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Our Team

Our Village Navigation Team
Our staff contribute significant heart to the work of Oceania NW and we are so grateful for the ways that they share their mana to take care of our villages all across the Puget Sound region. We have staff who are rooted in Everett, South King & and Pierce County. Our village navigation team ensure that all our programs - health, food, elder, youth, young adult and cultural programs are staffed with the greatest hospitality we can offer our people. We have the lived experiences to serve in culturally responsive ways.

Elisapeta Tafa
Samoan Village Navigator

Coleen Joel
Kosraean Village Navigator

Lavenia Natuna
Fijian Village Navigator

Patricia Anni
Marshallese Village Navigator

Raven Atonio
Oceanian Arts Coordinator

Fetuli Tafa
Cultural Foods Coordinator

Koleti Michael
Senior Program Coordinator

Salote Wati
NHPI Health Coordinator

Jeivet Kenelak
West Papuan Village Navigator

Our Operations Team
Amelia Bai fares from the beautiful islands of Viti. She currently lives in Tulalip Territory, with her two children. Her role as Associate Director includes providing oversight over Oceania NW's engagement in Snohomish County. Amelia champions our immigrant populations leaning on the lived experiences of her community. She is currently pursuing her degree in the nursing field.
Joseph Seia, MPA, has ancestral roots in Samoa, Tonga and Aotearoa. He has 20 years of experience in direct service and providing leadership oversight over nonprofits. He serves as the lead steward ensuring ONW's mission & vision is supported by the larger village network. Joseph is an anti-racist organizer who labors to build intergenerational spaces rooted in cultural belonging and healing justice.

Amelia Bai
Associate Director

Joseph Seia
Executive Director

Our Board Team
Our Board consist of Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders who are well integrated in the lives of our village network all across the Puget Sound. They lead from lived experiences and reflect the diversity of our Pasifika Diaspora that have settled here on Coast Salish Lands.

Mareta Aitulagi
Key Works

Moses Fonua
Kalapu Northwest

Kapiolani Laronal
JED Foundation

Miriama Laulu
Teine Mauli Alofa

Kekai Leialoha
Kaiser Permanente

Contact
Feel free to contact us with any questions.
Main Office: 1158 Industry Drive, Tukwila WA
EIN: 93-2622247 Oceania Northwest is a 501c3 Nonprofit
Oceania Northwest acknowledges that we live and work on stolen Coast Salish land. We recognize the land stewardship of all Indigenous people since time immemorial and the disruption of this work by white occupation. We are aligned to efforts in supporting Indigenous sovereignty in the Pacific Northwest as we also fight for Indigenous sovereignty over our home, Oceania.

















