Staff Directory
Contact Information
Center for Native Education
2326 Sixth Avenue
Seattle, WA 98121
(206) 268-4137
info@centerfornativeed.org
Linda Campbell and Mike Tulee provide leadership at the CNE.
Photo credit: Nicole Adams
Maria Tenorio presents research and evaluation techniques at orientation.
Photo credit: Nicole Adams
Marina Benally (Nuuchahnulth)
curriculum specialist
Marina Benally, Nuuchahnulth, is the Center's curriculum specialist. She is also a teacher at Tulalip Heritage Early College, located on the Tulalip reservation. At Heritage, Benally teaches social studies, Native studies, tribal law, and criminal justice. Prior to teaching at Heritage, Benally taught at American Indian Heritage School. Benally is also an attorney. She was employed by Legal Services in Vancouver, B.C. and specialized in tribal law. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Criminology from Simon Fraser University, an M.Ed. from Seattle Pacific University, and a Jurist Doctorate from the University of British Columbia.
Sarah Borgida
chief academic officer
Sarah Borgida is chief academic officer at the Center for Native Education. She serves as a site liaison to early college and New Path staff; she also co-coordinates the Center's professional development events and conferences. Borgida also serves as a literacy resource to CNE sites. Internally at the Center, she oversees personnel, finance, and grants management. Prior to working at the Center, Borgida coordinated academic enrichment projects and literacy intervention programs for K-12 schools and nonprofit organizations in Washington and Oregon. She began her career as a high school English teacher and alternative school leader. She holds a master's degree in Educational Policy and Management from the University of Oregon.
Linda Campbell (St. Regis Mohawk)
executive director
Linda Campbell, Ph.D., is executive director of the Center for Native Education. At the CNE, she establishes the vision and strategies for local and national Indian education initiatives. Campbell directs both the Early College High School, New Path, and Making College the Norm initiatives and works with funders, policymakers and researchers to document and communicate the programs" results. Previously, Campbell founded and chaired Antioch's First Peoples' Teacher Education Program, two reservation-based undergraduate and graduate degree programs, and drafted state policy to certify Native experts to teach language and culture in Washington schools. She also taught at the K-12 level, founded and directed a private school, served as a restructuring consultant for the National Education Association, and authored 12 books including Teaching and Learning Through Multiple Intelligences (3rd edition, 2003, Allyn & Bacon) and Mindful Learning (2002, Corwin Press). Her awards include teacher of the year, meritorious faculty, citizenship and community service.
Sally Chapman
postsecondary coordinator
Sally Chapman is the Center for Native Education's postsecondary specialist. She is also the president of Chapman, Checkley and Associates, a consulting firm focused on designing programs, products and services for practicing educators. Chapman is an educational consultant with over 20 years' experience in program and professional development. Formerly, she was the Executive Director of a newly formed division of School Specialty dedicated to professional development, and the Director of New Product Development for the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD). She also coordinated the ASCD's Assessment Consortium, a group of school districts, regional laboratories, and universities in the U.S. and Canada. Additionally, Chapman directed a year-long research project on building academic vocabulary in students that involved 11 schools and 2600 students. Chapman has been a school district curriculum and staff development director, and an elementary and middle school teacher. She holds a certificate in nonprofit management from Georgetown University, a master's degree in educational policy and administration from the University of Kansas, and a bachelor's degree in elementary education from Buena Vista College in Storm Lake, Iowa.
Micki Evans
consortium liaison and site specialist
Micki Evans is Consortium Liaison with the Center for Native Education. She provides technical assistance, professional development, tools and resources to schools in the CNE's national network. She has worked for 30 years as a classroom teacher, curriculum coordinator, associate professor of graduate studies in education, professional development specialist and educational writer. For the past six years, Evans served as a school redesign coach for the Small Schools Project. With Small Schools, Evans provided technical assistance to Washington State's Gates funded schools and coordinated the Project's professional development for school coaches. She also served as content producer for the "Picturing the Possibilities" video series. Evans's areas of expertise include creating collaborative professional learning communities and personalized learning environments, school change, and teaching and learning with an emphasis on project-based and service learning, performance assessment and integrated curriculum. She has authored 8 curriculum guides including Chrysalis Nurturing Creative and Independent Thought in Children (Zephyr Press) and Making a Difference: A Guide to Environmental Action for Students (Greenpeace International).
Gary Graves
technical assistance manager and senior site specialist
Gary Graves is the Center for Native Education's Technical Assistance manager. He provides technical assistance, professional development, tools and resources to schools in the CNE's national network. Graves also provides strategic planning to the Center's technical assistance team. He has 20 years of experience providing technical assistance in strategic planning, implementation and evaluation to state and local education agencies, especially rural and American Indian/Alaska Native schools. He has particular expertise in computer-supported literacy instruction, multimedia product development, telecommunications and distance education project design. His publications include: "Coping with Literacy in Networked Classrooms," published by The Modern Language Association; "Linked from the Start," in The American School Board Journal; "A Visionary's Dilemma," published by Ablex.
Teresa Johnson (Makah)
technical assistance specialist/office manager
Teresa Johnson serves as the Center for Native Education's technical assistance specialist and office manger. She provides program and administrative support, graphic design and event coordination services to the CNE and supports the CNE's technical assistance team. She has worked with Native and other underserved students as a community recreation leader, event planner, after-school academic and recreation coordinator, and as a summer camp director. She also works part-time coordinating events and providing staff support for Litefoot, a Native American motivational hip-hop artist, on his "Reach the Rez" tour. Johnson earned a master's degree in Public Administration from Seattle University.
Dawn Stevens (Steilacoom)
information specialist
Dawn Stevens, Steilacoom, serves as information specialist at the Center for Native Education. She manages the Center's informational resources and distributes key documents and tools to schools in the CNE's national network. Stevens has 20 years of experience in education. She obtained her B.A., B.S. and master's in teaching from the Evergreen State College in Olympia, WA, and her administrative principal certification through Heritage University in Toppenish, WA. Prior to joining the CNE, Stevens developed and managed Shelton High School's Early College for Native Youth and taught high school US history, Pacific Northwest history, government, world geography and public speaking for the Shelton School District.
Maria Tenorio (San Felipe Pueblo/Yaqui)
research and evaluation manager
Maria Tenorio is the research and evaluation manager at the Center. Tenorio assists sites with data collection, submission, and analysis, and coordinates the Center's research and evaluation efforts. Tenorio brings an extensive background as an educational consultant with tribal schools, ATNI, colleges, NWREL and Oregon's Employers for Excellence in Education. She has 20 years' experience conducting research and program evaluations for state agencies/educational institutions and also develops culturally appropriate preschool through secondary curriculum that addresses literacy, leadership, and place-based learning. She did her graduate work in education at the University of Michigan and is presently completing a doctoral program at Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon.
Mike Tulee (Yakama)
policy analyst
Mike Tulee serves at the Center for Native Education's policy analyst. Tulee provides sites with district, state, federal, and tribal policy analysis, tools, resources, and other forms of technical assistance. Tulee also coordinates the Center's tribal work group. He has worked locally and nationally in Indian Education for nearly 20 years, serving as Director of Indian Education for Seattle Public Schools, as a grant support specialist with the Office of Indian Education, and as a classroom teacher and school leader. Tulee served in the U.S. Air Force for four years, received a B.A. in Geography from the University of Washington, and an M.Ed. from Antioch University.
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