Financial Training Contacts

Jenny Yazzie

Jenny Yazzie serves as the Financial Education Manager for Salt River Financial Services Institution. She has been around the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community for over 14 years and working in Native Communities for 20 years. With a love for anything financially related, she has been educating people about finances for 17 years. She is a certified trainer for Building Native Communities financial curriculum. Jenny obtained her Bachelor Degree from the University of Phoenix. She has a background in investments, personal insurance, banking, and accounting with licensing in insurance and investments.

Cortasha Begaye

Cortasha Begaye joined SRFSI in 2007.  Cortasha has served as the Executive Assistant for the organization and recently joined the Financial Education Team as the new Financial Education Coordinator.  As Financial Education Coordinator Cortasha helps with implementing, maintaining and improving our comprehensive training and assessment program for financial education which relates to business development, sustainability, homeownership and general financial education. She has recently been certified as a Building Native Communities financial curriculum. Cortasha has been around the Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community for 7 years and she has been working with Native Communities for 12 years.

Prior to working for Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community Cortasha has worked for her own Tribal reservation in Northern Arizona, the Navajo Tribe. Some of her has previous experience assisting was with the Education department on her own reservation as a facilitator for various programs. Cortasha also has a background in administrative support in assisting other management level positions within Tribal Organizations.

Cortasha has received her Associates of Arts Degree with Scottsdale Community College in 2006. She also received her Bachelors' of Applied Science Degree in Public Agency Service at Northern Arizona University (NAU) in May 2010. Cortasha is currently pursuing her Masters' Degree in Administration with an emphasis in Leadership with NAU and she plans to graduate December 2012.