swaia Team
Jamie Schulze
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
Northern Cheyenne / Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
Originally from Montana, Jamie R. Schulze (Northern Cheyenne/ Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate) brings a wealth of diverse experiences to her role as a business leader. Having relocated to New Mexico 30 years ago, she has developed a deep appreciation for the land and its people. With a background in the hospitality industry as a former owner of The Bavarian Lodge & Restaurant in Taos Ski Valley, NM, Jamie understands the intricacies of managing successful enterprises and delivering exceptional customer experiences.
Beyond her entrepreneurial ventures, Jamie is a certified business and life coach with a leadership training certification, demonstrating her commitment to personal and professional
development. Her passion for uplifting others and fostering growth aligns perfectly with her new role at SWAIA (Southwestern Association for Indian Arts) as the Executive Director.
Mona Perea
ARTIST SERVICES
San Ildefonso Pueblo
Ramona Perea is from San Ildefonso Pueblo. She has been in education majority of her life along with many other positions like administrative, event planning , coaching, athletic director etc.. She has three beautiful children and one amazingly cute grandson. She plans to work diligently with SWAIA to deliver excellent assistance to artists and to help make the Santa Fe Indian Markets a success!
Strategic Partners
AMBER-DAWN BEAR ROBE
fashion Coordinator
SIKSIKA NATION
Amber-Dawn Bear Robe, from Siksika Nation, Alberta, Canada, achieved an MA in American Indian Studies and a second MA degree in Art History, both from the University of Arizona. Currently, she is Assistant Faculty of Art History in the Museum Studies department at the Institute of American Indian Arts, Santa Fe, NM.
Presently, Bear Robe is curating a fashion exhibition for the Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, opening August 2022, and producing the annual Indigenous fashion show for the Southwestern Association for Indian Arts (SWAIA).
Walk with Pride, a documentary film short on the 2018 Indigenous fashion show produced by Bear Robe, won a regional Emmy, September 2020. She is an acting trustee for the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) board, CO, and the Wheelwright Museum board, NM, and sits on the curatorial committee for Vital Spaces, NM. Previously, she was the Director/Curator of Urban Shaman: Contemporary Aboriginal Art, Winnipeg, Canada.
HODZA.mgmt
maRKETING & Digital Strategy
Navajo-oWNED aGENCY
HODZA.mgmt is a Native woman-owned management and marketing solutions company based in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Our company specializes in crafting refined strategies, utilizing scalable systems to generate potent solutions.
Our CEO, Sheyenne Sky, is a Diné entrepreneur based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with advanced degrees from the Fashion Institute of Technology and Harvard University. She founded HODZA.mgmt in 2020, channeling her passion and expertise in Native Art, Business and Culture into the creation of our company.
Our mission is to provide innovative, scalable, and sustainable growth strategies that not only support business goals but also honor the cultural heritage of those that we serve.
Metta Agency
PRESS RELATIONS
Goiyo Perez
MUSICAL PERFORMANCE CURATOR
