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Director of Administration and Finance (HR): Cheryl James
James comes to SWAIA with 15 years of experience in business management for both the non-profit and for-profit sectors. She has a background in development, especially grant writing and reports, and will be graduating in May 2006 with a BA in Humanities from the College of Santa Fe and is currently a graduate student at Regis University in the Masters of Nonprofit Management program. She also holds an AA from Santa Fe Community College in Fine Art (with a concentration in painting) and has taught arts and crafts for over 20 years, specializing in the fiber arts. Cheryl was blessed with a mentorship in which she worked closely with a Navajo silversmith over a period of several years. She notes that this experience embedded into her a being a love of Native American arts. She has lived in Santa Fe for over 8 years and loves its diverse culture.E-mail: cjames@swaia.org