About Tasha

Manager Representative for Quivera Enterprises, LLC and Iscani Industries, LLC

National Director of Programs

Tasha R. Fridia (Pejuta Cangleska Win – Sacred Medicine Circle Woman), is an enrolled member of the Wichita and Affiliated Tribes and is Kiowa, Caddo, and Hunka Oglala Lakota.  She is a lifelong resident of the ancestral homelands of her Kitikitish people and has a deep connection to the land that is now known as Oklahoma.  Ms. Fridia holds a Juris Doctorate with a certificate in American Indian Law from Oklahoma City University School of Law, a master’s degree in Human Resources Development from Webster University, and a bachelor’s of Arts degree from the University of Oklahoma. 

Tasha is also an American Express NGEN Fellow, Alumnus of Native Leadership Oklahoma, and recipient of the Native American 40 Under 40 Award. Currently she serves as the National Director of Tribal Programs for Friends of the Children. Ms. Fridia sits on the Board of Managers for Quivera where is guided by a desire to create a better world for the future generations of Wichita people. She continues to work and volunteer with various entities whose focus range from education equity, to youth engagement, and tribal economic development.  Tasha strives to make her ancestors proud in everything she undertakes.  Her most important job and greatest legacy are  her daughters, Isabella and Kennedy.