RSVP
RSVP for September 2025 WRP TEC Call
Meeting date: September 26, 2025This form is used for non-WRP members to RSVP for this meeting. If you aren't a WRP member but would like to join, visit our registration page to request an account. If you're already a member, either you should have already received an invitation in your email for this meeting, or you can reach out using our contact page to request an invitation.
Invitation Text
You are cordially invited to participate in the WRP Tribal Engagement Committee call on Friday, September 26th . This call will begin at 10:00 am Pacific and conclude no later than 11:30 am Pacific. The agenda for this call:
- Welcome and Introductions
- Featured Presentations:
- How the Department of Energy Office of Indian Energy Supports Tribes on their Energy Journey by David F. Conrad, Acting Director/Deputy Director, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
- Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma’s Emerging Aviation Program: Overview and History by James L Grimsley / Executive Director - Advanced Technology Initiatives, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
- Next Steps and Actions
- Around the Phone Updates
Please email me (amyduffy@westernregionalpartnership.org) if you have any agenda items that you would like to share/update. Those who provide a RSVP will be sent additional information prior to this call.
Thank you!
Amy Duffy, WRP Coordinator
Office: 623.572.6656 * Cell: 623.451.0530 * Web: wrpinfo.org
Meeting Attendees
The following people have indicated that they will be attending the meeting. Please note that this attendee list is not final and will be updated as RSVPs are received.
| First Name | Last Name | Title | Organization |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jeanne | Godaire | Senior Scientist | USGS |
| Manuel | Sanchez | Tribal Transportation Program Coordinator | FHWA Office of Tribal Transportation |
| Adam | Ringia | Executive Director | SWTFC |
| Kerri | Denhalter | Water Resources Specialist | Bureau of Reclamation |
| Rodney | Lockett | Director | DHS HQ Tribal Affairs |
| Russell | Taylor-Grimes | Regional Program Officer & Tribal Liaison | USGS |
| Katrina | Pielli | Strategic Initiatives Lead | US DOE Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs |
| John | Coffey | Executive Director, UXS | Cherokee Nation supporting NOAA |
| Kagat | McQuillen | American Indian Liaison | Natural Resources Conservation Service |
| Robyn | Waco | Risk Manager | Quechan Casino Resort |
| Scott | Wiggins | CISA RTTI Branch Chief | DHS |
| Michelle | Bell | Administrative Coordinator | Western Regional Partnership / Texas A&M AgriLife Research |
| Anya | Kitterman | Archaeologist | Hill AFB |
| Michael | Chacon | Tribal Environmental Justice Specialist | New Mexico Indian Affairs Department |
| Victoria | Harvey | Archaeologist/Cultural Resources Manager | USAF-Edwards AFB |
| David | Barsanti | GIS/IT Applications Developer II | NM State Land Office |
| Marc | Kodack | ||
| Mervin | Wright | Nevada Restoration Tribal Liaison | The Nature Conservancy |
| Amy | Duffy | Coordinator | Western Regional Partnership (WRP) |
| David | Edick Jr | President | San Diego World Affairs Council |
| Shane | Helms | Planning Director | Cahuilla Band of Indians |
| Crystal | Tulley-Cordova | Dr. | Navajo Nation Department of Water Resources |
| Cynthia | Naha | Sr. Tribal Community Resilience Liaison | American Indian Higher Education Consortium/SW Climate Science Adaptation Center |
| Barbara | Long | Cultural Resources Program Manager | Davis-Monthan AFB |
| Virginia | Salazar-Halfmoon | Director Intergovernmental | Santa Clara Pueblo |
| Rebekah | Tuma | Mrs. | BB&E in Support of AFCEC/CPZW |
| Megan | DeLaRosa | Executive Director | KPC |
| Troy | Hill | Regional Science Liaison | USEPA Region 8 |
| Bill | Lamb | Quadstate | |
| David | Ellsworth | Morongo Band of Mission Indians | |
| Simone | Jones | DOI | |
| Vicente | Godfrey | Yuhaaviatam of San Manuel Nation | |
| Mariko | Falke | Department of Water Resources | |
| Will | Micklin | Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians | |
| Jedi | from Torres Martinez | TMDCI | |
| Don | Sneed | ADOT | |
| Kate | Ritzel | USGS | |
| Kristine | Reed | USBR | |
| Keisha | Tatem | USDA NRCS | |
| Phillip | King | Energy Conservation and Managment / EMNRD | |
| Darren | Talayumptewa | ||
| Aubrey | Farrell | OSD Cultural resources | |
| Alan | Dorward | Yavapai Prescott Indian Tribe | |
| Anne | Justice-Allen | Arizona Game and Fish Dept | |
| Nathan | Nash | San Carlos Apache Tribe | |
| Briana | Edmo | First Nations Development Institute | |
| Terri | Bissonette | National Wildlife Federation | |
| Denise | Cuevas | Santa Rosa Rancheria Tachi Yokut Tribe EPA Dept | |
| Karen | Cogswell | USFWS | |
| Eric | Verwys | Natural Resources Department TON | |
| Eldon | Brown | USFWs | |
| Verna | Thompson | Hopi Tribe | |
| Elizabeth | Brock | Indian Resource Development | |
| Wyatt | Wilson | Montezuma Land Conservancy and Trees, Water & People | |
| Jenifer | Lewis | State of Colorado/Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs | |
| Meaghan | Aylward | Colorado Commission of Indian Affairs | |
| Josett | Monette | New Mexico Indian Affairs Department | |
| Richelle | Montoya | Navajo Nation | |
| Josefina | Frank | Bear river band of the rohnerville rancheria | |
| Jason | Ramos | Blue Lake Rancheria Tribe of California | |
| Ashley | Jones | Campo Band of Mission Indians | |
| Julius | Murray | Ute Tribe | |
| Jessie | Jones | Shoshone-Paiute Tribes | |
| Jeremiah | Dean | Governor's Office of Resiliency | |
| Pat | Mata | Tribal Member | YTT |
| Pat | Mata | Tribal Member | YTT Northern Chumash |
| Christabelle | Mull | San Carlos Apache Tribe | |
| Kagat | McQuillen | NRCS | |
| Abigail | Cruz | ||
| Shane | Helms | Cahuilla Band of Indians | |
| Leroy | Shingoitewa l | Hopi Tribe | |
| Felicity | Selvoski | FEMA | |
| Nathan | Nash | San Carlos Apache Tribe |