Board of Directors

Rhonda LeValdo, President
Faculty, Media Communications
Haskell Indian Nations University
rhondalevaldo@gmail.com
  Mary Hudetz, Vice President
West Desk Editor, Associated Press

Tetona Dunlap, Board Member  

Features Writer, Twin Falls (Idaho) Times News

Dunlap.Tetona@gmail.com

  Tristan Ahtone, Treasurer
Host/Reporter, Wyoming Public Radio
tahtone@gmail.com

Nancy Kelsey, Board Member
Online Communications Coordinator, Cleveland Foodbank nancy.kelsey@gmail.com

Christina Good Voice, Board Member

Manager, Mvskoke Media, Muscogee (Creek) Nation

cgoodvoice@mcn-nsn.gov

Jason Begay, Board Members

Journalism Instructor, University of Montana

 

 

 

Jolene Schonchin, Board Member

Director, Comanche Nation Public Information Office 

Editor, Comanche Nation News       jolenes@comanchenation.com

Mark Dreadfulwater, Board Member                      

Media Specialist at the Cherokee Phoenix

 

 

UNITY: Journalists for Diversity

UNITY: Journalists for Diversity, Inc. pushes for fair and accurate news coverage — especially in regards to race, ethnicity, gender identity and sexual orientation. It represents a strategic alliance of professional journalism organizations that includes NAJA, the Asian American Journalists Association, National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the National Lesbian & Gay Journalists Association.

The UNITY board president is Navajo Times Publisher and lifetime NAJA member Tom Arviso.

NAJA also will be represented on the UNITY board by three representatives who begin two-year terms in 2013, along with representatives of AAJA, NAHJ and NLGJA. The UNITY representatives appointed by the NAJA president are:

  • Tara Gatewood, Isleta Pueblo from New Mexico, co-host of Native America Calling.
  • Suzan Harjo, Muscogee, (Creek) from Oklahoma, contributing writer for Indian Country Today, president of the Morning Star Institute.
  • Margaret Holt, (Tuscarora), is the standards editor at the Chicago Tribune.

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Staff

Pamala Silas, Executive Director
pamsilas@naja.com

Rebecca Landsberry, Membership and Communications Manager

RebeccaLandsberry@naja.com