Board of Directors

Below are listed our board of directors; also available is the list of elected ATNI executive board member (PDF), who appoint the ATNI-EDC board of directors.

David Tovey – ATNI-EDC Board President (term expires 9/05)

Mr. Tovey (Cayuse*) is the current Executive Director of the Coquille Indian Tribe in North Bend, OR.  Mr. Tovey oversees Tribal governmental operations for the tribe, primarily administrative, judicial, educational, and regulatory services.  Prior to his position with the Coquille Indian Tribe, he served as the Executive Director of the Confederated Tribes of Umatilla (CTUIR) and was a primary force in all aspects of planning, financing, contract negotiations, design, construction, and management of the Wildhorse Gaming Resort, Wildhorse Hotel, Wildhorse Golf Course and Tamastslikt Cultural Institute. Mr. Tovey is also on the founding Board of Directors for the Indian Land Tenure Foundation. In 2001, he was named Economic Development Leader of the Year by Oregon Governor, John Kitzhaber. Mr. Tovey is a graduate of the University of Idaho, with a degree in Finance.

Michael Marchand – ATNI-EDC Vice President (term expires 9/06)

Mr. Marchand (Colville) serves on the Tribal Council of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, as well as on the Executive Board of the Intertribal Transportation Association. He served as the Director of the Northwest Tribal – Local Technical Assistance Program (L-TAP) at Eastern Washington University, a program that provides transportation training and technical assistance in tribal planning, sovereignty, grant writing, and economic development to Northwest Tribes. He serves as the First Vice President for the ATNI Executive Board and was recently appointed Chair of the ATNI Economic Development Committee.  He also serves on the Board of Directors for the Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT), and on the Board for the Inter-Tribal Monitoring Association, which is overseeing national BIA trust reform issues.  Mr. Marchand has a Bachelors degree in Economics and Urban Planning and a Masters degree in Urban and Regional Planning from Eastern Washington University.

Sharon Goudy – ATNI-EDC Secretary (term expires 9/05)

Mrs. Goudy (Yakama) is currently the ATNI Executive Board Treasurer, and the Chief Executive Officer of the Yakama Nation Credit Enterprise, located at the Nation headquarters in Toppenish, WA. She is also a current ATNI EDC Revolving Loan Fund committee member. In her past work history of 32 years, she served a term on the Yakama Tribal Council as the Executive Board Secretary. Mrs. Goudy started her work career in BIA/Tribal Realty for five years. She worked in the law and order systems a total of seventeen years, of which she was the Yakama Nation Law and Justice Deputy Director for seven years. She served on the Yakama Nation Housing Authority for five years and was their Board Secretary. Education achievements are an Associates of Science degree in Business Management from Yakima Valley Community College; and a Bachelors of Science degree in Business Administration, with a specialization in Management and Organization from Central WA University; and some Masters level coursework. Mrs. Goudy is an active Christian, who serves as the Church Secretary and Missionary, and is involved with the reservation community. Sharon is married to Pat Goudy Sr., and they have four adult children and five grandchildren.

Jolene Atencio – ATNI-EDC Board Member (term expires 9/05)

(Warm Springs)

Walter Jackson – ATNI-EDC Board Member (term expires 9/06)

Mr. Jackson (Quileute) is currently the Executive Director of the Quileute Tribe located in LaPush, along the Washington Coast. During his many years working for the Quileute Tribe, he served on its Tribal Council for eight years, including two years as the Chairman. Mr. Jackson has also worked as the Project Manager for the American Indian Trade and Development Council, and the Enterprise Manager for the Quileute Tribal Enterprise Board, where he worked to increase business and seek funds for tribal enterprises. He has also led an extensive effort to promote tourism as an economic development tool in Northwest Indian Country and has advocated for greater partnership between state, local and Tribal government tourism development efforts. He currently is establishing a Tribal Tourism Association in Washington State and is Chair of the ATNI Tourism sub-committee.

Antone Minthorn – ATNI-EDC Board Member (term expires 2/06)

Mr. Minthorn (Cayuse), a founding board member and primary force behind the creation of the ATNI-Economic Development Corporation was recently elected to its Board of Directors. He is nationally known as a leader in economic development and tribal sovereignty issues for Indian Country. He was Chairman of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Reservation (CTUIR) from 1997-2001 and also served on CTUIR’s General Council from 1982-1997. He has also served as Chairman of CTUIR’s Water Committee, Economic Development Commission and Tribal Land Steering Committee. In these positions, he helped to provide policy oversight of the Tribe’s businesses and economic development projects, totally $100 million and jobs for over 300 tribal and non-tribal members. Mr. Minthorn was also the driving force behind what is now the multi-departmental Land Acquisition Committee. For the past fifteen years, Mr. Minthorn also served as the chair of ATNI’s Economic Development Committee. At the age of 65, he has returned to college, to study computer science, and he continues to be a national advocate for the importance of economic parity between non-Indian and Indian communities.

Lee Shannon - ATNI-EDC Board Member (term expires 2/06)

Mr. Shannon (Cowichan, B.C.) practices law at the Portland office of Hobbs, Straus, Dean & Walker, LLP.  He focuses on commercial business entity formation, gaming, finance, tax and economic development for Indian tribes.  Mr. Shannon has substantial experience assisting Tribes in their use of the Indian Tribal Governmental Tax Status Act to do tax exempt financing.  He has worked with Indian tribes on a variety of economic development and infrastructure financings, and regularly works with Tribal governments and Tribal enterprises in negotiating, structuring, and documenting bond issues, loans, leases and other financing arrangements.  Mr. Shannon received his J.D. and M.B.A. from the University of Washington and his B.S. in biology from Seattle University.  He is also on the board of directors of both the Legal Aid Services of Oregon and the Oregon Law Center.  He is a member of the Alaska, Washington and Oregon State Bars, and is admitted to practice in the United States District Court for the District of Oregon.

(* denotes Tribal affiliation)