David O'Connor '05, MS '13
Co-President

David J. O'Connor (Anishinaabe or Ojibwe name is Bwaakoningwiid) is originally from and is a citizen of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa. In January 2012, he became the Education Consultant - American Indian Studies Program at the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction (DPI). In David's role at DPI, he supports school districts' efforts to provide instruction on the histories, cultures and tribal sovereignty of American Indian Nations and tribal communities of Wisconsin, often referenced as Wisconsin Act 31, and the education of Native American students.

David provides training opportunities and presents at conferences and workshops on American Indian Studies and provides general consultation on issues related to Native American education. He also serves as liaison to the Tribal Nations and communities of Wisconsin; tribal education departments, the Wisconsin Indian Education Association (WIEA), the Great Lakes Inter-Tribal Council (GLITC), the Special Committee on State-Tribal Relations, and the Office of Indian Education - U.S. Department of Education.

David received both his Master of Science (M.S.) and Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, WI. He is also a graduate of the School District of Ashland in Ashland, WI, where he did his K-12 education and a graduate of the Bad River Head Start in Odanah, WI on the Bad River Indian Reservation where he started his education and early learning.

Katrina Brook Flores BA '07
Co-President

Katrina Brook Flores aka El La Katrina/El La Ka is a Chicanx, IndigiQueer multi-practice artist with an artistic focus on storytelling through filmmaking, installation, music, movement and wearable design. Flores graduated with a BA in East Asian Languages & Literature and Certificate in CLS from UW-Madison in 2007. At UW-Madison, Flores was founding Arts-In-Education Director for OMAI & FirstWave, Co-Director of Breakin’ The Law: International Festival of Urban Movement and was an active student member of The MultiCultural Student Coalition, Wunk Sheet, MEChA, ASM and SSFC among other campus involvements. After moving to Chicago, Flores served as Community Programs Director at RedMoon Theater and B-Series co-curator at The Dance Center at Columbia College in Chicago. Before becoming a full-time artist in 2019, El La Katrina worked as the COO of The Firehouse Community Arts Center in the North Lawndale neighborhood to assist in building the capacities of the organization in their inaugural year of funding with the Chicago CRED Program to achieve a transformative reduction in Chicago gun violence with justice involved youth. Following El La Katrina’s 2020 & 2021 Dark Matter Residency with Elastic Arts Foundation in Chicago, Flores served on the curatorial board for the Dark Matter Residency as well as The AfroFuturist Weekend Festival in Chicago. Flores is an award winning filmmaker and director with their 2022 debut short films Seed Pollinate Bloom and Assaman both of which were produced through their production company, GIT Productions. Now based in Oklahoma, Flores continues to create multidisciplinary art. Flores also had the honor to DJ at the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City at the museum's inaugural fundraising gala party.

Faun Moses BA '04
Treasurer

Faun is a member of the Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians. She attended the University of Wisconsin- Madison from 2000-2004, where she was actively involved with Wunk Sheek, the Native American student organization. 

Faun then began her career with the Wisconsin State Public Defender (WSPD) as an Investigator in 2005. A few years later, she attended UW-Madison Law School, where she worked with the Innocence Project, ACLU's Capital Punishment Project, and interned in the WSPD's Madison Trial Office Adult and Juvenile Division, as part of the Defender Project. In law school, Faun was actively involved with ILSA, the Indigenous Law Students Association. 

After law school, in 2010, Faun continued her career with the Wisconsin State Public Defender's Office, when she began working in the Madison Appellate office. In 2015, she started working in the Janesville Trial office as a Local Attorney Manager and subsequently became the Regional Attorney Manager of the Janesville Region.   

Kelly Davids, BBA ’04
Secretary

Kelly Davids is an enrolled member of the Oneida Nation of Wisconsin and also has heritage with the Stockbridge-Munsee Community (Band of Mohican Indians) through her father, as well as German ancestry through her mother. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2004, where she was a Mercile J. Lee Scholar (formerly the Chancellor’s Scholarship Program) and an active member of Wunk Sheek, the Native American student organization. She served as co-president of Wunk Sheek during her sophomore and junior years.

Kelly began her career at Allstate Insurance Company shortly after graduation and currently works in the data science department, where she manages a team of consultants. In 2022, she joined a grassroots community group for Native American employees and allies. When the group became an official employee resource group (ERG), Kelly was selected as Vice President in 2023 and now serves as Chair. She is proud to have been part of the ERG’s leadership since its inception and is excited to bring that same energy and commitment to the Cooweeja Affinity Group.