About Us

Candi Carmi

Regional Director

Candi is the Regional Director of the ANA Eastern Region Technical Assistance Center. During her 17 years as a technical assistance provider, Candi has been involved in all aspects of technical assistance from helping applicants develop a fundable project, to assisting grantees with project implementation, and to conducting end-project grantee impact evaluations. She has been a pre-application, project planning and development, and a post-award trainer and has also worked on creating curriculum for the 3 trainings. She has been a presenter at ANA Grantee Meetings and has represented ANA at federal functions. Candi is a member of the Oneida Nation and resides in Northern Virginia.

Ann Hull

Admin & Outreach Coordinator

Ann Hull is the Administrative and Outreach Coordinator for the Eastern Region Training and Technical Assistance Center.  Ann has been with the Eastern Region TTAC since 2012.

Rachel Whiteside

Technical Assistance Specialist I

Rachel Whiteside is the Technical Assistance Specialist I and newest member of the ANA Eastern Region Technical Assistance Center. Rachel graduated with a BS degree focusing on Anthropology and History from Washington State University. She is also a Haskell Indian Nations University alumna where she was the editor of the Indian Leader, the oldest Native American student newspaper. Rachel is a member of the Narragansett Indian Tribe of Rhode Island.

Quannee Oosahwe

Technical Assistance Specialist II

Quannee Oosahwe is the Technical Assistance Specialist II for the ANA Eastern Region Technical Assistance Center. For the past 3 years, Ms. Oosahwe has provided support with technical assistance for the Eastern Region applicants and grantees. She graduated with a BS degree in Anthropology from Arizona State University. Prior to working with the Eastern Region Team, she worked for the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona (ITCA) National Tribal Water and Wastewater Operator Certification Program providing training and operator certification services to Tribal drinking water and wastewater operators in EPA Regions 5-10. Quannee is a member of the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians.

James St. Arnold

Training Specialist

Jim is the Training Specialist for the ANA Eastern Region Technical Assistance Center. Before joining the ANA Eastern team in 2022, he spent 29 years working for the Great Lakes Indian Fish and Wildlife Commission (GLIFWC) as a grant writer/Project Director concentrating on ANA grant applications and funded projects. After retiring from GLIFWC, Jim worked as a consultant providing technical assistance to tribes and organizations applying for grants from ANA. He also has been an ANA grant reviewer in the panel process since 1988.  Jim is a member of the Keweenaw Bay Indian Community and resides in Michigan.