She also serves as the Native American Partner on the Greater Nebraska Workforce Board and Greater Lincoln Workforce Investment Board. Ms. James also was appointed to serve as a Council member on the U.S. Department of Labor's National Native American Employment and Training Council by Secretary of Labor Hilda L. Solis in July of 2010. Furthermore, Ms. James-Grant co-hosts a Native American Radio show "The Drum" every Sunday night from 6:30pm-8:00pm on KZUM FM 89.3 in Lincoln or online at www.kzum.org.
	Mary Robertson Domestic Violence Cultural Liaison mary.robertson30@yahoo.com 402-438-5231, 119 Mary is filling a new position at the Indian Center with the Keeper of the Flame grant, a collaboration with other Lincoln community cultural centers to provide awareness, information, referral and support in a culturally-sensitive manner. Mary is a member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska with several years of experience in human services.