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T. K. Wolf
Staff, Board of Directors and Advisory Board
Richard A. Grounds, PhD, (Yuchi/Seminole), Interim Executive Director, is Project Director
for the Euchee (Yuchi) Language Project, based in Sapulpa, Oklahoma, working
with the six remaining fluent Yuchi speakers. After completing his Ph.D. at Princeton
Theological Seminary in History of Religions he taught for the next eight
years as an Assistant Professor at St. Olaf College in Minnesota and at the University of Tulsa. He served as Faculty with the Pew
Foundation Program in Religion and American History administered through Yale University and co-chair of the Native Traditions in the Americas Group at
the American Academy of Religion. He served for seven
years on the Central Committee of the World Council of Churches. He is
currently co-chair of the Program Council for Cultural Survival and has called
for an “International Year of Indigenous Languages” at the Permanent Forum on
Indigenous Languages at the United Nations in New York. Dr. Grounds
published on Native language issues in the Encyclopedia of Religion and
Nature (2005), and co-edited, along with George Tinker (Osage) and David
Wilkins (Lumbee), Native Voices: American Indian Identity & Resistance
(University of Kansas Press, 2003).
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Ann
Dapice, PhD, (Lenape-Cherokee), Director, Education and
Research—received a doctorate in psychology, sociology and
philosophy from the University of Pennsylvania, Phila. She has
served as professor and administrator at a number of universities
including the University of Pennsylvania, Widener University, Penn
State University and Goddard College, teaching courses in
the social sciences and Native American Studies. Her cross-cultural
research has been reported in professional journals, books, and
academic presentations regionally, nationally and internationally.
She has regular speaking engagements on a variety of topics including
addiction, stalking, and American Indian issues. She serves as
plenary speaker at conferences, presents her recent stalking research
in a variety of settings including campuses, civic organizations,
newspaper, television, and the internet. She has served as officer
and on the Elders Council for the American Indian Chamber of
Commerce and served two terms as a member of the Board of Directors of
Mental Health Association in Tulsa where she serves on the Education Committee.
Presently she serves on the Board of Families & Communities Empowered for Safety
(f.a.c.e.s.) and Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry/ Domestic Violence Intervention
Services Committee. She consults with the University of Pennsylvania on
development of Native American Programs where she is founder and chair of the
Association of Native Alumni at the University of Pennsylvania.
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Pamela Brauchi, MHR, LPC, Director, Art Therapy and Advisory Board Member—received her Masters in Human Relations degree with emphasis on professional counseling from the
University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, completed her requirements for licensure as a licensed professional counselor and registered art therapist and has done further graduate work in art therapy at the University of Oklahoma, Norman. She completed art therapy internships at Creek Nation Behavioral Health Services and elementary schools where she worked on a project for abused and neglected Indian children. She has given numerous presentations on art therapy and American Indian clients locally and regionally.
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Barbara Martin, BS, Director, Electromedicine and Advisory Board Member—a graduate of
Bartlesville Wesleyan College, Bartlesville, OK, majoring in Human Resource Management. Earlier, she was an electrical engineering major at
University of Missouri in Rolla, Missouri. She has worked in and managed a variety of professional health care offices. She has done extensive post-baccalaureate research in the area of electro-medicine, addiction nutrition and neurogenesis and presents the results of this work in regional and national workshops and conferences. She is actively involved in educating physicians, counselors, health professionals and educators in these areas of expertise.
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Sheree L. Hukill,
MS, JD, President—Managing Partner of Integrated Concepts, Inc. is a graduate
of Oklahoma State University, College of Business with a B.S. in Business Administration
and an M.S. in Business Education and the University of Tulsa College of Law with a
Juris Doctorate and Certification in Native American Law and Alternative Dispute Resolution.
Ms. Sheree L. Hukill is a professional educator whose professional experience spans over
25 years and includes work in the fields of business, education and law. Ms. Hukill
served as Executive Director/Supervising Attorney and co-founder of a state-wide,
tribal domestic violence coalition; grant-writer for numerous Indian tribes and non-profits;
founding partner of Legal Advocates for Indian Country, LLP; court appointed counsel for
women and children in juvenile deprived actions; public defender and prosecutor for several
Indian tribes; national speaker on domestic violence/sexual assault training issues and a
contract peer review consultant for the federal Office on Violence Against Women. Additionally,
Ms. Hukill has served as Executive Director for five federal educational grants hosted by an
Oklahoma regional university and as business and information processing instructor for
vocational-technical schools, junior colleges, and public high schools. Ms. Hukill’s diverse
background includes grant writing, fund-raising for and formation of non-profits, budget
formulation and administration, contract management, program development and management.
