Aiy ye kwee Ne tom'eyr!
Promoting Indigenous-led decision making since 1491.
*Logo Artwork from Local Indigenous artist Naa-ch li-tu Daraxa (Tolowa)
Embracing Indigenous-led Solutions
Confluence Connections
Watershed Regenerative Ventures (WRV) is a Native-owned social enterprise established in 2020 to bring a watershed approach to Indigenous-led entrepreneurship, impact investing, capacity building in the Yurok Indian Reservation as well as encourage regenerative projects throughout the Klamath-Trinity River Watersheds.
Our Team
Isaac S. Kinney, CEO
Aiy-ye-kwee (Greetings)!
Nek-new Isaac S. Kinney, Weychpues mey' wo mechok; esi Weychpues ok
Isaac Kinney (Yurok/Chicano) is a Yurok Tribal Citizen from village of Weych-pues at the confluence of the Klamath and Trinity Rivers in what is now known as Northwest California. His extensive experience working with Indigenous communities and Tribal governments have helped him become effective in his advocacy efforts in working with national and local governments, philanthropists and grass-roots organizations. He currently resides in his village of Weych-pues with his wife Priscella and four children Kee-poon Hoogech, Pectah Ike, Tseeyaba and Chmuuek.
After graduating from University of California Davis in 2009, Isaac began working as a Recruitment and Training Coordinator for the Native non-profit Northern California Tribal Court Coalition. This position was through Americorps giving him experience working under a larger volunteer structure that could have large impacts with smaller regional teams. Working with NCTCC showed many ways how Tribes and non-profits can compliment each other to deliver direct services and resources. Seeing the opportunities met with the continued challenges of funding and access to scalable capital, this is Isaac's initial experience of the confluence of finance and restorative justice frameworks.
Driving into fatherhood, Isaac began working for his Tribe (Yurok - yuroktribe.org) in Tribal Transportation actively updating the roads inventory, developing new programs like Transit and Trails, managing projects, and advocating for Tribal Transportation in local (Caltrans D1), regional (http://www.dnltc.org/) (http://hcaog.net/), and national forums Example: Tribal Transportation Program Coordinating Committee. Here brought the hands on experience in government contracts and developing a Tribal Scenic Byways Program established to elevate the local Indigenous perspective for highway travelers (visityurokcountry.com). This position created new pathways for the Yurok Tribe and other Tribes become lighting rods for new innovative projects and financial structures. Experience with the Transportation Research Board will help in the development of cutting edge solutions especially around Indigenous infrastructure and emerging technologies.
Since working for the Tribe, Isaac has become a stay at home parent to care for my four young children and build our house to live in. In this journey Isaac was able use previous experience working with non-profits to drive change through philanthropy. Currently Isaac is a co-chair of the Indigenous Peoples Working Group for NEXUS Global established to elevate global solutions to accelerate global solutions for a sustainable world. Most recently Isaac has worked with various non-profits including Nature Rights Council, Save California Salmon, and Seventh Generation Fund for Indigenous Peoples Inc.
To keep up to date on Priscella and Isaac's philanthropic work check out Tributary Connections at tributaryconnections.org
All of these experiences helped Isaac launch Watershed Regenerative Ventures and establish work products and services that will have immediate, direct impacts.
Photo Credit: Terence Duffy - Here to Lead Campaign
Vinecea A. Edwards Esq. - Advisor
Vinecea Edwards is an innovative Global Business Strategist, with 15 years of business development under her belt. She has extensive experience identifying and executing corporate opportunities for improvement and recommending practical, implementable and sustainable solutions. Stepping in to secure everything from television deals to game-changing start-up investments, Vinecea has proven time and time again that what matters is not where you start but how you finish.
In addition to her illustrious consulting career, she is a California- based Attorney who earned her Juris Doctor from Thomas Jefferson School of Law and her B.A. from University of California at Davis. While earning her law degree, she worked as the Corporate Strategist for Closet HQ, a legendary high-end fashion enterprise catering to international high profile clientele. Most noteworthy, she led the charge in opening Closet HQ's first high-fashion showroom, Jason Campbell Malibu. Jason Campbell Malibu became an instant worldwide success frequented by Hollywood's top A-listers.
Following her achievements at Closet HQ, she became a founding contributor of Ashes Unite, an NGO providing cost-free legal services to people of human rights violations. Continuing her passion for service, she served as the Outreach Coordinator for Music From The Streets, an organization dedicated to eradicating homelessness. Merging her love for sports, public service, and the arts she set the standard for innovation as the Product Manager for the revolutionary sports platform XvX, formerly named Gradelo.
In the aftermath of this success, Vinecea is on a mission to continue to solve the world’s most significant problems facing corporations today by taking unparalleled and impossible ideas and transforming them into outcome-driven realities.
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