BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Dr. Lushanya Echeverria- Executive Director
Dr. Wren Walker-Robbins, Co-Chairperson
Dr. Wren Walker-Robbins, Co-Chairperson
Dr. Lushanya Echeverria is Two-Spirit, an educator, storyteller, and has more than 25 years of leadership experience. Her research explores trauma-informed facilitation, intergenerational leadership, and relationship-centered community building, emphasizing connection and collaboration as foundations for personal and organizational growth
Dr. Lushanya Echeverria is Two-Spirit, an educator, storyteller, and has more than 25 years of leadership experience. Her research explores trauma-informed facilitation, intergenerational leadership, and relationship-centered community building, emphasizing connection and collaboration as foundations for personal and organizational growth.
Her leadership integrates collaborative governance, cultural sustainability, and strategic partnerships to build systems that sustain community care and accountability across generations.
What she loves most about serving as Executive Director is nurturing relationships with organizations around the world engaged in shared work, responding to the evolving needs of LGBTQ+ and Two-Spirit communities, and sustaining lifelong friendships rooted in the revolutionary work of her mother, Beverly Little Thunder.
She carries these relationships and her mother’s legacy into her commitment to guiding KKT’s next chapter—strengthening intergenerational leadership, deepening organizational capacity, and tending community healing and spiritual ceremony.
Dr. Wren Walker-Robbins, Co-Chairperson
Dr. Wren Walker-Robbins, Co-Chairperson
Dr. Wren Walker-Robbins, Co-Chairperson
Dr. Wren Walker Robbins is a Two-Spirit Mohawk educator, scientist, and community leader whose work centers Indigenous knowledge systems, culturally grounded STEM education, and community empowerment.
She earned her Ph.D. in Cell Biology from the University of New Mexico and completed research fellowships at Harvard Medical School and th
Dr. Wren Walker Robbins is a Two-Spirit Mohawk educator, scientist, and community leader whose work centers Indigenous knowledge systems, culturally grounded STEM education, and community empowerment.
She earned her Ph.D. in Cell Biology from the University of New Mexico and completed research fellowships at Harvard Medical School and the University of New Mexico Medical School before dedicating her career to education, mentorship, and advocacy for Indigenous and underrepresented communities.
A longtime leader in Indigenous STEM education and community leadership, Dr. Walker Robbins brings a relational and justice-centered approach to her work as Co-Chair of the Board for Kunsi Keya Tamakoce. What touches her heart most about serving on the board is working alongside fellow board members to support the organization’s vision and mission.
This circle of hearts and shared commitment sustains her hope for families, communities, and future generations.
Rev. Kimberly Bittner, Co-Chairperson
Dr. Wren Walker-Robbins, Co-Chairperson
Rev. Kimberly Bittner, Co-Chairperson
Reverend Kimberly Bittner is a spiritual leader, community advocate, and Pastor of Ministry and Connection at Community Church of Hope. Her work centers relationship-building, compassionate leadership, and creating inclusive spaces grounded in healing, connection, and care for community wellbeing.
As a member of the Board of Kunsi Keya Ta
Reverend Kimberly Bittner is a spiritual leader, community advocate, and Pastor of Ministry and Connection at Community Church of Hope. Her work centers relationship-building, compassionate leadership, and creating inclusive spaces grounded in healing, connection, and care for community wellbeing.
As a member of the Board of Kunsi Keya Tamakoce, Rev. Kimberly brings a heart-centered commitment to collective prayer, Indigenous land stewardship, and intergenerational healing. What touches her heart most about serving on the board is offering energy and action to the collective voice of prayer for Pachamama, all peoples, and all sentient beings. She feels deeply blessed to walk alongside like-minded and like-hearted community members in planting, nurturing, and sustaining growth rooted in love for all life and respect for the elements.
Chelsey Branham, Board Secretary
Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo, Board Member
Rev. Kimberly Bittner, Co-Chairperson
Chelsey Branham is a community organizer, caregiver, and relational leader committed to collective care, cultural learning, and sustaining spaces rooted in connection and belonging.
Alongside their role as Secretary of the Board for Kunsi Keya Tamakoce, Chelsey serves with Think Again Training and Consulting, supporting transformative le
Chelsey Branham is a community organizer, caregiver, and relational leader committed to collective care, cultural learning, and sustaining spaces rooted in connection and belonging.
Alongside their role as Secretary of the Board for Kunsi Keya Tamakoce, Chelsey serves with Think Again Training and Consulting, supporting transformative learning, equity-centered dialogue, and community engagement practices.
What touches Chelsey’s heart most about serving on the board is being able to offer support and nourishment back to a space that has provided deep nourishment and connection to all their relations. They value serving alongside others who share a vision for learning from matrilineal ancestral practices and Lakota traditions through a Two-Spirit lens, so those teachings may continue shaping how people interact with the world and one another. Chelsey sees this shared work as a profound gift.
Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo, Board Member
Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo, Board Member
Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo, Board Member
Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo is an environmental anthropologist, sustainability scientist, and educator whose work centers ecological stewardship, ethical supply chains, and community-centered sustainability practices.
She is the founder of Save Frankincense and has led international research focused on medicinal plants, environmental justice,
Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo is an environmental anthropologist, sustainability scientist, and educator whose work centers ecological stewardship, ethical supply chains, and community-centered sustainability practices.
She is the founder of Save Frankincense and has led international research focused on medicinal plants, environmental justice, and sustainable livelihoods.
As a Member at Large on the Board of Kunsi Keya Tamakoce, Dr. DeCarlo brings a deep commitment to caring for land, culture, and future generations through relational and Indigenous-centered approaches to leadership. Her work reflects the understanding that environmental sustainability, cultural continuity, and collective wellbeing are deeply interconnected.
Alana Roth, Board Member
Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo, Board Member
Dr. Anjanette DeCarlo, Board Member
Alana currently works as an attorney, representing hard-working people who are standing up for their rights against discrimination, sexual harassment, unsafe working conditions, subminimum wages, and other forms of labor exploitation. Alana has also represented survivors of domestic violence in family court. Prior to that, Alana spent a
Alana currently works as an attorney, representing hard-working people who are standing up for their rights against discrimination, sexual harassment, unsafe working conditions, subminimum wages, and other forms of labor exploitation. Alana has also represented survivors of domestic violence in family court. Prior to that, Alana spent a decade as a public defender with the Legal Aid Society of New York. There she represented indigent clients accused of crimes in the Bronx and Manhattan.
What touches Alana’s heart most about serving on the KKT board is having an opportunity to serve with this beautiful community, where she has learned to recognize our relationship to all life, the earth and the elements. Alana has tremendous gratitude for the practices, traditions, wisdom and kindness generously shared by this community.