About Us

CKF Consulting works in relationship with Tribes, Tribal health organizations, and Indigenous-serving organizations to strengthen and sustain the Community Health Aide Program (CHAP). We support the systems behind CHAP — regulation, funding, planning, training, and quality assurance — so programs can grow with structure, accountability, and long-term stability. CKF Consultants/Partners are deeply dedicated to equity, resilience, and transformative change.

Our work is grounded in Tribal sovereignty, Indigenous leadership, and meaningful Tribal consultation. We recognize that Tribal governments are the decision makers and that Tribal resolutions provide the authority and direction for program growth.

We help each Tribe shape CHAP in a way that reflects its priorities, supports individual health goals, connects people to local and regional resources, and strengthens the workforce through training, performance evaluation, and skill-building opportunities.

CKF Consulting was created to support CHAP during a time of growth. Tribes outside of Alaska built this program collaboratively over more than a decade; our role is to help sustain that work while keeping program development accountable, community-rooted, and guided by Tribal priorities.

CKF isn't just one consultant with CHAP experience. CKF brings a team of people who understand policy, legislation, clinical practice, workforce development, education, curriculum, and implementation.

Christina Friedt, Managing Director, CKF Consulting

Christina Friedt Hill (she/her) is a policy analyst, strategic advisor, and public health advocate with more than fifteen years of experience advancing Tribal health policy and expanding the Community Health Aide Program (CHAP) beyond Alaska. She is Managing Director of CKF Consulting and a Contractor/Partner with The Raven Collective. Christina started CKF Consulting to continue her work to dismantle institutional and structural racism and colonial belief systems.

From 2015 to 2025, Christina served as Tribal Community Health Provider Program Director at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, where she led regional CHAP expansion across Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. Her work included coalition-building, regulatory and educational infrastructure, rulemaking, federal and state engagement, clinical integration, funding strategy, evaluation, quality improvement, and Tribal, state, and federal policy analysis.

Before NPAIHB, Christina was Health Policy Director at Children's Alliance, where she led health and oral health advocacy for underserved and low-income children, collaborated with Tribes to expand DHATs in Washington, and worked to protect Medicaid and CHIP. She began her career in the U.S. House of Representatives.

Christina’s leadership is direct, collaborative, and developmental, grounded in servant leadership and trauma-informed principles. Raised in Kingston, Washington, she holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Washington and a Master of Jurisprudence from the University of Washington School of Law. She lives in Seattle with her husband, four children, two dogs, and a cat. Christina enjoys all things outside and “Type 2 fun”.

Tanya Firemoon (Nakoda, Enrolled Citizen of the Fort Peck Indian Tribes), Independent Consultant, ATREELEE MGMT, LLC

Tanya is an enrolled citizen of the Fort Peck Tribes, Montana is a Tribal and public health advocate and steward with experience in the

nonprofit health arena, where she has supported capacity building in child welfare, children’s mental health, research, public health, and workforce development. For the past decade, she has focused on advancing Community Health Aide Program (CHAP) readiness. She previously managed Portland Area Certification Board (ACB) functions, mapping foundational elements and processes to strengthen governance and certification operations in alignment with workforce pathways and discipline guideline standards.

Tanya also supports her own Tribe by helping develop local providers who are committed to their community and want to make a meaningful impact. She brings a sovereignty-centered, relationship-driven approach, with an emphasis on culturally responsive, audit-ready documentation and tools that expand access to quality care in rural and Tribal communities. As she continues to advocate for quality healthcare access, her work remains grounded in her family’s legacy of giving back to her people.

MorningRose Louie, Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck, Independent Consultant

MorningRose Louie, is a proud member of the Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes of Fort Peck, Montana, and a descendant of the Washoe/Paiute Tribes of Nevada.

She earned a Bachelor of Science in Public Health with a focus on Indigenous Public Health, while playing Division I Women’s Basketball at the University of Nevada, Reno.

Since graduating, she has worked as a tribal community health educator, and speaker at camps and events for Tribal youth, building trust and focusing on the areas she is most passionate about: leading disease prevention initiatives and advancing the mental, physical, and cultural wellness of all native people. She strives to combine professional and public health expertise with lived experience and cultural knowledge to create meaningful and accessible health education.

Her greatest passion is empowering our Tribal communities to live healthier, more active lives. Through education, prevention, community health, and cultural connection, she hopes to inspire and support our youth, men, women, and elders in building lifelong wellness and strengthening the health of future generations.

MorningRose currently reside in Spokane, Washington, with her husband and our three dogs.

Danica Love Brown, PhD, MSW (Citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) Independent Consultant, White Crane Consulting

Danica Love Brown, PhD, MSW (Citizen of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma) is the sole proprietor of White Crane Consulting. Danica is a highly accomplished social worker and recognized expert in Tribal Behavioral Health, Trauma-Informed Care, and Indigenous Trivance, with over 25 years of experience in system and service transformation to improve health outcomes for Native communities.

Expertise in research, program development, and cross-system collaboration, integrating resilience and strength-based frameworks with Indigenous Ways of Knowing to address historical trauma and substance misuse. Proven leadership in managing multi-million-dollar contracts, grants and teams, fostering culturally relevant and effective programs.

Katie Hunsberger (Yavapai), Independent Consultant

Katie Hunsberger (she/her) is from the Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation in Arizona. She is currently a doctoral candidate in Educational Leadership at Portland State University. This degree has contributed to her knowledge of building successful educational programs designed for Indigenous students on Turtle Island. With an emphasis on trauma-informed care, relationality, and cultural connectedness, she hopes to work alongside other Native leaders in transforming educational spaces through restorative justice.

Katie has been passionate about CHAP and BHAP for six years. She has contributed to the recruitment of over 75 Indigenous adult-learners in the PNW, retention of BHAs throughout their educational journey, and works with the academic institutions to foster program sustainability. Her experience as a program manager and consultant has contributed to BHAP advocacy and build out nationally. Katie strives to be an advocate and changemaker with communities by weaving together teachings in policy, higher education, and direct service work.

In her spare time, Katie enjoys connecting with Mother Nature, reading, traveling abroad, and creating artwork for her small business, Studio Euphorbia.

Miranda Davis, DDS, MPH, Independent Consultant

Miranda Davis, DDS, MPH, is a dentist and consultant who has focused her career on improving oral health care for underserved communities. She is currently a dental consultant for Tribal and nonprofit organizations in multiple states, and previously served the Northwest Tribal Dental Support Center as a Prevention Consultant.

From 2019-2026 Dr. Davis directed the Dental Health Aide Program at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board, leading the planning and implementation of the dental components of the Community Health Aide Program (CHAP) for tribes in Washington, Oregon, and Idaho. This work included dental therapy authorization, education, and clinical integration, along with administration of Oregon’s Pilot Project #100 - Oregon’s first dental pilot project which piloted employing Oregon’s first dental therapists.

Dr. Davis additionally served as a clinical supervisor for four dental therapists across three clinics in Oregon. Dr. Davis has spent two decades working with Tribal communities and FQHCs and continues to provide clinical care in Oregon. She holds a DDS from the University of the Pacific School of Dentistry in San Francisco and a Master of Public Health from the University of Washington School of Public Health.