Board of Trustees

Click on the names below for a brief biography of each member.

	Loren Kieve (Cherokee), Chair San Francisco, California Kieve is the principal of Kieve Law Offices, a practice that focuses on complex domestic and international disputes and legal problems.
	Perry R Eaton (Sugpiaq Alutiiq), Vice Chair Kodiak Island, Alaska Eaton is the president and chief executive officer of Alaska Village Initiatives, formerly the Community Enterprise Development Corporation.
	Barbara Davis Blum, Treasurer Washington, D.C. Davis Blum is the president of BDB Investment Partnership in Washington D.C. and was the deputy administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency.
	Brenda L. Kingery (Chickasaw), Secretary San Antonio, Texas Kingery is a professional artist who seeks to put her life on canvas.
	Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo/Hopi/Tewa/Navajo), Member at Large Santa Fe, NM Chavez Lamar is currently the director of the Indian Arts Research Center (IARC) at The School for Advanced Research (SAR) on the Human Experience in Santa Fe.
	Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Athabascan/Inupiaq) Anchorage, Alaska Kelliher-Combs is a professional artist who lives and works in Anchorage, Alaska.
	JoAnn Balzer Santa Fe, NM Santa Fe community leader and arts advocate, has more than twenty years of non-profit management, museum and fund-raising experience. She has long been a supporter of the contemporary expressions of Native American arts and cultures.
	Georgianna Ignace (Menominee) Brookfield, Wisconsin Ignace is a former teacher, public relations consultant, and president of the board of directors for the Menominee Nation Tribal College.
	Kristine Miller Boulder, Colorado Miller is a partner in Holland and Hart’s Boulder, Colorado office focusing her legal practice on trademark, copyright, and marketing and promotions law.
	James D. Santini Washington, D.C. Santini is the Washington, D.C. representative for the National Tour Association and the Conference of National Park Concessionaires. He also served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1975 and 1986.
	Deborah Goodman  Deborah Downing Goodman (Caddo/Cherokee), Oklahoma City, OK, is an Adjunct Assistant Professor at the University of Oklahoma (OU), a community volunteer, and a former health educator. Her academic research has focused on culturally sensitive curriculum programming.
	Barbara J. Ells Boulder, CO While raising her family, Barbara was active in each of their communities in both political as well as Women’s issues including opening and teaching in three different Head-Start pre-schools.

Ex-Officio Members

• The Honorable Don Young, U.S. Representative, Alaska
• The Honorable Ben Ray Lujan, U.S. Representative, New Mexico
• Dr. Robert Martin (Cherokee Nation), President, Institute of American Indian Arts
• Brian Fleetwood, President, Associated Student Government