Staff/Contact Us

Administration
Office: 1089 Portland Ave, St. Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 651.227.4184
Fax: 651.224.5136

Deb Foster (St. Croix Ojibwe)

Executive Director

Cheryl Yellow Bird (Arikara/Hidatsa)

Human Resources Manager

James Berling

Finance Director

Chelsea Fairbanks (Navajo)

Administrative/IT Manager

Susan Jacobson (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe)

Facilities Manager

Children and Families Department
Office: 1089 Portland Ave, St. Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 651.227.4184
Fax: 651.224.5136

Angela Gauthier

Children and Families Director

Sunshine Day (Leech Lake Ojibwe)

Indian Child Welfare Compliance Monitor

Claudia Nicolosi

Oyate Nawajin Family Advocate

Kurt Hanson

Oyate Nawajin Family Advocate

Roy Roberts (Red Lake Ojibwe)

Oyate Nawajin Family Advocate

Travis Decory (Sincangu, Lakota from Rosebud, South Dakota)

Chemical Dependency Prevention Advocate

Ashley Long Crow (Standing Rock Sioux)

Tobacco Prevention Advocate

Gala Ingram

Ramsey County Children’s Mental Health Case Manager

Beverley A. Benjamin Youth Lodge
Office: 1212 Raymond Ave, St. Paul, MN 55108
Phone: 651.632.8923
Fax: 651.209.1998

Jason Smith (Athabascan-Alaska/G’wichin Clan)

Residential Director

Sharee Fischer (Long Plain First Nation Ojibwe)

Youth Lodge Coordinator

Holly Henning (Cree)

Street Outreach Worker

Jessy Beaulieu (Red Lake Ojibwe)

Youth Lodge House Manager

Emergency Shelter
Office: 1089 Portland Ave, St. Paul, MN 55104
Phone: 651.227.4184
Fax: 651.224.5136

Jason Smith (Athabascan-Alaska/G’wichin Clan)

Residential Director

Shannon Johnson

Shelter Case Manager

Tierre Thompson

Lead Day Youth Care Worker

Ashley Alkire (Lakota Sioux, Hunkpapa)

Lead Evening Youth Care Worker

Brandon Staresnick (Leech Lake Ojibwe)

Evening Youth Care Worker

Jennifer Elwood (Ojibwe)

Lead Weekend Youth Care Worker

June Blue (Ojibwe)

Overnight Youth Care Worker

Justin Peters (Bdewakantuwan Dakota from Cansa’yapi Oyate)

Weekend Youth Care Worker

Heather Schilling (St Croix Band of Ojibwe)

Overnight Youth Care Worker

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