Instructors / Mentors

Dr. Alan Lechusza (Cahuilla/ Maidu)
Professor, Scholar in Residence

Dr. Eric M. Riggs, 
IESP Director and Co-founder, 
Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Purdue University

Geneva Lofton-Fitzsimmons (Luiseño/La Jolla)
(IHC CANARCH Advisor)
Assistant Director American Indian Outreach
UCSD-EAOP/IHC's NARCH

Jodene Platero (Navajo)
PhD. Candidate Alliant International University's
Marriage and Family Doctoral Program

Jerome Gross
Hypnotherapy / Yoga / Effulgence™

Gelsamina “Shiva” Merritt
Integrated Wellness Program Instructor

Dr. Sandra Daley
Dean, UCSD School of Medicine

Jack Laird
Project Coordinator, Domestic Violence
and Sexual Assault at IHC

Martina Portillo
Public Health Nurse,
Director of Community Medicine at IHC

John Merlie Cassell
Substance Abuse Counselor at IHC

Dr. Dan Calac
Medical Director at IHC
Indian Health Council, Inc. Clinic

Dr. Laura Williams, MD, MPH
Native American Physician and Researcher

Environmental Education and Culture

Chuckee Carpenter (Hoopa)
Hoopa Outback and Rafting Leader/Cultural Educator

Don McCovey (Hoopa)
Natural Resources/Wildlife Education

Jim McQuillen (Yurok)
Coordinator, Yurok Department of Education

Adia Gibbens (Yurok)
Coordinator, Yurok Department of Education

UC Admissions, College Prep Workshops,
Financial Aid

Bridget Wilson, Hopi (Acoma Pueblo)
Native American Outreach Coordinator,
Office of Undergraduate Admission at UC Berkeley

 
Tribal Sovereignty

Richard Trudell
American Indian Resources Institute
Ph: 510-834-9333
dicktrudell@hotmail.com

Devon Reed-Lemaysva (Diegueno/Kumeyaay)
Attorney at Law, Tribal Attorney
Santa Ysabel Band of Diegueno Indians

Brandie Talyor (Diegeno/Kumeyaay)
Vice Chairwoman,
Santa Ysabel Band of Diegeno Indians

Steve Banegas (Barona / Kumeyaay)
Barona Band of Mission Indians
Cultural Repatriation Committee