Board & Staff

Serving Indian Country and the Entertainment Industry

Board & Staff

Red Nation Celebration Institute® (RNCI)
The Creative Enterprise by Natives Delivering to All People the Stories that Shape Our World.

Red Nation Celebration Institute is the longest-running Native women-led Indigenous impact media arts and cultural nonprofit organization in the United States. For over three decades, RNCI has stood as a cornerstone of Native leadership within the entertainment industry – advancing systemic change through media, arts, and cultural production.

RNCI is the first Indigenous nonprofit organization to receive funding from the City of Los Angeles and serves over 575 Native Nations across the United States and more than 1,200 Indigenous communities globally. Headquartered in Los Angeles, with an additional office in Santa Fe, New Mexico, RNCI drives meaningful representation, narrative sovereignty, and increased visibility for Native and Indigenous voices across film, television, digital media, and the arts.

The RNCI Board of Directors reflects a powerful lineage of leadership and lived experience, representing Apache, Mvskoke Creek of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation, Quechan Nation, Cheyenne River Sioux, Pima/Papago, Akimel O’odham, and Mexican heritage – embodying the cultural diversity and strength that guide the organization’s mission.

Joanelle Romero

Founder CEO

Linda Tenequer

Chair

Patty Holguin

Treasurer

Rebecca Brando

Director

Tai Woodville

Tai Woodville

Director

Robin LeBeau

Director

Jeri Onopa

Director

Zion White

Zion White

Director / Tribal Liaison

Edward James Olmos

Director

Montano Rain

Sage Galesi

Michelle Schenandoah

Michelle Schenandoah

Lisa Tiger

Dr. Joel Silbar

Montano Rain

Sage Galesi

Chief Oren Lyons

LaDonna Harris

Michelle Schenandoah

Michelle Schenandoah

Elizabeth Kucinich

Susan Masten

Esai Morales

Dr. Joel Silbar

Pearl Daniel Means

(1960 – 2022)

Served on RNCI Board from 2013 – 2020

Larry Sellers

(1949 – 2021)

Served on the RNCI board from 1995 – 2021

Joanne Shenandoah

(1957 – 2021)

Served on the RNCI Native Women in Film & Television in All Media – Media Coalition Board from 2018 to 2021

Chief Leonard Crow Dog

Chief Leonard Crow Dog

(1942 – 2021)

Served on RNCI Board from 1995 – 2021

Julia Bogany

(1948 – 2021)

Served on RNCI Board from 2017 – 2021

Peter Vitus Catches (Zintkala Oyate)

Peter Vitus Catches (Zintkala Oyate)

(1955 – 2018)

Served on the RNCI board from 2011 – 2018

August Schellenberg

August Schellenberg

(1936 – 2013)

Served on the RNCI board from 2000 – 2013

Russell Means

Russell Means

(1939 – 2012)

Served on the RNCI board from 1995 – 2012

Edward Albert Jr

(1951 – 2006)

Served on the RNCI board from 2000 – 2006

Chief Phil Crazy Bull

Chief Phil Crazy Bull

(1949 – 2006)

Served on the RNCI board from 2000 – 2006

Becky Akins MA

Served on the RNCI board from 2009 – to date of her passing

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Executive Director

Joanelle Romero: Chief Executive Officer, Chief Content Officer Red Nation Television Network Producing Director, Red Nation Celebration Institute, Red Nation International Film Festival-Programming, Native Women in Film & Television All Media Meet Red Nation Celebration Institute Board of Directors and Leadership

Finance

Patty Holguin: Accounts, Receivable, Revenue Coordinator
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Archival Team

Chris Lohr: Archival Specialist
Dan Johnson: Audio Transfer Specialist

Membership Director

Nadine Aragon
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Head of Content & Production

Joanelle Romero: (Festival & Awards) Executive Producer, Showrunner, Curator, Festival Director

Sara Tadayon: Festival Coordinator/Admin

Billie D. Merritt: Assistant to Festival Coordinator 
 
Lilith Mars: Assistant to Executive Director
 
Nadine Aragon: Program Development
 
Nathalie Sar Shalom: Festival Consultant   

Managing Coordinator of Technology Team:

