(Ohlone)

Corrina Gould is the tribal spokesperson for the Confederated Villages of Lisjan. Born and raised in her ancestral homeland, the territory of Huchiun, she is the mother of three and grandmother of four. Corrina has worked on preserving and protecting the sacred burial sites of her ancestors throughout the Bay Area for decades. Corrina is the Co-Founder and Co-Director of Sogorea Te’ Land Trust, an urban land trust founded in 2012 with the goals of returning traditionally Chochenyo and Karkin lands in the San Francisco Bay Area to indigenous stewardship and cultivating more active, reciprocal relationships with the land.

(Chicana/Yaqui)

Josephine S. Talamantez is an Organizational Management, Public Policy and Governmental Relations consultant with a specialization in Arts, History and Cultural Public Programming, Historic Preservation, Cultural Resource Management and Public History. She is the Founder and Board Chair of the Chicano Park Museum and Cultural Center in San Diego, CA, and her decades of experience includes previously serving as Chief of Programs/ Legislative Liaison for the California Arts Council, and Executive Director of La Raza/Galeria Posada in Sacramento, CA. For close to 30 years, she worked with her late artist husband, Armando R. Cid, leading multidisciplinary arts workshops and conducting traditional family altar making for the observance of Dia de los Muertos/Day of the Dead.

(Nahua Pipil/Kʼiche Maya)

Kim Tercero, Founder + Principal of Tercero Solutions, is an accomplished operations and technology professional with over 20 years of proven success in social enterprise organizations, non-profits, startups, and SMBs. Her impact ranges from fighting for worker rights as a labor organizer, mentoring undocumented youth, to heading information technology + cybersecurity. Committed to social and environmental equity with a mantra of “tech for good”, her values and actions are grounded in the belief that Black and Brown folks deserve to live in healthy and thriving communities. She exemplifies this through her work partnerships, activism and volunteer work. Kim is the proud daughter of immigrant parents and can be found in her personal time enjoying the Lake Merritt neighborhood in Oakland, California.

(Mvskoke)

Peggy Berryhill has witnessed and recorded the history of Native America for the past 40 years. She is one of the first women in public media and has collaborated with major institutions sharing Native stories. Owner and manager of KGUA in Gualala, California, Peggy has been described as “The First Lady of Native Radio.” As the host of KGUA’s flagship program “Peggy’s Place,” Berryhill spotlights community members: its artists, librarians and lighthouse operator. Part of the Muscogee Nation, Berryhill has worked over her more than four decades-long career to push back on Native stereotypes in mainstream coverage and has collected and preserved hundreds of hours of interviews with Native community members. 2011- Present KGUA 88.3 FM, General Manager and Founder, National Federation of Community Broadcasters, Media Architect and Director of Native Station Services, NPR Producer with Specialized Audience Services, Producer for Smithsonian Institution Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution National Museum of the American Indian, Producer or The American Experience, consultant, trainer for numerous community organizations.

(Diné)

Victoria Grace Canby (Tory) was born in Albuquerque, New Mexico and moved to Marin County at an early age. She has her BA in Art History from Sonoma State University, MA in Humanities from Dominican University and Museum Studies Certification from the Institute of American Indian Art in Sante Fe New Mexico. From a collaborative program with the College of Marin and Miwok Archeological Preserve of Marin (MAPOM), she received a certificate in California Indian studies and from the Regenerative Design Institute a certification in Permaculture. Throughout her educational and creative journey her focus has always been centered around her Diné heritage and passion for Contemporary Indian Art.

Tory has been an exhibiting artist in the Bay Area and works in acrylics, pen and ink and found objects. As an educator, she relishes teaching art, Indigenous studies and permaculture skills to primary school kids throughout Marin. Throughout her life in Marin, she has been active among the local Indigenous community including as a collaborating muralist on projects such as the California Indigenous history mural at Intertribal Friendship House, as a guest lecturer in college courses at College of Marin and Dominican University, and most recently as the former Executive Director of the Museum of the American Indian in Novato.