Luella Brien is the founder of Four Points Media, where she shares the triumphs and tragedies of her people. She also believes strongly in serving her community. She has worked as a media consultant, a communication arts instructor at…
Graham Lee Brewer (Cherokee Nation) is a Nieman Fellow at Harvard and a former president of the Indigenous Journalists Association. He previously covered Indian Country for the Associated Press, NBC News, and High Country News. An award-winning journalist, his…
Mary Hudetz – Director of Education and Training
Mary Hudetz (Apsaalooke/Crow) is IJA’s director of education and training. She brings nearly two decades of journalism experience to this role as an investigative reporter for ProPublica and The Seattle Times, an editor and reporter for the Associated Press…
Jes Abeita – Program Manager
Jes Abeita is an Indigenous journalist (enrolled Isleta Pueblo, Laguna Pueblo descendant) who started her career in Native media, communications and audience development over two decades ago. She currently serves as Program Manager at the Indigenous Journalists Association, where…
Melissa Greene-Blye
Melissa Greene-Blye (Miami Tribe of Oklahoma) worked as an anchor and reporter for 20 years in the news business, covering local news in television markets big and small. She enjoys using her knowledge and experience to educate the newest…
Bryan Pollard
Bryan is the senior manager for philanthropic development at The Associated Press where he manages the company’s growing grant portfolio. Bryan is a citizen of the Cherokee Nation and the former executive editor of the Cherokee Phoenix, the first Native…
Eden Fineday
Eden Fineday is a nêhiyaw iskwêw (Cree woman) from Sweetgrass First Nation in Treaty 6 territory, near North Battleford, Saskatchewan. She is the publisher of IndigiNews and co-founder of tâpwêwin media, an Indigenous media nonprofit rooted in the Cree…
Shirley LaCourse Jaramillo – Fund Development Director
Shirley has worked for Native-led organizations for 25 years in various capacities, including organizational leadership, development and program development, management, evaluation and oversight. She is a citizen of the Oglala Lakota Nation, and is a descendant of the Oneida,…
Sheena Roetman-Wynn – Director of Membership
Sheena Roetman-Wynn, Lakota/Muscogee, is the Director of Membership for the Indigenous Journalists Association. Previously, Roetman-Wynn spent six years as director of membership and programs at the Atlanta Press Club, where she also ran APC’s annual internship program and assisted…
Francine Compton – Associate Director
Francine Compton joins IJA from the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, where she served as a producer for CBC Indigenous in Winnipeg. Before CBC, Compton served as executive producer for the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, APTN National News for eastern Canada…