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below for a brief biography of each member
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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. |
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Brenda L. Kingery – (Chickasaw), Vice Chair - Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Kingery is a professional artist who seeks to put her life on canvas. |
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Sonya Kelliher-Combs (Athabascan/Inupiaq), Secretary - Anchorage, Alaska
Kelliher-Combs is a professional artist who lives and works in Anchorage, Alaska. |
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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. |
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Allen Carrier, Member at Large – Los Angeles, California
Carrier is the managing partner of the public relations firm Michael Darling and Associates. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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)
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
 Tyler "Blue" Tarpalechee (Muscogee Creek)
President, Associated Student Government
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