Administrative Assistant and Membership Coordinator
Email Cassandra
541-276-7330

Cassandra is responsible for the administrative functioning of the League office in Pendleton as well as membership support activities. She has lived in Oregon all her life. The land she grew up on and currently resides was a wedding gift to her maternal great-grandparents, William and Annie (Hall) Quaempts in the early 1900's from her great-great grandparents William and Catherine Hall. Family, history, and culture have been ingrained as very important in her life. Raised by her grandparents, D. Arlen & Martha (Quaempts) Franklin, Cassandra grew up learning about the rich ranching and farming history of her ancestors who farmed land outside of Athena and on the homestead in Gibbon. The oldest of six children, family continues to be an important part of Cassandra's life.

She is a graduate of Portland State University, and has worked more than 20 years at the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation prior to joining Oregon Wheat in 2020. Cassandra is raising her son on the same land she grew up on and creates neo-traditional, indigenous jewelry for her business Old Meacham Creek Designs in her free time. She rejoined the League in 2025, following time supporting her small business.