Cherokee Preservation Foundation

Cherokee Preservation Foundation Announces New Staff Members

CHEROKEE, NC, May 17, 2004—Cherokee Preservation Foundation (CPFdn) announced today that James Bradley has joined its staff as Program Associate and Annette Saunooke is CPFdn’s new Program Assistant.

Bradley and Saunooke will be assisting in developing, monitoring and evaluating CPFdn’s programming in the areas of cultural preservation, economic development, environmental preservation and job creation. Both report to Susan Jenkins, CPFdn’s executive director.

Most recently, Bradley served as associate choreographer for the Cherokee Historical Association’s “Unto These Hills” outdoor drama. Previously, he was executive director of the Cherokee Youth Center, customer relations specialist for Harrah’s Cherokee Casino and executive assistant to the CEO of the Media Kitchen, a New-York based media company. He has a B.F.A. degree in Dance Performance from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and is an enrolled member of the EBCI.

Saunooke has a B.A. degree from Yale University, where her focus was on Native American Studies, and a Master’s degree in American Studies from the College of William and Mary. As a student, she interned with the Department of Agriculture and helped its Economic Research Services (ERS) division explore the policy implications of research conducted through ERS’s Small Grants Program, and she served on the annual conference planning committee of the American Studies Graduate Student Organization. She is a published writer and has a teaching license, and she is an enrolled member of the EBCI.

“We are delighted to welcome James Bradley and Annette Saunooke to Cherokee Preservation Foundation and look forward to the impact they will have on the foundation, the EBCI community and the region,” said Susan Jenkins, executive director. “It is wonderful to see members of the EBCI have the desire to return to the place where they have been raised so they can help make our community an even better place. James and Annette both bring work and life experience that will be invaluable to CPFdn and our grantees.”

About Cherokee Preservation Foundation

CPFdn was established on November 14, 2000, as part of the Second Amendment to the Tribal-State Compact between the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (EBCI) and the State of North Carolina. It is an independent nonprofit foundation funded by the EBCI from gaming revenues generated by the Tribe. CPFdn is not part of or associated with any for-profit gaming entity. Since CPFdn’s inception, it has made 147 grants totaling more than $6.5 million. For more information, visit www.cherokeepreservationfdn.org on the Web.