Current Members (2026)

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• Jordan Big Plume (Tsuut’ina Nation), Executive Director of Governance and Administration, Tsuut’ina Nation

• Christina Flint-Lowe, DNP, MSN, MS, BSN (Poarch Creek Indians), Tribal Council member-at-large, Poarch Creek Indians Tribal Council

• Jarom Harlan (Omaha Tribe of Nebraska), Director of Nation Building & Public Relations, Nebraska Indian Community College

• Sage Mountainflower (Ohkay Owingeh), Tribal Administrative and General Services Division Director, Pueblo of Tesuque

• Essence Oyos (Mesa Grande Band of Diegueño Mission Indians), Economic Recovery Corps Fellow, Mesa Grande Band of Diegueño Mission Indians

• Willa Powless (Klamath Tribes), Klamath Tribal Council member-at-large and Tribal Treaty Rights Advocate, Klamath Tribes

• Nicolas A. Reynolds (Oneida Nation), Nation Building Strategy Manager, Oneida Nation

• Christine Serrano (Ysleta del Sur Pueblo), Director of Economic Development, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo

• Dillon Shije (Pueblo of Zia), Deputy Director of the Office of Equity and Inclusion, City of Albuquerque

• Edith Renee Starr (San Carlos Apache), former Billing Specialist, San Carlos Apache Healthcare and current student, University of Arizona

2025

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• Jessica Bradby (Pamunkey Indian Tribe)
  Pamunkey Enrollment and Citizen Services Manager,
  Board member for the Virginia Tech Indigenous Studies Program
• Estefanita L. Calabaza (Santo Domingo Pueblo/Kewa Pueblo)
  Santo Domingo Pueblo Prevention Program Manager 
  Tribal Behavioral Health Native Connections Project Director, Kewa Family Wellness Center
• Karletta Chief (Diné/Navajo Nation)
  University of Arizona Distinguished Outreach Faculty member,
  Professor and Extension Specialist in Environmental Science at the College of Agriculture, Life, and Environmental Sciences
• Kristal Hill (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin)
  Executive Assistant to a Council member of the Oneida Nation
• Kristine Hill (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin)
  Government Operations Manager, Oneida Nation
• Lilly James (Nez Perce Tribe)
  Child Support Program Director, Nez Perce Tribe
• Amanda Mitchell (Gila River Indian Community/Akimel O’odham)
  Indigenous Governance Consultant and Strategic Advisor
• Adrianna Rivera (Pascua Yaqui Tribe)
  Family Outreach and Engagement Coordinator, Children's Social Services Department with the Pascua Yaqui Tribe.
• Lisa Summers (Oneida Nation of Wisconsin)
  Area Manager, Oneida Business Committee
• Sandy Thompson (White Mountain Apache Tribe)
  Grants and Contracts Manager, White Mountain Apache Tribe
• Colleen Timmer (Native Village of Perryville)
  Tribal Administrator, Native Village of Paimiut and the Native Village of Hooper Bay

2024

• Simone Auger (Confederated Tribes of Grande Ronde)
• Kelly Berry (Apache Tribe of Oklahoma)
• Crystal Cavalier-Keck (Saponi Nation)
• Damon Clark (Navajo/Diné)
• Deedra Dallas (Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Community)
• Megan Gourd (Gidutikad Band of Northern Paiute)
• Chloe Gunville (Mnicoujou Lakota)
• Terri Honani (Hopi & Tewa)
• Jose Vince Lujan (Taos Pueblo)
• Michelle Van Dyke (Gwichyaa Zhee Gwich’in Tribal Government)
• Fawn Weaver (White Earth Nation)

2023

• Dr. Joshua Brown (Fort Belknap Indian Community)
• Danya Carroll (Diné (Navajo) & White Mountain Apache)
• Dr. Nicole Halmai (Diné (Navajo))
• Danielle McLean (Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina)
• Renee Hutchens (Diné (Navajo))
• Meredith Jolin (Catawba Indian Nation)

2022

• Darrien Benally (Navajo Nation)
• Laverne Dallas (Hopi Tribe of Arizona)
• Richard Di Valentino (White Mountain Apache Tribe)
• Lydia Locklear (Lumbee Tribe)
• Heather Mars-Martins (Narragansett Indian Nation)
• Daraxa Mattice (Tolowa/Maidu/Yurok)
• Alli Moran (Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)
• Crystal O’Grady (Monacan Indian Nation)
• Thor Peterson (Pueblos of Acoma/Laguna)
• Marie Zephire  (Oglala Sioux Tribe)  

2021

• Elizabeth Drost (Minnesota Chippewa Tribe-Grand Portage Band)
• Jeffrey Harris (Catawba Indian Nation)
• Marnella Kucate-Yepa (Zuni Tribe of the Zuni Reservation)
• Danielle Mayberry (Te-Moak Tribe of Western Shoshone Indians of Nevada)
• Cynthia Naha (Hopi Tribe of Arizona)
• Natalia Sells (Navajo Nation)
• Kim Zahne-Tacheene (Hopi Tribe of Arizona)

2020

• Levi Brown (Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe), Tribal Affairs Director, Minnesota Department of Transportation
• Greta Conica (Standing Rock Sioux Tribe), Cannonball District Chairwoman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe/Cannonball District
• Devery Fairbanks (White Earth Ojibwe), Faculty, Red Lake Nation College
• Daniel Guzman (Oneida Nation), Councilman, Oneida Nation
• Shandiin Herrera (Navajo Nation), Policy Analyst & Project Consultant, Lead for America Hometown Fellowship/ Oljato Chapter of the Navajo Nation
• Candida Hunter (Hualapai Tribe), Senior Director of Tribal Affairs, First Things First
• Jamie Navenma (Hopi Tribe), Executive Director, Northern Circle Indian Housing Authority
• Chastity Sandoval (Navajo Nation), Victim Advocate, Nambe Pueblo Healthy Families Services
• Melissa Tso (Navajo Nation), Social Worker, Albuquerque Public Schools Title 1 McKinney-Vento Program

2019

• Cesar Alvarez (Three Affiliated Tribes, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation), Intergovernmental Affairs, Three Affiliated Tribes, Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara Nation
• Melissa Borton (Chignik Lagoon Tribe), Tribal Administrator, Chignik Lagoon Tribe
• Thomasene Cardona (Yavapai-Apache Nation), Tribal Councilmember, Yavapai-Apache Nation
• Derrick Leslie (White Mountain Apache Nation), Higher Education Coordinator, White Mountain Apache Nation
• Pah-tu Pitt (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs) Community Engagement Specialist, Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs
• Vanessa Vance (Wichita and Affiliated Tribes), Tribal Treasurer, Wichita and Affiliated Tribes

2018

• Leonard Bruce (Gila River Indian Community), Program Evaluator, Gila River Indian Community
• Shelly Diaz (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe), Commissioner of Administration, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
• Bradley Harrington (Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe), Commissioner of Natural Resources, Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe
• Bridget Valenzuela (Pascua Yaqui Tribe), MSPI Coordinator, Pascua Yaqui Tribe / Centered Spirit
• Desirie Wilson (Red Lake Nation), Administrative Officer, Red Lake Nation

2017

• Valerie Melendez (Northern Paiute, Reno-Sparks Indian Colony), Tribal Economic Development Director, Northern Nevada Development Authority
• Nicole Charley (Confederated Tribe of Warm Springs), Admin. Assistant, Fish Management, Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission
• Carmenlita Chief (Navajo Nation), Research Specialist, University of Arizona
• Mikhail Sundust (Akimel O’otham, Pee Posh), Reporter, Gila River Indian Community
• Juanita Francis (Navajo Nation), Faculty Member, Diné College
• Rachel Hood (Yavapai-Apache Nation), Councilwoman, Yavapai-Apache Nation

2016

• Eleanor YellowRobe (White Clay Gros Ventre), President, Native Assets Accounting
• Wayne Martin (Tohono O'odham/Navajo), Vice Chairman for Pisinemo District, Tohono O'odham Nation
• Rosa Long (Cocopah Indian Tribe), Councilwoman, Cocopah Indian Tribe
• Adrian Dotson (Navajo) Outreach Specialist for ETD, Inc., and Media Relations Partner for Rez Media