An artistic thinker from childhood, Forest has a creative & diverse secular background, ranging from 20+ years in film and entertainment to planning, funding, and building infrastructure projects for Native & Rural America. Forest is an enrolled citizen of the Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation and has spent many years in and around tribal government and tribal business. Forest has 10 years of experience as a wireless engineer, designing and constructing city-wide and reservation-wide Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISP). In recent years Forest represents a consortium of native & woman-owned companies that assist in the stabilization of intergovernmental infrastructure projects, assist in the mediation between federal, state agencies, tribal governments, and tribal businesses. To tribes, he has helped execute planning, funding & build efforts with the goal of economic diversity for our tribal communities. To providers, Forest helps structure and mitigate risk for projects and investments throughout Indian Country. Forest can assist in the successful execution of federal, state, and private funded infrastructure projects (e.g. energy, telecommunications, data centers, agriculture, etc.).

In the past, Forest spent 8 years as the Vice President of Datasat Technologies for North America, in charge of product development, contract manufacturing, new vertical formation and product offerings. Forest spends a great deal of time assisting communities with telecommunications infrastructure, data centers, renewable energy, and large-scale agriculture.

Joni Theobald is a member of the Lac du Flambeau Lake Superior Chippewa Tribe in northern Wisconsin and has worked in fields of technology since 2010. From 2011-2015, she served as the Tribal liaison between telecommunication/Internet providers through the Tribal Rules of Engagement team, carry-out the FCC tribal consultation requirements of Telco’s. From 2012-2014, assisted the FCC through organizing a regional tribal workshop, presenting on FCC panels on Connect American Funding and understanding Erate (USAC).  She also served on the National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) broadband committee.

Within that timeframe, she led the northern WI. tri-county broadband feasibility study, as well as the tribal feasibility study in order to bring more economic and educational opportunity in rural Wisconsin. She served on the Vilas County Economic Board (2012-2015) and as the spokesperson for the broadband sub-committee, presenting broadband needs in northern Wis., to northern rural town boards.

She currently resides in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, development technology-based training to meet local Employer demand in these fields.

Initially Tamara was the CFO for the company and quickly outgrew her role, EnerTribe is proud to have her as a principal in the company.  She has 15 years experience in various areas of business administration for medical facilities in Oregon and California. She currently holds positions in the Sister Companies of EnerTribe as the CFO Earthprint Technologies.  Specializing in financial forecasting, AP/AR, and trained in Industry standard practices for company operations. 

Tamara has quickly become an invaluable member of the EnerTribe team.

Ron is a grant specialist with a proven track record (raised over $250 million over the last ten years) of developing and writing successfully-funded competitive grant proposals and cooperative agreements for non-profit organizations, governmental agencies and private sector companies. Ron is a published author on the topic of grants and has spent time as a subject matter expert working for the federal and state funding agencies as a grant reviewer. Ron Graduated from Nova Southeastern University with his Doctorate of Business Administration.

Ruby is results-oriented, and people focused. Previously, she managed the Taipei Metro IT infrastructure upgrade in Taiwan. As a Project Manager for EnerTribe, she coordinates with government agencies and private firms to develop broadband infrastructure and telecommunication solutions.

After completing her bachelor’s degree in Philosophy, Ruby’s passion for public affairs led her to the US, where she received her Master’s in International Public Policy and Management degree from the University of Southern California.

He spent almost a year in this environment rebuilding homes after the disaster, learning from many talented individuals in the construction trades. After returning he built a reputation as a talented and detailed construction and remodel contractor. An avid outdoorsman and traveller, he is very comfortable being in remote areas, off-grid and with limited reception and resources. This background has proven invaluable when working with many of Ener Tribes Native clients as they are oftentimes in remote areas and require many off grid, remote sites to sustain their telecommunication needs.

Gilbert is a problem solver and creative thinker, when a challenge presents itself he views it as an opportunity to create a solution instead of focusing on what caused the problem. As the Field Engineer for Enertribe, he will coordinate with all of the contractors and builders in developing or refurbishing towers, huts and other communication facilities. His innate ability to see the big picture as well as the small details allows him to successfully coordinate several teams during deployments, keeping the projects on track.

She has worked extensively with watershed analysis, land use, land tenure, and land management analysis. She has worked both nationally and internationally with environmental impact assessment of large and small projects, and has authored numerous environmental documents. She has led interdisciplinary teams in complex environmental assessment projects and has been responsible for the completion of the technical reports. In addition to her technical skills, Dr. Eckert excels at establishing successful working relationships with regulatory agencies and negotiating terms and conditions of environmental permits that are practical, economically feasible, and environmentally compliant. Her skills in strategic thinking and her inclusive approach to project leadership have enabled her to be successful in complex problem solving and in finding solutions that are acceptable to all parties. Dr. Eckert is an experienced project manager with specialized skills in federal and state environmental permitting and compliance. She has worked with clients in the private and public sectors to successfully analyze and permit projects. She has managed projects ranging in value to $10 million, and projects of both short and multi-year duration.