Josefina Frank

Established professional and leader with strong organizational and interpersonal skills. Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of accuracy. Encouraging leadership to promote analytical problem-solvers for team building, leading and motivating, as well as excellent customer relations aptitude and relationship-building skills. Proficient in using independent decision-making skills and sound judgment to positively impact Tribal Government and agency success. Dedicated to applying training, monitoring and morale-building abilities to enhance employee engagement and boost performance. Dedicated Tribal Leader with 13 years of experience empowering underserved communities and interests by communicating with local and state governments. Skilled at connecting organizations with powerful allies to solicit real change and effective action. Passion driven to bring diverse groups together to achieve universally beneficial goals.

Efficiently ran a Tribal Government with 670 Tribal Members, multiple enterprises as well as oversight of multiple properties and Tribal Housing. Responsible for reviewing and revising all governing documents to include Acts, Ordinances, Resolutions, Policies and Procedures for all aspects of the Tribal Government and Tribal operations. Responsible for actively serving on multiple internal boards and workgroups, external boards and workgroups within the County as well as on State and Federal levels. Have established well working relationships with CALOes, FEMA, County Sheriff's Office and State Legislators.

Provided direct oversight to Resource and Referral Department at local Non-Profit whose primary focus is on families and children. This included childcare services, assisting with establishment of new family childcare providers as well as childcare centers, oversight of nutritional programs offered at these sites i.e CACFP and provided Trauma Informed Training to numerous childcare providers within the County.

• Bureau of Indian Affairs
• Department of Health and Human Services Tribal Secretary Advisory Committee
• National Indian Gaming Commission
• California State Parks
• California Nations Indian Gaming Association
• Northern California Tribal Chairpersons Association
• California Tribal Families Coalition
• Cal Poly Humboldt Native American Advisory Council
• Governor's Office of Tribal Affairs
• Federal Emergency Management Agency
• Loleta Elementary Stakeholders Equity Committee

• IS-700 NIMS- FEMA
• ICS-100- Introduction to the Incident Command System
• ICS-200- Basic Incident Command System for Initial Response
• IS-800- National Response Framework
• EL0580- Emergency Framework for Tribal Governments
• E0581- Emergency Operations for Tribal Governments
• L0583- Emergency Management Overview for Tribal Leaders
• Supervision Skills for New Supervisors Certification
• THRP Certified- Tribal Human Resources Certification NNAHRA
• Roles and Responsibilities of Tribal Board and Council Members Certification

Within the last thirteen years of my work I have dedicated my efforts to the greater good of the community to include all individuals and more so those who are most vulnerable. I have engaged with youth and adults alike and have worked extremely hard to ensure that I share my life with them so that they have hope as I have underwent many of the traumas that our communities are facing. My educational achievements, hand in hand, with the implementation of what I have learned has allowed me to be a model for my people and my community.