About Tallgrass Institute

Our Team

  • Nalori Chakma

    Transition Minerals Advocacy Coordinator

  • AnnaMae Dziallo

    Shareholder Advocacy Coordinator

  • Kate R. Finn

    Founder & Executive Director

  • John Hausam

    Training Coordinator

  • Rachael Johnson

    Partnerships Manager

  • Shannon Jowett

    Director of Communications

  • Melanie Matteliano

    Research Manager

  • Laura Miller

    Director of Operations

Our Values

Tallgrass Institute is a thought leader in the field and operates to amplify Indigenous self-determination with excellence in work and creativity in design. We employ a holistic, generational view which Indigenous Peoples have cultivated for centuries in which all things – people, animals, the landscape, and built environments – are intrinsically connected. Centering these relationships,Tallgrass is committed to sustainability, equity, respect, and collaboration.

Image (bottom right) Members of the Tallgrass Institute team in 2024 conducting community engagement and fieldwork in Chile with the SIRGE Coalition.