Jade Blankenship, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, serves as Accountant for AISES, supporting the finance team within the Shared Services Department and partnering with the programs team on grant financial administration, budget tracking, and audit preparation. Jade is an accomplished Indigenous business leader based in Cherokee, North Carolina, with a background spanning accounting, grants management, entrepreneurship, and financial oversight in Tribal and nonprofit communities.

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

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

Donovan Vicenti is a Native American professional from Jemez Pueblo and Zuni Pueblo in New Mexico. He has more than 25 years of experience in federal government service and has held leadership roles as an Operations Manager and Management Information Specialist. In these roles, he has supported organizational operations, information systems, process improvement, and strategic planning efforts. In addition to his federal service, Donovan served for three years with the

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