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APRIL 1, 2024
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Procurement Assistant Kelly Leno reached 34 years of service
SERVICE continued
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awards to employees after they
were served a breakfast of scram-
bled eggs, potatoes, bacon, sausage,
biscuits, fruit and a selection of
juice, soda and sparkling water.
Kennedy, Cherry, George and Har-
vey gave handshakes and occasion-
al hugs to the honored employees.
Honorees were led by Procure-
ment Assistant Kelly Leno, who
reached 34 years of service to the
Tribe.
Records Administrator Kim
Mueller and Gaming Commission
Licensing Manager Julia Papen
were honored for 29 and 28 years of
employment, respectively. Round-
ing out the quarter century or lon-
ger mark were Billing Supervisor
Sunni Ulestad with 26 years and
Clinic Business Office Manager
Melody Baker, 25 years.
Other employees notching 20 or
more years of employment with
the Tribe included Employee Re-
lations Manager David DeHart
and Compensation/HRIS Special-
ist Becky Mode, 24 years each;
Spirit Mountain Community Fund
Executive Director Angela Sears,
23 years; Tribal Police Chief Jake
McKnight, Information Systems
Web Administrator William Mer-
cier and Tribal Attorney’s Offi ce
Manager/Paralegal Kerrina Mish-
ler, 22 years each; Post-Secondary
Education Coordinator Joshua
Clift, 21 years; and Early Head
Start Family Educator Shawn
Bobb and Portland Area Office
Tribal Services Representative
Lisa Archuleta, 20 years.
Other Tribal employees honored
included:
18 years: Staff Accountant Debra
Nolen and Employment Specialist
Toni Mercier.
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Monday
Thursday
Tuesday
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17 years: Employment Specialist
Jessy Powley.
16 years: Health Information
Supervisor Desiree Allen, Natural
Resources Construction Supervisor
Bart Bryant, Senior Dental As-
sistant Rachel Clark, Enrollment
Officer Nick LaBonte, Day Shift
Housekeeper Rosie Saldivas, Gam-
ing Commission Compliance Ana-
lyst Tyrell Soderberg and Natural
Resources Senior Administrative
Assistant Michele Volz.
15 years: Health Care Pay-
ment Specialist Kayla Leno,
Groundskeeper Joseph Grammer
and Hydrosystem Compliance Spe-
cialist Lawrence Schwabe.
14 years: Lead Shipping and
Receiving Clerk Seth Mercier and
Rental Housing Program Manager
Leon Ramos.
13 years: Employee Relations
Specialist Sean Barton, Chinuk
Wawa Preschool Teacher Halona
Butler, Employment Program Man-
ager Michael Herrin and Dental
Hygienist Erin Muchmore.
12 years: Gaming Inspector Dal-
ton Robertson, Historic Preserva-
tion Manager Briece Edwards and
Family Support Services Specialist
Alexandria Warren-Masters.
11 years: Employment Case-
worker Tiny Gibbons, Child Fam-
ily Services Investigator Shauna
Hastings, Adult Foster Care Care-
giver Brianna Leno, Risk Analyst
Patricia Mercier, Employment
Caseworker Angella Schultz and
Groundkeeper Sean Sell.
10 years: Tribal Police Corpo-
ral Tyler Brown, Groundskeeper
Joseph Kelley, Chinuk Wawa K-5
Teacher Jade Colton, AV Techni-
cian/Web Specialist Jordan Smith
and Dental Assistant Whitney
VanArsdel.
9 years: Tribal Police Sgt. Rod
McAllister, Health Promotion
Specialist Stephanie King, Post
Elementary Chinuk Wawa Out-
reach Teacher Zoey Holsclaw and
Housing Services Coordinator Lacy
Leno.
8 years: Staff Accountant Sher-
eena Bates, Emergency Prepared-
ness Coordinator Brandy Bishop,
Lead Licensed Practical Nurse
Jeannette Cavan, Senior Help Desk
Technician Mark Donahoo and
Chinuk Wawa Assistant Teacher
Washie Squetimkin-Anquoe.
7 years: Early Head Start Teach-
er Joshua Biery, Training Coor-
dinator Jeri St. Onge, Health &
Wellness Clinic Doctor Randy
Blome, Tribal Police Offi cer Kalim
Mercier, Infant/Toddler Teacher
Shawna Freeman, Human Resourc-
es Administrative Assistant Jessie
Storm and Firefighter Anthony
Simmons.
6 years: Senior Mental Health
Counselor Denise Fellows, Police
Offi cer James Flynn, EHS Family
Educator Tracy Haas, Compen-
sation/HRIS Analyst Jonathan
George, Member Benefi ts Admin-
istrator Kalene Contreras, Labo-
ratory Manager Teresa Larson and
Tribal Realty Specialist Amanda
Wilson.
5 years: Employment Coordi-
nator Holly Snodgrass and Staff
Accountant Benito Rodriguez.
After breakfast concluded, there
was a raffl e, which included cash
prizes of $50 and $100 and addi-
tional administrative leave.
CLEAR Clinic
SPRING
S P R I N G
CARNIVAL
C A R N I V A L
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
From 4pm to 6:30 pm
Come join us at the Tribal gym for some
family fun!
There will be a Cake Walk, Ring Toss, and other
fun activities.
Boxed dinners and drinks will be provided.
*There is an
Oregon State
police charge of
$33 for finger
printing for all
criminal
expungements
PLEASE CONTACT THE
EDUCATION DEPARTMENT WITH
ANY QUEUESTIONS
503-879-2275