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BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Loren Kieve, Board Chair 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, Board of Trustees Brenda L. Kingery – (Chickasaw), Vice Chair - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Kingery is a professional artist who seeks to put her life on canvas.
Sonya Keliher-Combs, Board of Trustees

Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Athabascan/Inupiaq), Secretary - Anchorage, Alaska

Kelliher-Combs is a professional artist who lives and works in Anchorage, Alaska.

Barbara Davis Blum, Board of Trustees Treasurer 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.
Allen Carrier, Board of Trustees Allen Carrier, Member at Large – Los Angeles, California
Carrier is the managing partner of the public relations firm Michael Darling and Associates.
Perry R. Eaton, Board of Trustees Perry R Eaton (Koniagmuit/Alutiiq) - Kodiak Island, Alaska
Eaton is the president and chief executive officer of Alaska Village Initiatives, formerly the Community Enterprise Development Corporation.
Jeanne Givens, Board of Trustees Vice Chair Jeanne Givens (Coeur D’Alene) - Bellevue, Washington
Givens is an educator, former Idaho State Representative and former chair of the board of trustees at IAIA.
Georgianna Ignace, Board of Trustees 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, Board of Trustees 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 Nason, Board of Trustees 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, Board of Trustees 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:

Aaron Trujillo (For the Honorable Ben Ray Lujan) Aaron Trujillo (For the Honorable Ben Ray Lujan)
U.S. Representative, New Mexico





Honorable Don Young Mary Hiratsuka (Yup’ik) (For the Honorable Don Young)

U.S. Representative, Alaska

 


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

 


Kelley Mitchell (Navajo), ASG President Tyler "Blue" Tarpalechee (Muscogee Creek)
President, Associated Student Government

 
 

 


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