- CTI Russian & Farsi, US Navy, Rota, Bahrain
- Universidad Complutense de Madrid /
- BA University of Minnesota, Spanish /
- MA University of Minnesota, Religious Studies / Art History /
- MDiv Starr King School for Religious Leadership, Unitarian Universalism, atheism in religion
- Chattanooga InterTribal Association 1993- /
- Tennessee Native American Convention /
- Advisory Council on Tennessee Indian Affairs /
- Secretary, Tennessee Commission of Indian Affairs /
- Native American Indian Association of Tennessee /
- Native American historic preservation activist, Chattanooga, Tennessee
- co-founder, Chattanooga Humanist Assembly