Wishtoyo serves as a “rainbow bridge” linking Chumash and Indigenous lifeways with the protection of natural and cultural resources, utilizing traditional ecological knowledge to provide environmental and cultural preservation and justice, education, research, and advocacy.

Wishtoyo is place, organization, and movement inspiring people to live in harmony with our Earth again.

Board of Directors

Mati Waiya, President CEO
Tel: 805.667.7818
matiwaiya@wishtoyo.org

Deborah Sanchez, Chair
Tel: 805.667.7818
info@wishtoyo.org

Terry Tamminen, Vice President
Tel: 805.667.7818
info@wishtoyo.org

Ali Sahabi, Treasurer
Tel: 805.667.7818
info@wishtoyo.org

Jan Olmstead, Secretary
Tel: 805.667.7818
info@wishtoyo.org

Lauren van Schilfgaarede, Member
Tel: 805.667.7818
info@wishtoyo.org

Paul Novoa, Member
Tel: 805.667.7818
info@wishtoyo.org

Max Gail, Member
Tel: 805.667.7818
info@wishtoyo.org

Doug DeLuca, Member
Tel: 805.667.7818
info@wishtoyo.org

Wailani O’Herlihy, Member
Tel: 805.667.7818
info@wishtoyo.org

Wishtoyo Staff

Mati Waiya
Founder & Executive Director
Tel: 805.794.1248
matiwaiya@wishtoyo.org

Leticia Segura
Director of Accounting
Tel: 805.667.7818
lsegura@wishtoyo.org

Tano Cabugos
Conservancy Field Site Operations Manager
Tel: 805.667.7818
tcabugos@wishtoyo.org

Alicia Cordero
Marine Biocultural Restoration Ecologist
Tel: 805.667.7818
aliciacordero@wishtoyo.org

Jill Hoffman
Bookkeeper/Human Resources
Tel: 805.667.7818
jillhoffman@wishtoyo.org

Alyssa Gonzalez Castañeda
Social Media Manager
Tel: 805.667.7818
acastaneda@wishtoyo.org

Chumash Women’s Elders Council

LUHUI (GEORGIANA) SANCHEZ, Chairwoman
Chumash, Tohono O'odham

LUHUI ISHA
Chumash, Zacatecaño

SUE DIAZ
Chumash, Tohono O'odham

MARTHA JAIMES
Coastal Band of the Chumash Nation

MENA MORENO
Pueblo, Mexica, Chumash

JAN WARD OLMSTEAD
Chumash, Zacatecaño

DEBORAH SANCHEZ
Chumash, Tohono O'odham

NENA VALENZUELA
Chumash, Santa Clara River Turtle Clan

VERONICA VASQUEZ
Chumash, Santa Clara River Turtle Clan