Piyush Trpathi

Ateeb Sheikh

Maris Svirksts 

Awards Production & Broadcast Crew:

Encore Event Productions 

Awards & Festival Editors:

Mike Nicholos  
Nickolas Goodman 
Linda Peckham
Bella Erikso

Marketing & Publicity

Liz Kramer: Red Nation Media

Red Nation Television Network: Film Distribution

Siyowin Lauren Peters: Content Manager/Social Media/Red is Green Carpet Correspondent 

Official Red is Green Carpet: Getty Images  

Social Media Manager

Siyowin Lauren Peters

Kayla Anne Santos

Graphic Designer

Tim Hall

Production Assistants & Volunteers: 

Tony Downs
George McAuliffee
Debra Openlander
Jacy Kasheena
 
 

Joanelle Romero: Executive Producer, Showrunner, Curator, Festival Director
Nathalie Sar Shalom: Production Manager
Māris Švirksts: Festival Programmer and Managing Coordinator of Technology
Nickolas Goodman: Editor
Linda Peckham: Editor
Nadine Lewis: Volunteer Coordinator
TBA: Official Portrait Studio Photographer
TBA: Official Red is Green Correspondent  

Marketing & Publicity

Liz Kramer: Red Nation Media
Wallman PR: Publicity
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Social Media Managers

Kayla Anne Santos

Graphic Designers

Tim Hall: Graphic Designer

Joanelle Romero: Founder, CEO, Chief Content Officer

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As a NativeWomen-Led, Indigenous media, art and cultural non-profit enterprise, Red Nation Celebration Institute (RNCI) and its year round programs are an essential component to the Native narrative in all media. RNCI relies on the generosity of its donors to create dynamic storytelling for the Native Indigeous perspective which strengthens our local and global community. Your tax-deductible donation helps make world-class cinema, performing arts and arts education programs possible. As we continue to navigate the challenges of the pandemic, donations are more essential to our bottom line than ever.

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Industry Impact & Advocacy

  • Member of SAG-AFTRA since 1977
  • Member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences (AMPAS) since 2016
  • Former SAG-AFTRA EEOC Committee Member (1998–2001)—for many years, the only Native representative advocating for Indigenous voices in the union
  • Founder of American Indian Heritage Month in the City of Los Angeles (2005)—officially recognized by the State of California and the City of Los Angeles in 2006
  • Produced landmark panels at SAG-AFTRA:
    • “Where Are We (Native Americans) in Film, Television, and Radio” (2000)
    • “Native Women in Film & Television” (2012)

Musical Roots & Personal Life

Joanelle was discovered by legendary artist Leonard Cohen, who produced her first recordings at A&M Records in 1978. Inspired by her mother—who appeared in several Elvis Presley films—and her relative, Congressman Edward R. Roybal, Joanelle carries forward a legacy of storytelling, humanitarianism, and representation.

She splits her time between Los Angeles and Santa Fe, NM, and is a proud mother of two and grandmother of four.

Joanelle Romero

Joanelle is the visionary behind Red Nation Celebration Institute (RNCI), the longest-standing Native women-led Indigenous media, arts, and cultural nonprofit enterprise in the history of the entertainment industry. Founded in 1995 and headquartered in Los Angeles, CA, with offices in Santa Fe, NM, RNCI is The Creative Enterprise by Natives Delivering to All People the Stories that Shape Our World.

Born Jicarilla and Mescalero Apache and Spanish-Sephardic lineal descendant, she holds familial ties to the Ohkay Owingeh, Lakota, Pawnee, Pojoaque, Diné, Paiute, Southern Ute, Haudenosaunee. Her father was born on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation, and her maternal great-grandmother was born on the Mescalero Apache Reservation, grounding her life’s work in a deep intergenerational connection to Indigenous community, culture, ancestry, and ancestral lands.

