HRI Leadership

Board Chair

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    Ashkenazi Jewish and Christian Lebanese, in the Lands of the Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh (Vancouver, BC)

    Originally from Metro Detroit, Bryce is a bridge builder and settler of mixed ancestry with an interdisciplinary background and experience (Indigenous Nations, environmental non-profits, local government, strategic planning) driven to assist settler organizations in realigning with living systems worldviews, support Indigenous planning efforts, and enable genuine collaboration across knowledge systems and communities.

    In addition to the need to address ongoing atrocities against Indigenous communities, Bryce is called to this work through a deep spiritual connection to transcend the myth of separation and other colonial perspectives that are causing mental unwellness & suffering. To conduct his work, he draws upon living systems/ regenerative thinking, interdisciplinary academic and work experience, continued relationship learning from/with Indigenous communities, and spiritual practice.

Board Secretary

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    Lands of the Mechoopda and Kojomk’awi / Konkow (Chico, CA).

Council Member

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    Mixed Nor Rel Muk Wintu, Mexican, and White, in the Lands of the Mechoopda (Chico, CA

Council Member

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    Salinan and Portuguese, in the Lands of the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs (Warm Springs, Wasco, and Northern Paiute) (Bend, OR)

    Caitlin is a recognized member of the Salinan Tribe of Monterey and San Luis Obispo Counties. She was born and raised on Salinan and Chumash lands in San Luis Obispo County. In her professional life, she works as a housing justice advocate, leading a team evaluating the outcomes of state funded homelessness intervention programs in Oregon. She currently lives in Bend, Oregon with her husband and dog. During her free time she enjoys rock climbing, hiking, snowshoeing and cross country skiing in the winter-time and swimming in the Deschutes river and soaking up the sunshine of Central Oregon as much as possible in the Summer. 

Council Member

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    Mescalero Apache and Hispanic

Board Treasurer

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    Northern Cheyenne Tribal member, Mexican, Irish, English, and French

Council Member

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    Salinan

Council Member

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    Vietnamese and Ashkenazi Jewish Western European mixed in the Lands of the Amah Mutsun, Awaswas and Ohlone (Watsonville, CA)

Executive Director

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    Mixed Mexica and European in the lands of the Ramaytush Ohlone (Pescadero, CA)

    Born and raised in a rural corner of the San Francisco Bay Area, Maya’s background is rooted in the lived experience of place-based and community-centered solutions. Her multi-generational family legacy of lateral service to BIPOC communities has roots in the United Farmworkers Union, the Civil Rights movement, the desegregation of San Jose urban school districts, healthcare on rural reservations, teen substance abuse prevention, and youth leadership development.

    Maya joined HRI in July 2022, stepping into the role of Interim Executive Director in January 2024. Formally promoted to Executive Director one year later, she is proud to steward the organization forward through its next cycle of service. She does so while reconnecting under the guidance and council of her deeply beloved Indigenous elders, who advise her from across diverse Native lineages and lifeways. When she’s not juggling meetings and gatherings she can be found reading, playing in the Pacific (whenever tides allow), and planning her next adventure.

    Hellos and questions can be sent to maya@hricommunity.org

Past Board members include: Shayne Regalado, Siana Sonoquie, Maija West, Stacey Villalobos, Gina Perez-Baron, Briana Bellamy, Stephanie Beaver-Guzman, Eli Painted Crow, Mary Stroupe, and Louellyn White