Katherine brings years of financial literacy, project and program management, and client relations experience. As an Indigenous woman in the financial industry, she hopes to bring more diversity and pave the way for more opportunities for minorities to represent financial business. She serves as an advocate of financial education for native youth and aspires to provide accessible financial guidance and resources to native communities. Katherine received her Bachelor of Science degree

Cheri Lopez joined AISES in 2025 and serves as its Controller. Cheri holds an Executive Master of Business Administration degree from the University of Nebraska at Omaha, a Bachelor of Business Administration degree in Accounting from the University of North Florida, and an Associates of Arts degree in Accounting from the Community College of Jacksonville, Florida. Prior to joining AISES, Cheri held several positions in various non-profit organizations since 2001,

Angelika Silva joined AISES as an Accountant in 2014 and now serves as the Managing Director of Shared Services. Angelika provides a broad range of finance duties. She works with the Vice President of Finance to prepare all accounting entries necessary to close the books each month while ensuring that the GL is accurate and that all activity is processed according to the standards of AISES annual audits. Angelika also

Phat Vuong is an IT Manager at AISES. He is responsible for helping the Information Technology team maintain computers and networking systems and provides support on a variety of IT systems, databases, and business applications. Phat also supports AISES in data entry through cataloging, archiving, and implementing the organization’s data for the programs, IT and development departments. He works in a fast-paced environment where internet access, telephone lines and other