Board of Directors
Elder Representative
Julia A. Davis-Wheeler, Chairperson
Founding Member: 10/98
28035 Over The Hill Drive
Lapwai, ID 83540
Telephone: (208) 843-2253 (Work)
Telephone: (208) 843-2965 (Home)
Cell: (208) 790-0253
Email: juliaw@nezperce.org
Tribal Affiliation: Nez Perce
Member of Financial and Executive Committee
Elder Representative Alternative
Harriet Rhoades
P.O. Box 91
Fort Bragg, CA 95437
Telephone: (707) 357-2315 (Home)
Fax: (707) 964-4371
Email: noyojetty1@amcn.org
Tribal Affiliation: Sherwood Band of Pomo Indians
Male Representative
Principal Chief Chad Smith, Treasurer
Board Approved: 8/00
C/O Cherokee Nation
P.O. Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74464
Telephone: (918) 456-5000 (Work)
Fax: (918) 458-5580
Email: chad-smith@cherokee.org
Tribal Affiliation: Cherokee
Male Representative Alternate
Melissa Gower
C/O Cherokee Nation
P.O. Box 948
Tahlequah, OK 74464
Telephone: (918) 453-5450 (Work)
Telephone:: (918) 431-0677 (Home)
Fax: (918) 458-6174
Email: melissa-gower@cherokee.org
Tribal Affiliation: Cherokee
Urban Indian Representative
Joan Staples, Vice-Chairperson
Board Approved 8/00
C/O Tacoma Indian Center
1556 Market Street
Tacoma, WA 98402
Telephone: (253) 593-2707 (Home)
Cell: (253) 651-1485
Email: joans@ccsww.org
Tribal Affiliation: White Earth Chippewa
Member of Resource Committee and Membership & Nominations Committee & Executive Committee
Urban Indian Alternate
Donna L. LaVillie, DO., MPH
15205 35th Ave. SW
Burien, WA 98166
Cell: (206) 852-1782
Email: dlavillie@yahoo.com
Tribal Affiliation: Turtle Mountain Chippewa
Oklahoma Area Representative
Gloria Bellymule Zuniga, Secretary
Board Approved: 5/02
C/O Association for American Indian Physicians
1013 S.W. 68th Street
Oklahoma City, OK 73108
Telephone: (405) 946-7072 (Work)
Fax: (405) 946-7651
Email: gzuniga@aaip.org
Tribal Affiliation: Southern Cheyenne
Member of Membership & Public Relations Committee and Executive Committee
Oklahoma Area Alternate
Dee Ann DeRoin, MD, MPH
1617 Mass Street
Lawrence, KS 66044
Telephone: (785) 843-6639 (Work)
Fax: (785) 843-6639
Email: deedoc@earthlink.net
Tribal Affiliation: Ioway
Member of Research Committee
Bemidji Area Representative
Lori Muhlig, Member-At-Large
Board Approved 8/05
12188 US Highway 41
Pelkie, MI 49958
Telephone: 906-487-3692
(Work)
Cell: 906-370-0692
Email: Muhlig@mtu.edu
Tribal Affiliation: Keweenaw Bay Indian
Member of Membership Committee and Executive Committee and Public Relations Committee
Bemidji Area Alternate
Carol LaPointe, RN-Health Administrator
C/O Keweenaw Bay Indian Community
Department of Health and Human Services
102 Superior Avenue
Baraga, MI 49908-9210
Telephone: (906) 353-4553 (Work)
Telephone: (906) 201-2207 (Home)
Fax: (906) 353-8799
Fax: (906) 353-4357
Email: clapointe@kbic-nsn.gov
Tribal Affiliation: Keweenaw Bay Bad River Band Ojibwa
Phoenix Area Representative
Mariddie Craig
Immediate Past Chair
Board Approved: 8/00
P.O. Box 1648
White River, AZ 85941
Telephone: (928) 338-4390/4720 (Work)
Telephone: (928) 338-5298 (Home)
Cell: (928) 225-6306
Fax: (928) 338-4331
Email: mcraig@wmat.us
Tribal Affiliation: White Mountain Apache
Member of Executive Committee
Phoenix Area Alternate
Phoebe Nez
PO Box 2097
White River, AZ 85941
Telephone: (928) 537-5333 (Work)
Telephone: (928) 594-6273 (Home)
Cell: (928)594-1846
Tribal Affiliation: White Mountain Apache
Member of Executive Committee
Albuquerque Area Representative
Filomena Louise Kiger
Board Approved: 4/04
1200 Vista Verde Ct.
Santa Fe, NM 87501
Telephone: (505) 984-1888 (Home)
Email: chuck.louise@yahoo.com
Tribal Affiliation: Santa Clara Pueblo
Member of Resource Committee
Albuquerque Area Alternate
Carolyn Lofgren
1107 Calle Corvo, NE
Santa Fe, NM 87113
Telephone: (503) 341-2999 (Home)
Email: calofgren@msn.com
Tribal Affiliation: Osage/Cherokee
Portland Area Representative
Kathleen Marquart, PA-C
Founding Member: 10/98
3710 NE Flanders Street
Portland, OR 97232
Telephone: (503) 477-9937 (Home)
