Office of the Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs (AS-IIA)

Ambassador Carmen G. Cantor
Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs
Keone Nakoa
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular and International Affairs
- Tammy Duchesne, AS-IIA Acting Chief of Staff, tammy_duchesne@ios.doi.gov
- Abdiel Razo, AS-IIA Special Assistant and Communications, abdiel_razo@ios.doi.gov
- Valerie Smith, AS-IIA Executive Assistant, valerie_v_smith@ios.doi.gov

Office of the Asst. Secretary (202) 208-4709

Office of Insular Affairs (OIA) Leadership & Teams

Office of Insular Affairs – Headquarters
U.S. Department of the Interior
1849 C Street, NW
Washington, DC 20240

Office of the Director (202) 208-4736

Policy Division (202) 208-6816
Budget Division (202) 208-6971
Technical Assistance Division (202) 208-4707

Policy Team

Basil Ottley – Director of Policy – U.S. Virgin Islands – basil_ottley@ios.doi.gov
Marina Tinitali – Deputy Director of Policy, American Samoa, Accountability Policy, Audit Liaison Officer (ALO), Emergency Management Coordinator (EMC) – marina_tinitali@ios.doi.gov
Francisco Taitano – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam – francisco_taitano@ios.doi.gov
Vanitha Sivarajan – Ecologist Climate Change – vanitha_sivarajan@ios.doi.gov

Budget Team

Jonathan Dunn – Director of Budget – jonathan_dunn@ios.doi.gov
Julianna Rice – Deputy Director Budget – julianna_rice@ios.doi.gov
Krystina Borja Alfano – Energizing Insular Communities, CNMI Compact Impact/CIP, Guam Compact Impact/CIP – Krystina_Alfano@ios.doi.gov
Melissa Braybrooks – Economist – melissa_braybrooks@ios.doi.gov
Sylvia Holton – Administrative Officer – sylvia_holton@ios.doi.gov
Aimee Munzi – Grant Obligations, Payments, American Samoa CIP/Compact Impact, Hawaii Compact Impact – aimee_munzi@ios.doi.gov
Rebecca Zepeda – Compact Grants – rebecca_zepeda@ios.doi.gov

Technical Assistance Team

Charlene Leizear – Director of Technical Assistance – charlene_leizear@ios.doi.gov
Tanya Harris Joshua – Deputy Director of Technical Assistance Programs – tanya_joshua@ios.doi.gov
Weihao Jennifer Feng – Republic of the Marshall Islands, U.S. Virgin Islands, and General TAP and BIL Grants, Maintenance Assistance Grants – weihao_feng@ios.doi.gov
Hailey McCoy – American Samoa, Guam, and Palau TAP and BIL Grants, Brown Tree Snake Grants – hailey_mccoy@ios.doi.gov
Merriam Porter – Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands & Federated States of Micronesia TAP and BIL Grants, TAP Reimbursable Agreements, Graduate School Contract, Coral Reefs and Natural Resources – merriam_porter@ios.doi.gov

Honolulu Field Office Team

Stephen Savage – Field Office Lead – Infrastructure, Compact Grants – Stephen_savage@ios.doi.gov
Ryan Edgar – Education Sector Grants, SEG, and DOI Liaison to IndoPacom – ryan_edgar@ios.doi.gov; ryan.s.edgar@pacom.mil
Martin Moore, III – Compact Grants – martin_moore@ios.doi.gov

OIA Honolulu Office
1132 Bishop Street, Suite 2104
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Phone (808) 525-5088

OIA Field Representatives

American Samoa – Lydia Faleafine-Nomura – 1 (684) 633-2800 – lydia_nomura@ios.doi.gov
Northern Mariana Islands – Harry Blanco – 1 (202) 731-4098 – harry_blanco@ios.doi.gov
Marshall Islands – Fred Nysta – 011 (692) 247-4011 – frederick_nysta@ios.doi.gov
Micronesia – Cheryl Burkindine – 011 (691) 320-2187 – cheryl_burkindine@ios.doi.gov

For more information about the DOI Leadership Team, click here.