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Martin
H. Belsky, BA, JD, Vice-President for Development-Dean and
Randolph Baxter Professor of Law, University of Akron School of
Law is a graduate of Temple University, College of Liberal
Arts with a B.A., cum laude (1965); Columbia University School
of Law with a J.D., cum laude (1968); Hague Academy of
International Law (1968); and the Cambridge University
Institute of Criminology (1969). Until 2008, he was first Dean
and then Professor of Law at the University of Tulsa College of
Law. From 1995 to 2007 and President, Dean and then Professor at
Albany Law School from 1986 to 1995. Professor Belsky has
served as a prosecutor, Congressional counsel, Federal government
administrator, and public policy analyst and director. During his
career, he served on and led numerous commissions, boards, and
committees on topics ranging from energy, privacy, legal services,
ethics, ethnic and religious tolerance and understanding, higher
education, gerontology and aging, disabilities, fire services,
criminal justice, and science and the law. He has written numerous
books and articles, including many on religion and the law and a
recent book on “Law and Theology.” While in Tulsa, he
served as Board member of many local, state and national
organizations, including Past President of the Jewish Federation
of Tulsa, President of Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, Vice
President of OCCJ, Vice President of the National Jewish
Council on Public Affairs, and on the Executive Committee of the
Metropolitan Tulsa Urban League.
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Deborah Hunter, AAS, ALA, Secretary - formerly a paralegal, is a poet, spoken word artist, actor, and workshop facilitator. She has taught poetry through community arts and arts in the schools programs since 1997, working with diverse populations using poetry as a healing and self-esteem building tool, and was presented with the Jingle Feldman Award in 2000. Her experiences as a former case manager for the homeless and a grassroots activist for the mentally ill inspire and inform many of her social commentary pieces. Hunter is also a board member of the Mental Health Association of Tulsa and NAMI Tulsa.
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Richard Fox, MEd, (Cherokee), Treasurer—associate degree in data processing; Rutledge University, associate degree liberal arts
psychology; Tulsa Community College, bachelor’s degree in liberal arts psychology; Langston University, Masters degree in
education; with, an emphasis on Curriculum Development and Supervision, University of Oklahoma. Currently Richard is serving as Computer Support Supervisor for Tulsa Community College as Coordinator of the Tulsa Community College Innovation Center West Campus.Along with
teaching for Tulsa Community College, Richard has recently completed his First Degree Black Belt in Mixed Marshall
Arts and serves as the fireman for T. K. Wolf Inc., in sweat ceremonies. Former president of the Alpha Zeta Alpha chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, member of Who’s Who in American Junior Colleges twice over, Charter member of Green Country Am-bucks, Charter member of Rio Chi
Chapter of Phi Beta Lambda. As a sideline, Richard’s poetry has been published, along with being recorded on CD, and is available online for reading. He has served as well as the past President of the Tulsa Orchid Society.
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Kathryn LaFortune, Ph.D., J.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor of Forensic Psychology, Center for Health Sciences/Forensic Sciences, Oklahoma State University. Dr. LaFortune, a licensed psychologist and attorney, serves as Chief of Forensic Psychological Services for the Oklahoma Indigent Defense System and also as an Adjunct Faculty Member in both the College of Law and the Department of Psychology at the University of Tulsa. She has been a forensic psychologist at Eastern State Hospital in Vinita, OK. She received a B.S.M.E. from Duke University and holds both a J.D. and a Ph.D. from the University of Tulsa. Dr. LaFortune has published articles on competency to stand trial and child custody evaluations.
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Raymond Rodgers, Associate Degree in Horticulture, Applied Science from
Tulsa Community College, B.B.A. in Finance from Northeastern State University,
MA in Education Administration from University of Oklahoma (Seneca-Cayuga/Cherokee),
Internship at National Institute for Standards and Technology in Washington, DC.
His father attended Chilocco Indian School and his mother attended Haskell and Seneca Indian
Schools. Ray spent 13 years in radio broadcasting including stations KTFX (Tulsa),
KNMQ (Santa Fe), KIVA and KRST (Albuquerque), KVOO-AM (Tulsa). He spent seven years as
superintendent of a small municipal golf course. While at NSU Ray became involved in
volunteer work at the Center for Tribal Studies and American Indian Science and
Engineering Society. Ray now serves as Director, Sapulpa Public Schools Indian Education
Program (OK) where students from 25 different tribes attend school. Ray is passionate about
his work with Indian students and says his goal is to bring solutions to the many challenges
that Indian Education programs face not only in Oklahoma but across the United States as well.
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Angye Tilley, MBA, (Muskogee Creek-Seminole-Euchee), Member of Advisory Board—Received
her dual bachelor’s degree in Business Management and Marketing from the University of Oklahoma. She completed her Masters in Business Administration
in 2006. Angye has served as a officer for the American Indian Chamber of
Commerce, OU Alumni Board of Directors, Director for Engage
Life Institute, and is currently a fellow under the First Nations
Development Institute. Angye has worked with numerous organizations
within Oklahoma and outside of the state that seek to educate grassroots
practitioners, advocate systematic change, and capitalize on assets within
communities.
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Juliana Keen, BA, Member of Advisory Board-Program Coordinator, Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, is a graduate of Oberlin College in Oberlin, Ohio. For the past eight years she has worked with interfaith organizations working to bring people of different backgrounds together to promote understanding and work towards social justice. She is currently serving as Program Coordinator at Tulsa Metropolitan Ministry, Tulsa, Oklahoma. She brings enthusiasm, passion and commitment to all her activities and communicates these to others.
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