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Executive Director Recruitment Assistance at Thunder Valley CDC

After over a decade of building and growing with Thunder Valley Community Development Corporation (TVCDC), Nick Tilsen is transitioning from his Executive Director role to a position on the Board of Directors. To learn more about his transition watch this short video from Nick.

As TVCDC staff and Board begin the search for our next dynamic and innovative Executive Director, I wanted to reach out to ask your help in spreading the word about our opening!  We will be actively recruiting from February 15th to April 1st 2018, and interested candidates can email a cover letter, resume, writing sample (2-5 pages), and media or communications samples (audio or video interview, published writing/quotes, etc…) to jobs@thundervalley.org, indicating “Executive Director” in the subject line.

As outlined in the position description we are looking for someone aligned to our organizations mission of Empowering Lakota Youth and families to improve the health, culture, and environment of our communities through the healing and strengthening of cultural identity, with a desire to be a part of a growing and constantly evolving organization.

If there is anyone in your network you think may be a fit for the role we’d love for you to pass along the position description and application details!

What started as an idea a little over a decade ago has turned into an institution of radical change.  We are so thankful for Nick’s tenacity and commitment to building TVCDC into the organization it is today, and we are so excited to see TVCDC continue to grow and create change under the direction of a new Executive Director.  Thank you for your help in generating a stellar candidate pool for this great opportunity!

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear

Jodi Rave Spotted Bear is the founder and director of the Indigenous Media Freedom Alliance, a 501-C-3 nonprofit organization with offices in Bismarck, N.D. and the Fort Berthold Reservation. Jodi spent 15 years reporting for the mainstream press. She's been awarded prestigious Nieman and John S. Knight journalism fellowships at Harvard and Stanford, respectively. She also an MIT Knight Science Journalism Project fellow. Her writing is featured in "The Authentic Voice: The Best Reporting on Race and Ethnicity," published by Columbia University Press. Jodi currently serves as a Society of Professional Journalists at-large board member, an SPJ Foundation board member, and she chairs the SPJ Freedom of Information Committee. Jodi has won top journalism awards from mainstream and Native press organizations. She earned her journalism degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder.