Norfolk Office
Joey Nathan
Executive Director
Joel “Joey” Nathan, Executive Director: Ms. Nathan has served as NPHA Executive Director since 2012 and has served the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska in various capacities for more than 24 years, with more than 17 years of experience in production, supervision, scheduling, and project management. Read More
Justine Knapp
Director of Development
Justine Knapp has served the Northern Ponca Housing Authority in various capacities since 2011. Her roles have included administration, secretarial duties to the NPHA Board of Commissioners, admissions and occupancy of low-income rental units, property management, human resources, development, homeownership and real estate transactions. Read More
Don Magnuson
Director of Finance
Mr. Magnuson has served as NPHA’s Director of Finance since 2020, and has been with NPHA since 2011. He currently is leading the Finance Department in administrating multiple grants, including the Homeowner Assistance Fund, American Rescue Plan Fund, and multiple ICDBG grants. Read More
Alex Villalpando
Director of Maintenance
Mr. Villalpando has been the Director of Maintenance for Northern Ponca Housing Authority (NPHA) for over 12 years. He has been working for (NPHA) since 2001. He has extensive background in housing rehabilitation. He has been working in the construction field for 24 years and has an Associate of Applied Science degree in Building construction. He has construction management experience in residential construction, procurement, estimation and cost projection and planning and budgeting preparation. Read More
Theodora Medel
Admissions & Occupancy Specialist
Theodora Georgett Medel has been with NPHA since 2010 and serves as the Admissions & Occupancy Specialist. Some of Ms. Medel’s duties include procurement, bids and contracting for our ICDBG/IHBG projects, administrates the HOHIA program, scheduling work orders/techs, reports, inputting work orders, working with tenants and meth testing. Ms. Medel also worked for the PTON Social Service Department for 9 years before coming to NPHA. Read More
Shelby Coffman
Homeownership Coordinator
Shelby Coffman is the Homeownership Coordinator for the Northern Ponca Housing Authority, her goal as the Homeownership Coordinator is to focus particularly on assisting tenants and applicants to achieve homeownership in Indian Housing. Read More
Angelica De Anda
Executive Assistant
Angelica De Anda is an enrolled member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and currently serves as the Executive Assistant for NPHA. Ms. De Anda has served the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska for 10 years in various capacities. Through Ms. De Anda’s PTN opportunities, she has a gained experience in Tribal Court, Social Services, Housing, Law & Order Code Revision and Election Procedures for Tribal Council. As the Executive Assistant for NPHA, Read More
Nicole Beauvais
Maintenance Administrative Assistant
Ms. Beauvais was hired as a Records Management Assistant for NPHA in 2014 and held the Maintenance Clerk and Maintenance Administrative Assistant positions from 2015-present. She is responsible for assisting the Construction and Maintenance Department with record-keeping for all ICDBG and IHBG rehabilitation and construction projects. Read More
Holly Wetjen
Maintenance Clerk
Ms. Wetjen has been with NPHA since April of 2017. She was hired as the Maintenance & Inventory Clerk and has held that position to present day. Some of her job duties include; researching prices and purchasing general inventory supplies needed to maintain tenant’s houses, creating work orders, processing them, proofreading documents, writing contracts, researching bids on said contractual projects, and overseeing those projects by making sure all of the necessary paperwork is completed and turned in on a timely manner. Read More
Olivia Munoz
Office Coordinator
Olivia Munoz currently serves as the Office Coordinator for the Northern Ponca Housing Authority. She provides customer service and support services to the Native American Community as well as being a part of the Homeowner Assistance Fund (HAF) Program. Read More
Christina Froehlich
Admissions & Occupancy Specialist
Christina Froehlich is an enrolled member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and currently serves as the Admissions and Occupancy Specialist for Districts 1 and 4. Her daily duties include working with Native American families who live in the low income housing program and helping them to be able to reach their goals and be successful in this program. Christina enjoys her position because each day provides new opportunities to learn and grow relationships with her clients. Read More
Danielle Bauer
Resident Services Coordinator (ROSS)
Danielle Bauer is an enrolled member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and serves as the Resident Service Coordinator. Her goal for this position is to assist residents of Indian Housing towards self-sufficiency and support individuals towards their economic independence. She strives to help anyone in need. She has gained experience in Social Services from working at the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska for 3 years. Read More
Mawana Kitto
Finance Processing Clerk
Mawana “Moe” Kitto is an enrolled member of the Ponca Tribe of Nebraska and currently serves as the Finance Processing Clerk for NPHA. Ms. Kitto joined the team May 2021. Ms. Kitto enjoys working with the Native American community and is very ecstatic to be part of such a great team.
VACANT
Construction & Maintenance Technician
Cande Perez Figueroa
Maintenance Temp
Maria Weddell
Finance Assistant
Maria Weddell is an enrolled member of the Yankton Sioux Tribe and serves as the Finance Assistant. She previously worked as a CNA for 10 years before being employed by NPHA. Maria joined the NPHA team in 2020 during COVID as a COVID Support Specialist. Maria enjoyed working as part of the Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA) and has learned so much about Indian Housing and all of the clerical duties that come with job since she started. Read More
Omaha Office
Sean Hearn
Maintenance Tech Lead
Sean Hearn has been with NPHA since 2019 and has 6 years previous experience working for a Housing Authority. Mr. Hearn graduated from the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners Apprenticeship program Local 444.
Darren Gorup
Maintenance Technician
Darren Group has been with NPHA since 2020 and has 25 year’s experience in residential and commercial construction and maintenance.
