Staff

Founder and Executive Director

Jonathan Cordero​, PhD
Ramaytush Ohlone, Bay Miwok, Chumash, Cochimi
[email protected]
  • Metush (Chair) of the Ramaytush Ohlone peoples
  • Executive Director, Association of Ramaytush Ohlone
  • Visiting Scholar in the Spatial Sciences Institute at USC
  • Steering Committee member, Regional Watershed Management Program
​Dr. Cordero received a bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley and a doctorate from the University of California, Santa Barbara. He has written several articles on California Indians during the Mission Period.  Dr. Cordero works as a consultant in both the public and private sectors, especially in the arts, and he serves as a leader, speaker, and activist in the broader Ohlone and Chumash communities. 

Culture Director

Gregg Castro
Ramaytush Ohlone, T’rowt’raahl Salinan, Rumsen
[email protected]
Gregg Castro [t'rowt'raahl Salinan/rumsien-ramaytush Ohlone], has been involved in preservation of his cultural heritage for nearly three decades, for both his late Mother’s rumsien Ohlone heritage, and on his late Father’s side, the since ended ‘Salinan Nation Tribal Council’ (serving two terms as Tribal Chair) and currently the non-profit organization, Salinan T’rowt’raahl. Gregg is a member of the Society for California Archaeology (SCA).  Gregg is a Co-Facilitator for the annual California Indian Conference, a 30+ year gathering about California Indigenous heritage. Gregg is a writer and activist within the California indigenous community, on issues regarding cultural preservation, protection, education and traditional practices.

Organizational Development and
Sustainability Consultant

Barbara Mumby (Patawomeck, Pamunkey, Mattaponi)

Barbara Mumby is an Organizational Development and Sustainability Consultant with over fifteen years of experience working in the philanthropic sector supporting social services, education, and the arts. In this capacity, she managed grant and capital portfolios exceeding $20 million dollars annually. Barbara has also developed, implemented, and managed a broad range of programming and large-scale initiatives throughout California over the past three decades. Her most recent projects have included: providing seed funding and support to establish the American Indian Cultural Center of San Francisco,; co-authoring San Francisco’s Indigenous Peoples Day legislation; being an inaugural member of San Francisco’s Cultural District working group and earliest advocate for an American Indian Cultural District; mobilizing the community around the removal of San Francisco’s ‘Early Days’ statue, and; conceptualizing curating, and implementing San Francisco’s first citywide American Indian Initiative, entitled “The Continuous Thread.”
 
Barbara obtained her undergraduate degrees in Native American Studies and Studio Arts from the University of California Berkeley and obtained her master’s degrees in museum studies and business administration from the John F Kennedy University.

Ramaytush Ohlone Tribal Council

Indigenous Advisors
Pam Curry
Carol Gannon-Hembel
Victor Stene
***Under Construction***

Board of Directors

Sara Moncada
​Gregg Castro
Jonathan Cordero