Meet Our Team
Executive Director
Dawn R. Stover
Cherokee
Director of Special Projects
Germaine Omish-Lucero
Rincon Band of Luiseno Indians
Community Engagement Coordinator
Sandra Wilson
Choctaw
Office Coordinator
Kerri Autry
Communications Director
Raven Word
Apache, Kiowa, Cheyenne & Arapaho
Biographies
Dawn R. Stover
Dawn has been honored to use her passion and dedication to become a leading voice in Indian Country to address domestic and sexual violence. Her largest demonstration of this has been her work with the Tribal Coalitions, and her journey to advocate, educate and support Tribal efforts with the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). Dawn was a founding board member and then director of the Native Alliance Against Violence, Oklahoma’s Tribal Coalition, working alongside and serving the Tribal governments and Tribal victim service programs in Oklahoma. Prior to her work with the Tribal coalitions, Dawn served as the executive director of the Oklahoma Regional Community Policing Institute providing training to Oklahoma’s peace officers, including Tribal officers. Dawn currently serves on the National Task Force to End Sexual and Domestic Violence, working to inform and implement effective public policy to address domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, stalking, and sex trafficking, particularly as it relates to Tribal communities and impacts Tribal victim survivors, Tribal advocates, and Tribal coalitions. Dawn resides in Norman, Oklahoma with her gang of rowdy pups, and nearby, her two wonderful grandchildren.
Germaine Omish-Lucero
Germaine has been working and advocating for the needs of Native victims for more than twenty years aimed at preventing domestic and sexual violence in Tribal communities. She was the original director of the Strong Hearted Native Women’s Coalition, Inc. founded in 2005 to assist tribes to create the appropriate Tribal resolutions to assist in identifying and mediating essential changes to reduce crimes covered under VAWA. Germaine founded the 2014-Kiicha House—first Native women’s shelter in Southern California. Germaine serves as a board member representing her reservation for the coalition. She is a citizen of the Rincon, Band of Luiseno Indians in San Diego, California. She has two children, three stepchildren and most recently became a grandma to her first grandchild. Germaine lives with her husband on Taos Pueblo in Taos, New Mexico.
Sandra Wilson
Sandra is a citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, born and raised in Chickasha, Oklahoma, on the traditional lands of the Kiowa, Comanche and the Wichita. Her grandfather, Calvin (Cabin) Wilson, was one of the famous WWI Choctaw Nation code talkers. Sandy is a graduate of Oklahoma State University’s Crime Victim Survivor Services Program and is no stranger to the work of the tribal domestic violence and sexual assault coalitions having previously worked at Oklahoma’s tribal coalition, the Native Alliance Against Violence, in 2012-2013. Sandra is also a registered veterinary technician, devoting 32 years caring for our four (sometimes 2 and 3) legged relatives. Sandra lives in Midwest City, Oklahoma, with her herd of fur babies. She enjoys her hobbies of beadwork, sewing, painting, and reading.
Kerri Autry
Kerri, born and raised in Freehold, New Jersey, moved to Oklahoma in 2004 where she met and married her partner, Clint, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation. Kerri and Clint have two teenage children who are also enrolled members. Kerri worked for the Native Alliance Against Violence, Oklahoma’s tribal coalition, providing office supportive services starting in 2014, leaving during the pandemic in 2020 to home school her children. Kerri joined the ATCEV as office coordinator in the Spring of 2023, assisting with the financial transactions of the coalition. Kerrie is a skilled baker providing candy, treats, and cakes to the local community, friends and family. When she is not providing support to the ATCEV, homeschooling her teens, or baking, you can find Kerri and her family taking in the local festivals and events, and exploring the campsites of Oklahoma.
Raven Word
Raven is a proud member of the Náishá (Apache Tribe of Oklahoma), and a descendant of the [Gáuigú (Kiowa), Tsistsistas and Hinono’ei (Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes). She graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma in 2015 with a BA in Mass Communication- Brand Advertising with a minor in Graphic Design and previously worked at the Native Alliance Against Violence as the Communications Specialist from 2017-2021. She also has experience creating content for the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum's social media pages, providing marketing services as an intern for the Paseo Arts District, and has been a freelance designer since 2014. Her freelance design includes websites, logos, digital/print publications, and photography. Raven loves creating all types of art including painting, beadwork, and sewing. She currently lives in Oklahoma with her husband, son, 6 turtles, and dog.