Inspiring Tomorrow’s American Indian Health Providers
Our Mission: "Building healthier communities by bringing medical knowledge and opportunity to underserved American Indian children and young adults."
Help Asniya improve health outcomes for American Indian communities.
Board Officers
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Tracy Zacher, RN – President, Board Member since 2002
Tracy Zacher grew up in South Dakota and is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. She graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree… Read More -
Jacob Taylor, MPH – Vice President, Board Member since 2012
Mr. Taylor graduated in 2012 from the University of Rochester with a Bachelor of Science degree in Biology with a minor in Health, Behavior,… Read More -
Danica Liberman, MD, MPH – Secretary, Board Member since 2007
Dr. Liberman grew up in Southern California. She received her undergraduate degree in history at Yale University, medical school at Dartmouth and Brown, and… Read More -
Richard V. (Rick) Abdoo – Treasurer, Board Member since 2012
Mr. Abdoo is a retired electrical engineer from Ford Motor Company, and has a small part-time business servicing pipe organs. He volunteers for several… Read More
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Board Members
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Kathleen Sykes, JD – Board Member since 2012
Kathleen grew up in New Hampshire and graduated from Bates College in 1997 with a Bachelors of Science and from Suffolk University Law School in… Read More -
Miles Cunningham, MD PhD – Founder, Board Member since 2002
Miles G. Cunningham earned a PhD from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1993 specializing in "Transplantation Strategies for the Analysis of Brain Development and… Read More -
Catherine Larkins, BS – Board Member since 2015
Catherine grew up in Arkansas and Texas. She received a BS degree in Home Economics from the University of North Texas in 1975. In 1982… Read More -
Ryan O’Connor, MD – Board Member since 2009
Dr. O’Connor graduated from Washington University in St. Louis in 2005 with a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology. He later went on to graduate from Tufts… Read More -
John Haas – Board Member since 2016
Mr. Haas is an enrolled member of the Oglala Sioux Tribe and resident of the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation. He has been an educator all… Read More -
Danette L. Flint, MD – Board Member since 2014
Danette is currently a medical resident in the Internal Medicine Residency Program at Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, NH. She obtained her medical degree… Read More -
Ken Masters, MD – Board Member since 2015
Ken Masters, M.D., is a board certified psychiatrist and diplomat of the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology currently practicing in Houston, Texas. Ken received… Read More -
Jennifer Hasvold, MD – Board Member since 2016
Dr. Hasvold grew up in South Dakota and studied Political Science and Health Policy at Duke University. She received her M.D. from the University of Michigan in… Read More -
Holly Frost, MD, FAAP – Board Member since 2015
Holly grew up in Northern Wisconsin. She received her bachelor’s degree in Microbiology and Secondary Education from Michigan Technological University and her medical degree from… Read More -
Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD, FAAP – Board Member since 2014
Ashley K. Fernandes, MD, PhD, is the Associate Director of the Center for Bioethics and Medical Humanities at The Ohio State University College of Medicine,… Read More -
Michael Kemmer, MD, MA – Board Member since 2012
Michael Kemmer is originally from Bronxville, NY, and recently finished an intern year in the Georgetown University-Providence Hospital Family Medicine residency program in Washington, DC.… Read More
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Consultants
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Sarah Arobba – Bookkeeping Consultant, Affiliated since 2002
Mrs. Arobba is a member of the Rosebud Sioux Tribe. In 1982, Sarah obtained her degree in business secondary education and went into the accounting… Read More -
Jennifer Gonyea – Fundraising and Social Media Consultant, Affiliated since 2015
Jennifer Gonyea comes to Asniya with 15 years of fundraising experience, focusing on relationship building, system implementation, event planning and communication marketing. She has held… Read More
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