Joanelle’s family relations to her Indigenous communities are strong. Chief Leonard Crow Dog gifted Joanelle her name ‘Oyate Wayanka Po Win’ (People Who See This Woman)

Trailblazer in Film & Television

A SAG-AFTRA member since 1977, Joanelle is an acclaimed actress, filmmaker, and film distributor. She made history in 2000 as the first Native Indigenous female filmmaker short-listed for an Academy Award for her groundbreaking documentary:
“American Holocaust: When It’s All Over I’ll Still Be Indian.”

For 12 years, she has produced and broadcast the prestigious RNCI Red Nation Awards live on Red Nation Television Network (RNTV).

Honors & Awards

Joanelle’s work has been recognized with numerous prestigious awards, including:

  • American Indian Film Festival
  • LMGI Trailblazer Award
  • Armin T. Wegner Humanitarian Award (for “the vision to see the truth…and the courage to speak it”)
  • National Women’s History Month Award
  • Chicago International Film Festival
  • Five Red Earth Awards, State Arts Council of Oklahoma

Linda Tenequer

Chair, Red Nation Celebration Institute

Full Blood Mvskoke Creek of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. She is a writer specializing in nonprofits. She has served on boards in Texas and Oklahoma for American Indians, including important water right issues and food sovereignty. She has engaged in both urban and rural indigenous communities and is deeply tied to the Mvskoke traditional culture.

Patty Holguin

Treasurer

Attended Kent State University and graduated from Phillips Junior College. A professional bookkeeper with over 10 years of experience, and a mother of two grown children.

Rebecca Brando

Board Member, Red Nation Celebration Institute

Daughter of Marlon Brando.
Marriage & Family Therapist, LMFT, EMDR, specialize in Trauma and PTSD.

Tai Woodville

Tai Woodville

Board Member, Red Nation Celebration Institute

She studied writing & literature at USCB, from which she graduated in 2002. She has one album out with the group, Sugar in Wartime. She has also published a book of poems, “Pollen,” to positive critical response. Daughter of Edward Albert and Katherine Woodville. Granddaughter of Eddie Albert and Margo.

Robin LeBeau

Robin LeBeau

Why We Wear Red

Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe and member of the Mnicoujou band, Elk Head Tiospaye, whose family are the keeper of the sacred canunpa, White Buffalo Woman calf pipe. Chief Executive Officer (CEO) & Founder at Ehanni Society. Recipient of The RNCI Edward R Roybal Award.

Jeri Onopa

Member / Why We Wear Red

Jeri Onopa her Native Ancestors are Yaqui (mothers side) and (Pima/Papago) Akimel O’odham (fathers side) of the Sonoran Desert and of Sonora Mexico, with Spaniard in the mix.

Being part of several sacred Ceremonies for Healing, Strength, Courage, Respect, reminds us to do Self Care, especially for our women. We have our Native Women’s Fire Circle with our 4 Medicine Carriers at Sherman Indian School, for our young sisters to join us if needed, healing, strength courage to face their future after high school.

Zion White

Zion White

Tribal Liaison

An enrolled member of the Quechan Nation, at the age of 24 Zion is a current sitting Council Member for the Quechan Tribe. Zion is also the Current Treasurer and a sitting Board Member of the Xanapuk Land, Water and Culture Conservancy. Zion is also the co-owner of a small business known as Kwatsan Kwality LLC selling Quechan Indigenous jewelry and Clothing apparel. Mr.White is an avid learner and practitioner of Quechan Culture by singing and dancing, preforming ceremony with the Xanapuks, and Attending Cultural Gatherings along the Colorado River and across Southern California.

Edward James Olmos

Board Member, Red Nation Celebration Institute

Mexican. Academy Award Nominee, Actor, Battlestar Galactica, Lieutenant Martin “Marty” Castillo in Miami Vice, teacher Jaime Escalante in Stand and Deliver, patriarch Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. in the film Selena, Detective Gaff in Blade Runner, and narrator El Pachuco in both the stage and film versions of Zoot Suit. In 1988, Olmos was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role for the film Stand and Deliver.

