Meet Our Board of Directors

Dedicated individuals working towards justice for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women/People. Please be aware that if anyone's names are not listed here on this page either as a Board of Directors member, an Advisor, or as a Reoccurring Volunteer, they are not official MMIWP Memorial Grove liaisons. Anything needed for and by the MMIWP Memorial Grove needs to be directed to the Official Spokespersons.

Lora Delmage Bennett

Founder and Director

(Official Spokesperson)

Jon Bennett

Co-Founder and Vice President

(Official Spokesperson)

Romie Encinas

Board Member & Advisor

Grove Elder

Cynthia Marie Mariner (Raven)

Board Member

Michael Benes

Crew

(Road Dog)

Meet Our Advisors

Special and sincere thanks to all of the amazing folks that act as our advisors, who make sure we do this right! This would not have been possible without each of them.

Cissy Reyes

Advisor/Advocate

MMIP Family Member

Amelia Kay Richardson Oxendine

Advisor/Advocate

MMIP Family Member

Roxanne White

Advisor/Advocate

MMIP Family Member

Jane Jacobs

Advisor/Advocate

MMIP Family Member

John Ironhorse

Advisor/Advocate

MMIP Family Member

Interested in becoming a member of the team? 

Let us know! We would love to have you sit with us a while and learn about we do.

Our Reocurring volunteers

These people work in the Grove at different times throughout the years. Our Reoccurring Volunteers are our backbone. They are the help that comes to us to add to our Board Members and our Advisors. 

  • Emily Edwards

  • Peter Landerose

  • Pearl Mather

  • Vanessa Reed

  • Jesse Riley

  • Scott Daniel Summersgill

  • Courtney Wolff

  • Danni Louise Yost

  • Silver Zieber

  • Tasha (Runs the fundraiser Tasha's Lemonade Stand!)

  • Blue (REDRUM MEMBER)


Volunteers in action

We are doing our best to tell the stories of our loved ones and raising funds to help where it will do the best good. Photos by Lora Delmage Bennett, Cynthia Marie Mariner, and Naylor Whipple Photography