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
Adrianne Maddux (Hopi), Chairperson
Executive Director
Denver Indian Health and Family Services
Laura Jones (Cherokee Nation), Treasurer
Associate
Native Affairs Practice Group, Van Ness Feldman, LLP
Taylor Kingsberry (Chickasaw)
Program Officer
American Indian Science and Engineering Society
Rick Waters (Kiowa/Cherokee Nation)
Co-Executive Director
Denver Indian Center, Inc.
Michelle Sarche (Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe)
Associate Professor
Centers for American Indian and Alaska Native Health at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Colorado School of Public Health
Dina Yazzie (Oglala Lakota)
Eligibility Supervisor
Community Assistance Division, Jefferson County Human Services
Beth Margaret Wright (Pueblo of Laguna)
Attorney
Native American Rights Fund
Board Meetings
Our board of directors currently meet every other month.