Michael O’Keefe

Board Member, Red Nation Celebration Institute

Golden Globe Award Winner, Academy Award Nominee, Actor. known for his roles as Danny Noonan in Caddyshack, Ben Meechum in The Great Santini, for which he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor, and Darryl Palmer in the Neil Simon movie The Slugger’s Wife. He also appeared as Fred on the television sitcom Roseanne.

A Martinez

A Martinez

Board Member, Red Nation Celebration Institute

Mexican and Apache on his father’s side, Piegan Blackfeet and Northern European on his mother’s. Actor, writer, singer with roles in the daytime soap operas Santa Barbara, General Hospital, One Life to Live, The Bold and the Beautiful, and Days of Our Lives, and the primetime dramas L.A. Law, Profiler, and Longmire. His feature films include The Cowboys (1972), Powwow Highway (1989) and Curse of Chucky (2013).

As of 2018, Martinez plays Mayo in the television series Queen of the South.

Montano Rain

Born Jicarilla and Mescalero Apache and Spanish-Sephardic lineal descendant, he holds familial ties to the Ohkay Owingeh, Lakota, Pawnee, Pojoaque, Diné, Paiute, Southern Ute, Haudenosaunee. Rain’s grandfather was born on the Jicarilla Apache Reservation, and his maternal great-great-grandmother was born on the Mescalero Apache Reservation. Rain former board member of Red Nation Celebration Institute, held for 10yrs. Rain is a Graduate of Berklee College of Music 2017. A Father of one. Rain, son of Joanelle Romero.

Music Manager, Musician, Environmental Activist, Founder of Help the Earth.

Rain produced the first and only Environmental Youth Summit in the City of Los Angeles. Rain has worked on several projects with Dr Jane Goodall. As an actor Rain is known for young Neo in Matrix Reloaded.

Sage Galesi

Born Jicarilla and Mescalero Apache, Spanish-Sephardic and Italian lineal descendant, she holds familial ties to the Ohkay Owingeh, Lakota, Pawnee, Pojoaque, Diné, Paiute, Southern Ute, Haudenosaunee. Sage’s grandfather was born on the Jicarilla Reservation and her great-great-grandma from her mother’s father side was born on the Mescalero reservation. Sage a former board member of Red Nation Celebration Institute, held for 14 yrs. Sage is a Graduate of Yale University 2008. A mother of three. Sage, daughter of Joanelle Romero.

She is known as an actress and singer/writer.

The Saints: Take Me to the South (Video short – director Kristen Stewart)

Hey There Stranger (TV Movie) Into the West (TV Mini-Series) Black Cloud (Movie)

Frozen Lake (as Elizabeth ‘Sage’ Galesi) DreamKeeper (TV Movie – Mae Little Wounded / Blue Bird Woman) Michael Jackson: Black or White (Video short).

Michelle Schenandoah

Michelle Schenandoah

Rematriation is the realization of twenty years of dreaming by our Founder, Michelle Schenandoah. While riding the NYC subway as a young, Oneida woman in her early 20s, she noticed Black and Latina women enjoying magazines designed just for them. As an Indigenous woman she wondered, “Where’s my magazine?” Two decades later in 2017, Shenandoah founded Rematriation Magazine as the answer to this question. Today, Rematriation is a multi-media initiative engaging in film production, digital content creation and community engagement. Rematriation is the home of Rematriation Magazine and, most importantly, a community of Haudenosaunee and Indigenous women choosing to heal together. We continue to re-imagine the ways in which a “magazine” can shift narratives, defy stereotypes, and reflect our own experiences.

Lisa Tiger

Muscogee, Creek, Seminole, Cherokee and Irish descent. HIV/AIDS educator and motivational speaker. Lisa has been doing AIDS education since learning she was infected with the virus in 1992.

Dr. Joel Silbar

Silbar Chiropractic.

