Thea Lawton

Thea assists Koahnic’s management team in seeking federal, state and private funds for new Native project and programming initiatives. Thea began her nonprofit career at Appalshop, an Appalachian media center in Whitesburg, Kentucky where she was also a volunteer announcer for community radio station WMMT. Thea has been a Certified Fund Raising Executive since 2003, and serves on the board of the Alaska Chapter of the Association for Fundraising Professionals.