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Planning Staff

Senior Planner
Hayley Cohen

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Bachelor of Arts (BA) Washington State University 

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Masters Certificate, University of Colorado

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Hayley Cohen is a CCT Senior Planner. Hayley completed her B.A. from Washington State University in Social Sciences and her Master's Certification in GIS from the University of Denver. Prior to working in Planning Hayley was the Capacity Core Coordinator for the NARCH grant project which focused on compiling data on health within the reservation boundaries. Hayley is a descendant of the Lakes band of the Colville Confederated Tribes. Hayley and her daughter River live in the San Poil valley. 

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Contact Info

 

Phone:  509.634.2559

E-Mail:  hayley.cohen.pln@colvilletribes.com

Senior Planner
Adam Amundson

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Bachelor of Arts (BA) Eastern Washington University  

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2022 Colville Tribes Attendance Award Recipient 

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2022 Most Inspirational Planner in Indian Country Recipient 

2023 Most Inspirational Planner in Indian County Recipient

 

Adam Amundson is a CCT Senior Planner, and specializes in land use and building permits.  Adam is very humble in his position with the CCT Planning Department. 

 

Prior to joining the CCT Planning family, Mr. Amundson was a Dwight D. Eisenhower fellow while he attended Eastern Washington University (EWU).  He did a traffic safety study on Highway 155.  His study emphasized the inconsistency of data on the reporting of traffic fatalities happening on the reservation and did a poster presentation in Washington, D.C. 2015-2016.  In his report he emphasized on a low cost solution of installing chevrons on the sharp corners along SR 155 to warn drivers of sharp curves were ahead.    

 

Adam graduated from EWU in 2016.  In 2017 he went to work for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe as the Planning Technician, and was the Transportation Planner, Economic Development Planner and the Land Use Planner for the next five years after graduating EWU.  

 

Adam was in charge of the Coeur d’Alene Tribes, National Tribal Transportation Facilities Inventory (NTTFI), annual inventory updates of conditions of roads, trails and bridges. Five (5) year update to the Long Range Transportation Plan 2018, did the semi-annual narrative reports both for the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), and Department of Commerce (EDA), Five (5) year update: 2020 Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS).

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Contact Info

 

Phone:  509.634.2530

E-Mail:  Adam.amundson.pln@colvilletribes.com

Associate Planner
Ronnie Bell

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Ronnie Bell is the Planning department's Associate Planner. Prior to working with CCT planning, she worked at the Nespelem Senior Meal Site for six years, two of them as the Assistant cook and the last four years as the Head Cook/ Site Supervisor where she prepared meals for 70+ elders in the Nespelem area with the help of her staff. She completed her AAS-DTA (Associates of Arts and Science- Direct Transfer Agreement) 2-year Degree  at Wenatchee Valley Community College in Omak in 2022 while working full-time at the Nespelem Meal Site. Some of her interests are beading, cooking, driving in the mountains, fishing, and spending time with her family. 

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She began her tenure with CCT Planning as an OA Senior and now occupies the Associate Planner role for the Department.  

 

Contact Info

 

Office:    (509) 634-2575

E-Mail:   ronnie.bell.pln@colvilletribes.com

Economic Planner
Vacant

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Vacant

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Contact Info

 

Office:    (509) 634-2577

E-Mail:   

Grants Staff

Grant Development Coordinator
Lachelle Ives 

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Contact Info

 

Office:    (509) 634-2539

E-Mail:   Lachelle.ives.pln@colvilletribes.com

Grant Development Coordinator
Douglas Marconi Jr.

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Graduate Degree – University of Washington, Seattle Campus

 

Bachelor of Science – University of Washington, Seattle Campus

 

Associate of Applied Science – Forestry (Spokane Community College)

 

Associate of Applied Science – Parks and Recreation (Spokane Community College)

 

Associate of Arts – two year transfer degree (Spokane Community College)

Military:

 

United States Marine Corps, various domestic and international duty stations.

 

Summary of Related Experience:

 

Douglas Marconi Jr., is a Grants Development Coordinator. Douglas brings almost twenty years of technical writing experience from various environmental sciences to the Planning Department.

 

Over the course of his professional career, Douglas has focused on understanding, learning, and applying sustainable land use principles and practices in the context of traditional ecological knowledge. Douglas provides coordination and advanced proposal writing for grant

development supporting the Tribal Government, various Tribal Programs, and, most importantly, the People.

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He is enrolled in Nimiipuu (Nez Perce) Palus (Palouse) at Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation while recognizing lineal descendancy from Nimiipuu at Lapwai, Idaho. Douglas is most proud of being a father to his two children.

 

Contact Info

 

Office:    (509) 634-2081

E-Mail:   Douglas.marconijr.psd@colvilletribes.com

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