Office of the Commissioner
Patrice H. Kunesh
Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
Patrice H. Kunesh, of Standing Rock Lakota descent, is the commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans. In her role as Commissioner, she serves as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native Affairs and as Chair of the HHS Intradepartmental Council on Native American Affairs.
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Hope MacDonald Lone Tree
Deputy Commissioner, Administration for Native Americans (ANA)
Hope MacDonald Lone Tree serves as the deputy commissioner for the Administration for Native Americans managing a nation-wide discretionary grant program. She also serves as the acting deputy assistant secretary, Native American Affairs.
View full bio on Hope MacDonald Lone TreeCarmelia (Mia) Strickland
Director, Division of Program Operations
Carmelia (Mia) Strickland is the Director of the Division of Program Operations. In this role, she works with program specialists to monitor and provide oversight to ANA’s grantees and to also oversee the annual new grant award process.
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Director, Division of Program Evaluation and Planning
Amy Zukowski, an Alaska Native, is the Director of the Division of Program Evaluation and Planning. She has worked at ANA since 2009 in several capacities – Impact Evaluator, Program Specialist and Project Manager.
View full bio on Amy ZukowskiMichelle Sauve
Executive Director, HHS Intradepartmental Council for Native American Affairs (ICNAA)
Michelle Sauve, an enrolled member of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe serves as the executive director of the Intradepartmental Council for Native American Affairs (ICNAA) at the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). As the executive director for the ICNAA, she provides coordination across HHS and supports ANA leadership and the council in cross-program collaborations and coordination on policy impacting Native Americans within HHS.
View full bio on Michelle SauveMarisa Miakonda Cummings
Senior Policy Advisor, MMIP Subject Matter Expert
Marisa Cummings’ first day with ANA was August 28th. She will be joining the ANA team for a year-long contract as a Senior Advisor with a focus on MMIP and VAWA policy. She will report to the Policy Director. Please reach out to welcome her to the ANA team at marisa.cummings@acf.hhs.gov.
View full bio on Marisa Miakonda CummingsTerry Rose
Senior Executive Assistant of the Commissioner
Terry Rose brings 35 years of diverse national tribal affairs experience. She is an accomplished certified meeting planner, executive administrator, and logistics specialist. She has been the lead on many national tribal events, project and business development/management/execution, strategic planning, communications/public affairs support, and creative arts/graphics/print/film/media production.
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