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Executive Leadership Team
The Executive Leadership Team meets weekly to deliberate on
the agency’s objectives, strategies, policies, and platforms that enable our staff’s success.
Our guiding tenant in our meetings is: “T. H. E. P. E. O. P. L. E.”
Matt Poss, MHA, CHFP
Interim Executive Director
and Director of Finance Operations
and Director of Finance Operations
Matt Poss, MHA, CHFP
has over 15 years experience working in the healthcare system, with eight of those a leadership/supervisorial capacity. He has worked with inpatient, long term acute care, inpatient acute rehab hospitals, skilled nursing facilities, and outpatient clinics. Matt holds a Masters in Healthcare Administration and enjoys working collaboratively by making sure that's what done is best for the whole by utilizing analytics, logic, and experience.
Craig Sandoval, M.Ed.
Navajo / Hopi / Kewa
Director of Administrative Services
Director of Administrative Services
Craig Sandoval, M.Ed.
Penelope Pinnecoose, BS
Ute / Shoshone / Arapaho
Interim Director of
Community Health Services
Interim Director of
Community Health Services
Penelope Pinnecoose, BS
has similarly served with UICSL for 14 years. She is now the Director of Community Health Services and the primary liaison to our AI/AN elders and families.
Ryan Ward, MPH
Director of Clinical Operations
Ryan Ward
has grown with UICSL over the last seven (7) years and currently serves as our Director of Clinical Operations. His focus is on expanding UICSL medical and clinical services such that all urban AI/ANs in Salt Lake have access to quality treatment services.
Kristie Hinton, RD, CD, CDCES
Registered Dietitian/SDPI Coordinator
Kristie Hinton, RD, CD, CDCES
Eva Leyer, PHR
Human Resource Generalist
Eva Leyer, PHRP
has 11 years in the human resource field in various roles i.e., HR Coordinator, HR Generalist, HR Benefits & Payroll Specialist and HR Management. She graduated with Honors with a BS in Business Management in 2014 and went on to gain her PHR in human resources in 2020. Eva has worked in, for-profit organizations and the non-profit sector of community health. Loves inspirational quotes e.g.: “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”
Dan Hampton, BS
Executive Coordinator
Dan Hampton, BS
has a Bachelor of Science Degree from the University of Utah. He serves as the Executive Coordinator and has been with the organization since January 2021. Dan loves to serve and bring joy to people from all communities while working with leadership to improve our organization and the world around us.
Mary Louise Santacaterina, BA, BS, MS
Grant Development/Compliance Manager
Mary Louise Santacaterina, BA, BS, MS
Mary Louise Santacaterina is an experienced Grants and Development Manager with over 10 years in the nonprofit sector, known for her solution-oriented, goal-driven approach, integrity, and transparency. With a proven track record in managing grants and federal contracts, she consistently drives positive economic and programmatic outcomes. Guided by her personal mission "to support and uplift Native American organizations," Mary Louise aligns closely with strategic plans to advance impactful, sustainable growth for those she serves.