The Community Leadership Team

Tribal STAR’s Community Leadership Team provides expertise, guidance and support to the Tribal STAR team. The Community Leadership Team has decades of child welfare experience, and a demonstrated commitment to Native American youth and families. The Community Leadership Team supports ICWA compliance as ICWA represents the gold standard for child welfare practice for all families.

Below is the list of the Tribal STAR Community Leadership Team:

• Sunni Dominguez, Tribal STAR Program Manager
• Olivia Thomas, Tribal STAR Workforce Development Specialist
• Season Goodpasture, Founder and Executive Director of Acorns to Oak Trees
• Nilla Hamilton, Former Supervisor of San Diego County Health and Human Services Agency’s Indian Specialty Unit
• Jaime LaBrake, Tribal Council Member for the Sycuan Band of the Kumeyaay Nation
• Donald Rodriguez, Manager Office of Tribal Affairs, California Department of Social Services
• Joanne Willis Newton, Tribal STAR Trainer/Consultant, Tribal Judge, Attorney
• Linda Ruis, Tribal STAR Trainer/Consultant and Cultural Advisor for Acorn to Oak Trees
  
• Jeremy Miranda, Former Foster Youth, House Manager of New Choice Foundation
• Jennifer Tucker-Tatlow, Executive Director, Academy for Professional Excellence
• Dawn Schoonhoven Scott, Senior Director, Workforce Development Programs Division with the Academy for Professional Excellence
• Erika Tucker, Director, Child Welfare Development Services with the Academy for Professional Excellence