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Keya Earth Founders
Gordon Isaac,
Dineh veteran (USMC), from the community of Tonalea, has 15 years of experience with custom carpentry, home/office renovations, and furniture/cabinetry making. Through his work he envisions quality “smart†homes, active communities, and stronger families for the Dineh Nation. “We all need to rethink the way we build homes and set the example for our future generationsâ€.
Derrick Terry,
Derrick is Dineh, from the community of Wide Ruins has 12 years of extensive experience in autocad, surveying, and engineering related processes. He brings to KEYA a fearless passion for sustainable building and a "do-whatever-it-takes" mentality. He is passionate about teaching sustainable building to 1st Nations Communities.
Tony Skrelunas
Tony Skrelunas Serves as Board President for KEYA Earth. Mr. Skrelunas was raised in Big Mountain, Navajo Nation by his great grandparents. He has earned an B.A. in Small Business Management and an M.B.A., Masters in Business Administration Degree, from Northern Arizona University.
Mr. Skrelunas currently:
• Is a Native America Program Director at Grand Canyon Trust where he leads highly innovative work that aims to enable Hopi and Navajo communities and governments to create sustainable economic development projects focused in retail, tourism, and utility scale renewable energy sectors.
• Serves as a stockholder for Southwest Tradition Log Homes Inc, a manufacturer of Log Cabin products using culturally relevant and sustainable development methods such as use of small diameter logs for elder hogans.
• Serves as Board Member of the Coconino County Sustainable Development Initiative.
He is the former Executive Director of the Navajo Nations Economic Development and Government Development Divisions. He is widely known for his management of massive changes to the Navajo Nation including work on the Local Governance Act of 1998, Securing Congressional Delegation of Navajo Business Site Leasing, Changes to the Sales Tax Code allow for local taxes,, change to Land-Use Planning Policies, securing the first grants from NAHASDA for Land Use Planning, and developing an alternative local governance model called Council of Nat’aa, based on the Navajo Traditional Governance.
He is considered a premier expert in the development of traditional forms of government and the development of economic plans that are in tune with local culture, vision, and traditional values. As such, he is a valuable guide to the development of a high performance company that respects the Native American values and ensuring a consulting arm that truly helps achieve the Keya Vision of sustainable, culturally cognizant communities
Dan Rosen, Dan has led and developed some of the leading projects in sustainability and youth movements for over five years. After co-founding the Native Movement Collective, www.nativemovement.org, he will bring his experience of grassroots network and passion for building community(s) to KEYA Earth.
Jonathan Rabinovitz,
Jonathan is an MBA who graduated from Thunderbird School of International Management where he studied Global strategy and was a finalist in the Innovation Challenge competition. Jonathan has extensive business consultation experience working with large corporation and minority owned small businesses. Expertise includes business development, global strategy, federal contracting and sustainable development. Through his work he envisions creating new sustainable communities in rural and remote locations.
Reynalda Terry,
Reynalda who is Dineh graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Environmental Science from Northern Arizona University. Specializing in community planning and environmental clearance.
Keya Earth Corps
The KEYA Earth vision to build sustainable communities with heart and soul is strongly supported by some of today's emerging social entrepreneurs. KEYA Earth Corps members are an important part of the KEYA Earth team who contribute specific skills in their areas of expertise.
Gabriel Yaiva, (Marketing Specialist/Public Relations)
Yaiva is Dine' and Hopi, a father, hip-hop artist/promoter, the director of Peace and Balance, a substance abuse prevention project working with Native youth in the southwest, community activist and a graduate of Northern Arizona University with a B.S. In Applied Indigenous Studies and a minor in Economic Development. He is also the owner and founder of 4th World Entertainment, specializing in independent music releases, promotion and marketing. Currently he is the marketing specialist for Keya Earth.
Temashio Anderson,(Environmental Services)
Temash is Pomo and Navajo and has significant environmental services experience specializing in water issues and depleted uranium. He is currently a graduate student at Kansas University studying Indigenous peoples around the world and how they are becoming self-reliant and self-determined through community based cultural and sustainability initiatives. He will be working with KEYA Earth on renewable energy projects as well as developing projects in tribal communities in his home of Northern California. He brings to KEYA Earth a natural talent for entrepreneurship and business development
Michael Long, (Sustainable Construction)
Michael is Dine' from Flagstaff, AZ with a background in industrial/residential construction with 13 years of professional builsing experience. He has served as foreman, superintendent for world renown corporations over seeing crews of 100 plus successfully. His focus now is on sustainable building, bringing his expertise and energy back home and to the Indian community.
Ben Wyss, (Environmental Services)
Ben has a background is Environmental Planning, GIS and Civil Engineering. Ben has worked with GIS for UNHCR (the United Nations Refugee Agency), as well as WAPMERR (World Agency of Planetary Monitoring and Earth Risk Reduction). Ben's primary roll with KEYA EARTH is in the Environmental Department.
Tomer Sheleg, (Global Strategy)
Tom is Israeli born and runs a green remodeling and real estate business in the New York Area. He joins the KEYA corps after eight years of military leadership in the Israeli Defense Forces as a key strategist and planner. He brings significant project management experience and a passion for inspiring teams to the KEYA Earth company.
Arthur Coulston (Renewable Energy)
Arthur is the Digital Organizer for and a Co-Founder of Energy Action Coalition a national youth energy coalition with more than 40 organizational partners and tens of thousands of local activists. Before helping to form Energy Action Arthur worked as the founding coordinator of the California Student Sustainability Coalition, working to drive sustainable energy and transportation policy in the University of California. Arthur focuses his work on building power for dis-empowered constituencies by building grassroots skills and capacity in new media. Arthur brings to KEYA a passion to bring renewable energies to rural communities and also a tremendous amount of graphic and web design skills.
Nick Tilsen (Community Development)
Nick Tilsen (Oglala Lakota) is a fourth generation organizer who has been active in many organizing efforts - from human rights to environmental justice and community economic development. He is the founding director of Lakota Action Network LAN), a youth organization working to protect sacred sites while promoting sustainable alternatives in renewable energy. After serving as director for LAN, Nick has started Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation, a community-based sustainable economic development project. Thunder Valley and KEYA Earth have formed a partnership to develop a sustainable economic development corridor for the Lakota People. Nick brings to KEYA leadership genius and a passion for sustainable development in Native America that is unrivaled.
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