Meet the Staff

OSNI/PEDCO CEO

Becci is a proud member of the Ponca Tribe of NE and the CEO of Osni and PEDCO. She has over 20 years of Tribal Council and Tribal Administrative experience; and 20 years in management and analytics. Becci has a bachelor’s degree in education from Wayne State College and two master’s degrees in business administration and business management from Bellevue University.

Grants Manager

Tom McCauley serves as grants manager for the Ponca Economic Development Corporation. With over a decade of experience in grant-writing, grantmaking, and grants management, Tom brings energy, enthusiasm, and expertise to PEDCO's mission to creatively seek long-term sufficiency for citizens of the Ponca Tribe, create opportunities that improve the quality of life for all natives, and provide business and employment opportunities to stimulate economic growth and self-sufficiency.

Before joining PEDCO, Tom worked as grant writer for the nonprofit AIM Institute; taught creative writing and contemporary literature at UMass Amherst and the University of Nebraska at Omaha; served as grants manager for the Nebraska Arts Council; wrote grants and speeches for the City of Omaha Mayor's Office; and was a copywriter at the digital advertising agency Phenomblue.

In addition to his career in the nonprofit and government sectors, Tom is a Pushcart Prize-nominated writer and musician whose work has appeared in Willow Springs, Superstition Review, Leveler and What Rough Beast. His essay “Introductory Element Comma Independent Clause: a Study of the Moon and Bees” was nominated for a 2020 Pushcart Prize and received an honorable mention in The Best American Essays 2021 anthology; his poem “People Are Not Lights” won the 2018 Joseph Langland Prize from the Academy of American Poets. In 2012, he wrote and performed the musical score for Constance Congdon’s play “Tales of the Lost Formicans” for the Great Plains Theatre Conference, and in 2018, he was a writer-in-residence at the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center of Nebraska City. He received an MFA in writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst.

Program Manager

Erica serves as the program manager for the Ponca Economic Development Corporation. She has a bachelor’s in healthcare management from Bellevue University and a master’s in management/leadership from Doane University. Erica brings over 10 years of workforce development experience and will be overseeing the AmeriCorps grant. Erica’s previous AmeriCorps program experience and passion for the program makes her a great addition to the team. She has also worked with numerous nonprofits, Department of Labor and DHHS overseeing multiple workforce programs and Medicaid contracts, brining with her a wealth of workforce development and contract compliance experience.

Originally from central Nebraska, Erica and her family have lived in Lincoln for over 20 years. In her free time, Erica is actively involved in her kids’ activities and enjoys spending time with friends and family.