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.
	Brenda L. Kingery – (Chickasaw), Vice Chair - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Kingery is a professional artist who seeks to put her life on canvas.
	Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Athabascan/Inupiaq), Secretary - Anchorage, Alaska Kelliher-Combs is a professional artist who lives and works in Anchorage, Alaska.
	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.
	Jeanne Givens (Coeur D’Alene), Member at Large - Bellevue, Washington Givens is an educator, former Idaho State Representative and former chair of the board of trustees at IAIA.
	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.
	Cynthia Chavez Lamar (San Felipe Pueblo/Hopi/Tewa/Navajo) - 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.
	Perry R Eaton (Sugpiaq Alutiiq) - Kodiak Island, Alaska Eaton is the president and chief executive officer of Alaska Village Initiatives, formerly the Community Enterprise Development Corporation.
	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.
	Lisa G. Nason (Inupiat) – Anchorage, Alaska Nason is the owner of a flourishing florist shop and works with corporate and tribal programs to develop their artistic talent for floral design.
	James D. Santini – Washington, D.C. Washington, D.C. representative for the National Tour Association and the Conference of National Park Concessionaires. He served four terms in the U.S. House of Representatives between 1975 and 1986.

EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS:

Tracy West (For the Honorable Ben Ray Lujan)
U.S. Representative, New Mexico






Mary Hiratsuka (Yup’ik) (For the Honorable Don Young)
U.S. Representative, Alaska

Dr. Robert Martin (Cherokee Nation)
President, Institute of American Indian Arts

Mylan Tootoosis (Cree/Nakota)
President, Associated Student Government