Offering Hands and Hearts Alongside Fellow Volunteers
Our leadership team supports and guides the work of Re-Member by bringing diverse professional experience and expertise from the financial, legal, nonprofit, academic and business sectors to the Board of Directors.
Their vision, personal financial support and business acumen help set the strategic direction and priorities for the organization as they work closely with Re-Member’s Executive Director, who manages day to day operations on site at Pine Ridge.
Our Board members are committed to visiting Re-Member at least once a year, offering their hands and hearts alongside fellow volunteers.
Dan Peters, Chair
Dan first volunteered at Re-Member in 2018 and joined the Board in 2020. Dan is currently our treasurer and works closely with the Executive Director and Director of Finance and Administration to keep Re-Member’s finances in order.
A passionate servant leader, Dan spends much of his time volunteering for worthy organizations. In his spare time, you’ll usually find him on the water with a fishing rod in his hand.
Dan holds degrees in Biology and Dentistry and is currently semi-retired. He resides in Grand Rapids, MI.
Lori Wyckoff, Vice Chair
Lori began volunteering with Re-Member in 2008 and joined the Board in 2011. Life and work required her to step away from serving on the Board in 2013. While she has continued to support Re-Member in the interim, she is thrilled to be able to step back into active service, volunteering on the Rez and re-joining the Board in 2024.
Lori’s life has been a long arc of caring ministry, from nursing through early intervention and now as a pastor. Along the way she has volunteered for a variety of organizations, but none closer to her heart than Re-Member and serving the Lakota. She brings skills in leadership, stewardship, storytelling, and community-building to Re-Member.
Lori holds a BS in Nursing, a Master of Divinity, and a Certificate in Interfaith Leadership. She is an ordained minister in the United Church of Christ who has served several congregations in the Boston/Northshore area and southern NH. She currently resides in Andover, Massachusetts.
Katie Dick, Treasurer/Secretary
Katie started volunteering at Re-Member in 2017 and joined the Board in 2024. Katie’s career is in bank regulation, working as a bank regulator for the first 25+ years of her career and then pivoting to consulting. She now has her own consulting firm, Salt of the Earth LLC. In addition to being quite handy in the workshop, Katie brings experience in financing and fundraising to her role on the Re-Member Board.
Katie’s background is in international finance and she and her family lived in London for three years as part of her career with the U.S. Department of Treasury.
Katie’s early interest in understanding and appreciating Native American cultures began with the book, Bird Girl: Sacagawea which she received from her parents in grade school. Her interest has continued through life and she is delighted to expand her exposure from “reading” to “experiencing” through the work of Re-Member.
Katie resides in the suburbs of Washington D.C. with her husband, Jeff, and is pleased that she is joined by her father, Wayne, each year in her volunteer trips to Pine Ridge
Nicole Jansma
Nicole first began working with native communities in 2009 as an AmeriCorps VISTA at the Dry Creek Rancheria in Sonoma County, California, an experience that sparked a lifelong passion for supporting indigenous peoples. She has since built a career in the nonprofit sector focused on economic development, technology, and impact initiatives that help communities thrive.
In 2024, Nicole volunteered with Re-Member, an experience that renewed her commitment to native communities. She sees her work with Re-Member much like the intricate Lakota beaded jewelry she admires, where each experience, story, and relationship comes together to form a larger whole that reflects resilience, history, and connection.
Deirdre Lanesskog
Dr. Deirdre Lanesskog is Director and Associate Professor of the School of Social Work at California State University, San Bernardino, which sits on the territory and ancestral land of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians (Yuhaaviatam). She teaches and conducts research on social work administration and social welfare policy, particularly with immigrant and American Indian communities. She has made several trips to Re-Member, including with social work students, who find the trip life and career-altering. She lives in Claremont, California with her husband and four young adult children.
Amelia Marcantonio-Fields
Amelia first volunteered with Re-Member in 2022 and has returned to the Rez every year since. You may recognize Amelia from her summers on Re-Member’s staff as a Program Supervisor, serving alongside volunteers, deepening her knowledge of Re-Member’s work, and learning from the Oglala Lakota people. She joined the Board in 2025.
A trained city and regional planner, Amelia develops and implements economic development strategies to uplift and empower communities across the country.
She holds a Master of City and Regional Planning and a Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies. Amelia resides in Philadelphia, PA, with her partner, Jacob (also a Re-Member volunteer), and their dog, Lilah.
Dianne Roberts
Dianne has been a Re-Member volunteer since 2001 when she and her youth group were invited to participate in bed bunk building on the Pine Ridge Reservation by Keith and Ginny Titus. It was love at first sight and she joined the Board in 2003.
Dianne works with other members of the Board and staff to maintain Re-Member’s records and stay on top of human resource Issues. She tries makes several trips to Re-Member each year to participate with staff and volunteers and to provide hands-on assistance and support for Re-Member staff. Dianne is a passionate, hard-working, self-starter and a great motivator for the organization.
She is a retired legal administrator for a large Michigan law firm and currently works part-time as the director of parish care at one of the largest social justice churches in Kalamazoo, Michigan where they are working to make a positive difference to the marginalized locally, nationally, and globally. She also volunteers and serves on various committees and as the secretary for the national office of the board of directors of her denomination.
Kay Schultz
Kay first volunteered at Re-Member in 2017, returning for 5 more years, and joined the Board in 2024.
Kay’s background is in Logistics and social responsibility. Kay is semi-retired from the corporate world, consulting part-time for worker protections and social justice in global factories.
She has a passion for serving and lifting people up, volunteering in Guatemala and supporting global non-profits, as well as with local volunteer opportunities in her community. She serves on several committees at her church and early learning center.
Kay holds a degree in Business and Sociology. She resides in Independence, Minnesota.
