Our board of directors at DIFRC are dedicated to meeting the diverse and emerging needs of American Indian children and families in the Denver metropolitan area. Our goal is to assist families to avoid involvement with the child welfare system and to advocate for families already involved.
Read more about the history of child removal and why DIFRC came to be.
Board of Directors
Taylor Kingsbery, Board Chair
(Chickasaw Nation)
Sr. Director of Business Development, American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Beth Wright, Board Vice Chair
(Laguna Pueblo)
Attorney, Native American Rights Fund
Brendan Morrison, Board Treasurer
(Tsimshian Tribe)
Chief Principal, Blue Sky Wealth Group, LLC
Isabel Dufford, Board Secretary
(Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma)
Attorney, Colorado Legal Services Corporation
Nic Brokenleg, MSW, CSW-PIP, Board Member (DIHFS Representative)
(Sicangu Lakota)
Deputy Director, Denver Indian Health and Family Services
VACANT, Board Member
(TRIBAL NATION)
Executive Director, Denver Indian Center, Inc. (BOARD REP)
Jerreed Ivanich, Board Member
(Tsimshian Tribe)
Assistant Professor, American Indian & Alaska Native Programs, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center
Amanda Kee, Board Member
(Diné)
Retired Counselor and Elder Community Leader
Elaine Williams, Board Member
(Jemez Pueblo)
ICWA Advocate, Independent Consultant
Lucille Echohawk, Emeritus Board Member
(Pawnee Nation)
DIFRC Co-Founder
Board Meetings
DIFRC Board of Director’s meetings occur every third Tuesday of each month. For more information, please email us at info@difrc.org.