UW Extension Native American Task Force (NAFT) is made up of Extension educators and professionals who work in, work with, or support educational outreach to Wisconsin tribal communities. Members include:
- Brian Gauthier, Community Resource Development Educator (NATF Coordinator) brian.gauthier@wisc.edu Lac du Flambeau UWEX Office, Lac du Flambeau
- Larry Jones, Director – Distance Education/Digital Media Unit larry.jones@wisc.edu
- Teresa Curtis, Nutrition Education Program Specialist teresa.curtis@wisc.edu
- Sheena Arnold, Nutrition Educator sheena.arnold@wisc.edu
- Jennifer Gauthier, Community Natural Resource & Economic Development Educator jennifer.gauthier@wisc.edu, Menominee County/Nation UWEX Office, Keshena
- Sofie Teller, 4-H Youth Development Educator sofie.teller@wisc.edu, Menominee County/Nation UWEX Office, Keshena
- Dawn Doperalski, Family Living Educator dawn.doperalski@wisc.edu, Menominee County/Nation UWEX Office, Keshena
- Matt Calvert, 4-H Youth Development Specialist matthew.calvert@wisc.edu, Madison
- Erin Peot, Rural Development Outreach Specialist erin.peot@wisc.edu
- Cathy Techtmann, Environmental Outreach State Specialist cathy.techtmann@wisc.edu, Iron County
- Joy Schelble, Bad River 4-H Youth Development Coordinator, Chief Blackbird Center joy.schelble@wisc.edu Bad River UWEX Office, Odanah
- Patrick Goggin, Lake Specialist – Wisconsin Lakes Partnership / UW-Extension Lakes pgoggin@uwsp.edu, Rhinelander
- Ariga Grigoryan, LCO CNRED Agent and Sawyer County ariga.grigoryan@wisc.edu, Sawyer County UWEX Office, Hayward
- Annie Jones, Organizational Development and Tribal Nations Specialist, UW Extension annie.jones@wisc.edu
- Dominic Ledesma, Interim Director Office of Access, Inclusion, and Compliance. dominic.ledesma@wisc.edu
- Alana Perez-Valliere, Nutrition Educator, alana.perezvalliere@wisc.edu, Racine/Kenosha Counties UWEX Office, Racine
- Steve Nelson, Area Director, stephen.nelson@wisc.edu
- Jesse Conaway, Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies, jessie.conaway@wisc.edu, UW-Madison Nelson Institute
If you have any questions regarding Native American Task Force please contact
Brian Gauthier
Community Resource Development Educator
Lac du Flambeau Tribe
602 Peace Pipe Rd
P.O. Box 67
Lac du Flambeau, WI 54538
Phone: 715-588-4251
FAX: 715-588-9408
Email: brian.gauthier@wisc.edu