Cell: (503) 459-9327
Email: ctmklm@teleport.com
Tribal Affiliation: Tlingit-Haida
Member of Membership & Public Relations Committee
Portland Area Alternate
Se-Ah-Dom Edmo
9701 SE Johnson Creek Apartment M-01 Blvd.
Happy Valley, OR 97086
Telephone: (503) 768-6155 (Work)
Telephone: (503) 256-2257 (Home)
Cell: (503) 307-2650
Email:edmo@lclark.edu
Tribal Affiliation: Shoshone-Bannock
Aberdeen Area Representative
Cynthia Lindquist-Mala, PhD,
Founding Member: 10/98
C/O Cankdeska Cikana Community College
PO Box 269
Fort Totten, ND 58335
Telephone: (701) 766-4055 (Work)
Cell: (701) 893-5311
Fax: (701) 766-1121
Email: president@littlehoop.edu
Tribal Affiliation: Spirit Lake Dakotah
Member of Resource Committee
Aberdeen Area Alternate
Ann Wadsworth
C/O Cankdeska Cikana Community College
PO Box 269
Fort Totten, ND 58335
Telephone: (701) 766-4415 (Work)
Cell: (701) 350-1430
Fax: (701) 766-1134
Email: ann.wadsworth@littlehoop.edu
Tribal Affiliation: Spirit Lake Dakotah
At Large Member Representative
Beverly Russell
Board approved 4/04
P.O. Box 213
San Carlos, AZ 85550
Email: beverlyarussell@hotmail.com
Tribal Affiliation: San Carlos Apache
At Large Member Alternate
Jeanette DeCouteau, PA-C
29841 42nd Ave. South
Auburn, WA 98001
Telephone: (253) 941-0361 (Work)
Fax: (253) 735-6705
Email: jeanettedecouteau@hotmail.com
Tribal Affiliation: Turtle Mountain Chippewa
Member of Resource Committee and Membership and Public RelationsCommittee
Young Women’s Representative
Natalie Haddox
Board Approved 4/07
JSI, 1860 Blake Street, Suite 320
Denver, CO 80202
Telephone: (302) 262-4321 (Work)
Email: natalierh@gmail.com
Tribal Affiliation: Cherokee
Young Women’s Alternate
Rachel Crawford
2009 Durham Place
Norman, OK 73074
Telephone: (405) 946-7072 (Work)
Cell: (405) 476-1514
Email: rc_crawford83@yahoo.com
Tribal Affiliation: Wichita/Navajo
Alaska Area Representative
Emily Hughes
P.O Box 1430
Nome, AK 99762
Telephone: (907) 443-3226 (Work)
Telephone: (907) 227-1224 (Work)
Telephone: (907) 443-5130 (Home)
Cell: (907) 227-1224
Email: ekhughes@live.com
Tribal Affiliation: Inupiaq Nome Eskimo
Member of Research Committee
Alaska Area Alternative
Jan Hill
P.O. Box 541
Haines, AK 99827
Telephone: (907) 209-3310 (Work)
Cell: (907) 209-3310
Fax: (907) 766-2450
Email: janhill@aptalaska.net
Tribal Affiliation: Tlingit
California Area Representative
Virginia Hill
Board Approved 2/03
P.O. Box 1323
Pauma Valley, CA 92061
Telephone: (760) 742-0533 (Work)
Cell: (760) 835-7770
Email: seneca7@aol.com
Tribal Affiliation: Tonawanda Band of Seneca
Member of Resource Committee and Membership Committee and Public Relations Committee
Montana Area Representative
Vancancy
Billings Area Representative
Lisa Whitford B.S. Health Administration
1110 2nd Avenue #11
Great Falls, MT 59405
Telephone: (406) 731-8216 (Work)
Telephone: (406) 866-0933 (Home)
Cell: (406) 231-8002
Fax: (406) 731-8296
Email: lisawhitford@yahoo.com
Tribal Affiliation: Chippewa-Cree, Rocky Boy
Nashville Area Representative
Vacancy
Navajo Area Representative
Vacancy
Tucson Area Representative
Lydia Hubbard-Pourier, BSN, MPH
Board Approved 10/98
905 W. Roeser Road
Phoenix, AZ 85401
Telephone: (505) 870-1324 (Work)
Email: hubbardl@azdhs.gov
Tribal Affiliation: Navajo/Tohono O’odham
Member of Finance Committee and Research Committee
Tucson Area Alternate
Francis Stout
7912 Collette Circle
Tucson, AZ 85710
Tribal Affiliation: Tohono O’odham
Youth Representative
Cheryne N. Clements
111 BearTown Road
Baraga, MI 49908
Telephone: (906) 353-4643 (Work)
Fax: (906) 353-8799
Email: cheryne@kbic-nsn.gov
Tribal Affiliation: Keweenaw Bay Bad River Band Ojibwa
Federal Liaison
Chief Medical Officer Dawn Wyllie
C/O Bemidji Area Indian Health Service
522 Minnesota Ave., NW
Bemidji, MN 56601
Telephone: (218) 444-0491 (Work)
Fax: (218) 444-0498
Email: dawn.wyllie@mail.ihs.gov
Tribal Affiliation: Sisseton/Dakota
Federal Liaison
Carolyn Aoyama
C/O Indian Health Service
Office of Clinical & Preventive Service
Division of Nursing
801 East Thompson Ave.
Rockville, MD 20852
Telephone: (301) 443-1840 (Work)
Email: carolyn.aoyama@ihs.gov
Federal Liaison
Mary Lynn Eaglestaff, RN,MSN
Women’s Health Nurse Consultant
and Acting GPRA Coordinator
Indian Health Service Federal Building
115 4th Ave. SE – Room 309
Aberdeen, SD 57401
Telephone: (605) 226-7506 (Work)
Fax: (605) 226-7321
Email: mary.eaglestaff@ihs.gov
Tribal Affiliation: Three Affiliated Tribes