Our Leadership Board

Carl Moore, Founding Member & Chairman
Carl Moore's father is Hopi and his mother is English, Irish,German,Mexican and Chemehuevi (Chi-mi-way-vee). He is a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribes in AZ. He is concerned about humanity as a whole and has used his platform of being a cultural lecturer and performer to dispel unfair stereotypes of Natives, to give all people an assurance of their value, and to bring his Creator glory. Carl and his wife have 7 children and a granddaughter. Carl majored in Political Science and minored in American Indian Studies at Utah Valley University.
Vice Chair
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​​Lindsay Beebe, Founding Member & Secretary
Lindsay moved to Salt Lake City five years ago, drawn West from New England because of Utah’s unparalleled natural beauty and outdoor recreation opportunities. Lindsay has a BS in Community & International Development from the University of Vermont. After exploring and enjoying State’s rugged landscape and wild places, she was inspired to find work protecting Utah’s environment and natural resources. For two and half years Lindsay worked for the Healthy Environment Alliance of Utah (HEAL Utah), first as an intern and later at the Outreach and Education Coordinator. Since 2015 Lindsay has been working to protect Utah’s air quality and climate as the Organizing Representative for the Utah Sierra Club’s Beyond Coal campaign. 

Lindsay credits her dedication to environmental and social justice to strong women who have influenced her from an early age. She seeks to educate and empower the public to take action to protect each other, and our shared home. Lindsay feels blessed to have found and help build the PANDOS community to be a strong voice for justice in Utah.
​Dave John, Founding Member & Treasurer
Dave is part Tewa  and Dine. He has been in carpentry most of his life, "I got my degrees at YouTube University tinkering with various things".  Dave has served on the Title 7, Native American Events Inc, Utah League of Native American Voters, Pandos committees and he is also a Manager for the Salt Lake Comic Con. He enjoys doing volunteer work helping the community and the youth.
​Cassandra Begay, Tribal Liaison
Cassandra Begay is a member of the Navajo tribe.  Cassandra was born and raised on the Navajo Nation in Arizona where she grew up in a traditional Navajo Hogan in the canyon lands of Tuba City, Arizona.  She is the first person in her family to graduate college and earn a Bachelor’s of Science degree in Sociology from Utah State University where she received the New Century Scholar award, Navajo Nation scholar award, and Utah Coalition for the Advancement of Minorities in Higher Education Scholar award.  During her college career she was a member of the USU Native American Student Council and represented the Navajo tribe in multiple multicultural diversity pageants. 

Since graduation she has travelled around the world to England, France, Germany, and Spain.  She has served the Utah Native American population in various roles from working with the youth to help sustain their cultural identity to coordinating and facilitating large scale Native American events throughout the Utah community to help raise awareness about Native American culture and heritage.  She has almost 10 years of sales and marketing experience ranging from smaller nonprofit organizations to public corporations and joint ventures across a wide variety of disciplines including higher education, clean alternative energy, and humanitarianism.
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She is an avid advocate for mental health and nutrition and enjoys extreme sports and hobbies like downhill mountain biking, skydiving, rock climbing, skiing, and river rafting.
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​Carlos Alarco, Technology Chair
​Carlos Alarco was born in Lima, Peru, grew up in Sydney, Australia and now lives in Utah. He has over 15 years of experience using technology in education in the public and private sector.  He has worked for both The University of Utah and Utah Valley University and has a Masters Degree in Learning Technology.

Carlos has been involved with organizations like the Utah International Mountain Forum and the Women of the Mountains Conference. Through this involvement he was able to visit the United Nations headquarters in New York. He has helped organize events related to Sustainability and Gender Issues in both Utah and Salt Lake Counties. Carlos is honored to be working with PANDOS.
Youth Committee Chair
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Rhonda "Honey" Duvall, Arts and Cultural Coordinator
Rhonda is a powerful Inspirational Advocate, Singer, Songwriter and Performing Artist. Her travels are based on the movement of empowering, motivating and encouraging our communities with wise words and positive music. She’s fascinated with the results that come with uplifting people while leading a positive lifestyle.

When speaking, she touches on topics such as Leading a Positive Lifestyle, Surrounding Yourself With Like-Minded People, Building Character instead of building a Reputation and The Power of Accepting Others as They Are.

Through music, she is capable of expressing the world as she personally see it, hoping she can help someone through their personal story.

Rose Yazzie, M.Ed, Education Chair

Rose is Dine and Xicana. She is a fourth grade teacher in Salt Lake City School District. She has a Master’s degree in Education, Culture and Society from the University of Utah and her research interests include examining curriculum, pedagogy and family-school partnerships. Rose has presented on issues of inequalities in education, ways to connect schools and communities, and decolonizing the ideas our curriculum is based on.

Franci Taylor, Consultant to the Education Chair

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Connor Arrington, Grant Researcher

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Bob “Butch” Russell, Spiritual Advisor

Butch is a member of the Colorado River Indian Tribe with relatives from the Chemehuevi, Yavapai and Apache Tribes.  Butch grew up the Indian traditional way, raised by a Lakota step-father who was a member of the American Indian Movement (AIM) in the 1970’s. Born on the reservation in Parker, Arizona, Butch moved to Utah with his family in 1970. He now lives in Provo.
Butch was taught ceremonies by his elders, and continues those traditions today. He is a Sun Dance Chief and runs sweat lodges and other ceremonies across the United States and Canada. He works for Community Action in the Food Bank, and coached youth basketball and flag football for many years.  Butch has children that are members of the Ute Nation and the Cheyenne River Lakota tribe, and during the Standing Rock protest camps, Butch lived at the Cheyenne River Lakota Camp for many months. He is dedicated to preserving the traditions he was taught by elders, and will educate and carry on those values through his work with PANDOS.