Chief Oren Lyons

Chief Oren Lyons, is Faithkeeper of the Wolf Clan, Onondaga Council of Chiefs of the Hau de no sau nee, or Six Nations — Onandaga, Seneca, Cayuga, Oneida, Mohawk, and Tuscarora. Chief Lyons helped establish the United Nations Working Group on Indigenous Populations in 1982. He has been very active defending indigenous rights in U.N. forums around the world, and is a principal figure in the Traditional Circle of Indian Elders, a council of grassroots leaders of North American Indian nations. Recently retired as a professor of American Studies at SUNY Buffalo, where he directed the Native American Studies Program, Chief Lyons co-edited Exiled in the Land of the Free: Democracy, Indian Nations and the U.S. Constitution, with the late John Mohawk. He is also a widely exhibited artist, the author of Dog Story, and a major figure in world lacrosse.

LaDonna Harris

LaDonna Harris Comanche
LaDonna has devoted her life to building coalitions that create change. She has been a consistent and ardent advocate on behalf of Tribal America. In addition, she continues her activism in the areas of civil rights, environmental protection, the women’s movement and world peace. She is the founder and president of Americans for Indian Opportunity. Harris was a vice presidential candidate for the Citizens Party in the 1980 United States presidential election alongside Barry Commoner. She was the first Native American woman to run for vice president. In 2018, she became one of the inductees in the first induction ceremony held by the National Native American Hall of Fame.

Elizabeth Kucinich

British organic food and vegan advocate. She has produced two documentaries and is married to the retired eight-term US Government affairs, policy and partnerships professional, Documentary Producer, and wife of Former US Representative from Ohio Congressman and two-time Democratic presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich.

Esai Morales

Esai Morales Puerto Rican
Easi co-founded the National Hispanic Foundation for the Arts, created to advance the presence of Latinos in the media, telecommunications and entertainment industries. Film credits include Bad Boys, La Bamba, Rapa Nui, Mi Familia, Fast Food Nation, Paid in Full, The Line, Atlas Shrugged: Part II, Jarhead II: Field of Fire, The Disappearance of Garcia Lorca and Gun Hill Road a film he starred and executive produced. The film was a grand Jury Nominee at the Sundance Film Festival in 2011. Television credits comprise the Emmy award-winning series NYPD BLUE (ABC) Resurrection Blvd (Showtime) American Family (PBS) Miami Vice (NBC) Fame (NBC) Law and Order: SVU (NBC) The Burning Season: The Chico Mendes Story (HBO) Vanished (FOX) Burn Notice (USA) Jericho (CBS) Caprica (Syfy) Fairly Legal (USA) Criminal Minds (CBS) Major Crimes (TNT) and Saving Westbrook High. Morales plays the role of President of The United States on The Brink, HBO’s dark comedy about a geopolitical crisis and “Ozark.”

Pearl Daniel Means

(1960 – 2022)

Pearl Daniel-Means (Diné) Born into the Ashiihi (Salt) Clan of the Navajo Nation, Her Lakota name, Iyoyanbya Izanzan Win, translates loosely to “Bright Light.”

Means walked alongside the late American Indian activist, author, artist, and actor Russell Means, as his wife, business manager, and collaborator. She was chair of the T.R.E.A.T.Y. Total Immersion Educational Endowment Fund from 2012 to 2020. In this capacity, she worked tirelessly in support of Indigenous culture, arts, education, and spirituality.

Means is co-producer of the feature documentary END OF THE LINE: THE WOMEN OF STANDING ROCK. Her film won at Red Nation International Film Festival in 2016 and received ‘Best Doc Short’ at the RNCI Red Nation Awards.

Served on RNCI Board from 2013 – 2020.

Larry Sellers

(1949 – 2021)

Larry Sellers (Osage, Cherokee, Lakota) Traditional ceremonial leader, actor and stuntman who played the leading Indian role Cloud Dancing (for which he received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor) in the popular series “Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman”. While on Dr. Quinn, Sellers is credited as the show’s Native American Consultant. His other roles were The Naked Indian spirit from Wayne’s World 2.

Served on the RNCI board from 1995 – 2021.

Joanne Shenandoah

(1957 – 2021)

Joanne Shenandoah (Oneida Nation, Wolf Clan) “In the Iroquois way, it was decided by the women (Clan Mothers), who were responsible for the political, social and spiritual welfare of our people. They inspired the Women’s Suffragette movement and were responsible for choosing the leaders and taking them out of office. To this day, we remain ever vigilant of our place upon mother earth as we considered “Lifegivers”. It is our responsibility to ensure that our children have clean air and water. It is up to us to provide them with a better earth than we found it unto the seven generations.”

Served on the RNCI Native Women in Film & Television in All Media – Media Coalition Board from 2018 to 2021.

Chief Leonard Crow Dog

Chief Leonard Crow Dog

(1942 – 2021)

Chief Leonard Crow Dog (Sicangu Lakota) A medicine man and spiritual leader. Through his writings and teachings, he has sought to unify Indian people of all nations. As a practitioner of traditional herbal medicine and a leader of Sun Dance ceremonies, Crow Dog was also dedicated to keeping Lakota traditions alive. Red Nation Celebration Institute is the only organization that Leonard Crow Dog was involved with.

Served on RNCI Board from 1995 – 2021.

Julia Bogany

(1948 – 2021)

Julia Bogany (Tongva) Cultural Consultant and Tribal Councilmember of the Tongva Nation. Initiated and wrote the Land Acknowledgment for the City of Los Angeles. Teacher of language and basket making. Initiated and wrote the Land Acknowledgment for the City of Los Angeles. Teacher of language and basket making.

Served on RNCI Board from 2017 – 2021.

Peter Vitus Catches (Zintkala Oyate)

Peter Vitus Catches (Zintkala Oyate)

(1955 – 2018)

Peter V. Catches (Zintkala Oyate) has put on and conducted the Spotted Eagle Sundance for forty years; the longest running sundance in Lakota History. Pine Ridge, SD. Peter created the Lakota Language Workbook.

Served on the RNCI board from 2011 – 2018.

August Schellenberg

August Schellenberg

(1936 – 2013)

August Schellenberg (Mohawk Nation) Actor and director, known for Black Robe (1991), The New World (2005) and Free Willy (1993).

Served on the RNCI board from 2000 – 2013.

Russell Means

Russell Means

(1936 – 2013)

Russell Means (Yankton Dakota, Oglala Lakota) Actor, activist for the rights of Native Americans, libertarian political activist, writer and musician. He became a prominent member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) after joining the organization in 1968 and helped organize notable events that attracted national and international media coverage.

Means was active in international issues of indigenous peoples, including working with groups in Central and South America and with the United Nations for recognition of their rights. He was active in politics at his native Pine Ridge Indian Reservation and at the state and national level.

Beginning an acting career in 1992, he appeared on numerous television series and in several films, including The Last of the Mohicans and released his own music CD. Means published his autobiography Where White Men Fear to Tread in 1995.

Served on the RNCI board from 1995 – 2012.

Edward Albert Jr

(1951 – 2006)

Edward Albert Jr Best known for his role in “Butterflies are Free” In more recent years he served on the California Coastal Commission and California Native American Heritage Commission.

The son of actor Eddie Albert and Mexican actress Margo, he starred opposite Goldie Hawn in Butterflies Are Free (1972), a role for which he won a Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year. He was nominated for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy. Albert starred in more than 130 films and television series, including Midway, The Greek Tycoon, Galaxy of Terror, The House Where Evil Dwells, The Yellow Rose, Falcon Crest and Power Rangers Time Force.

Served on the RNCI board from 2000 – 2006.

Chief Phil Crazy Bull

Chief Phil Crazy Bull

(1949 – 2006)

Chief Phil Crazy Bull (Sicangu Lakota) graduated from Fort Lewis College with a B.A. degree in Psychology, then earned his Masters Degree in Psychology from UNM. He loved the outdoors, basketball, fishing and camping. He sponsored many spiritual activities.

Served on the RNCI board from 2000 – 2006.

Becky Akins MA

Becky Akins MA (Mohawk Nation) – Tucson AZ. – Nicotrigo, LLC. Grant Writing for Native Americans.

Served on the RNCI board from 2009 – to date of her passing.

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