TAC Delegates and Advisors (THRO)

TAC Delegates and Advisors

 

Area

 

Term

Nominated Representative of a Tribe – see asterisk (*)

 

Technical Advisor

DelegateAlternate
Alaska12/1/2025Cary Fremin (Dot Lake Village)
*Dot Lake Village Tribe
VacantVacant
Albuquerque12/1/2026Raymond Loretto (Jemez Pueblo)
*Pueblo of Jemez
VacantVacant
Bemidji12/1/2025Tyler LaPlaunt (Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) 
*Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Kimberly Hampton (Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians)
*Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians
Tara Maudrie (Sault Ste Marie Ojibwe Tribe) 
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Billings12/1/2026VacantVacantVacant
California11/30/2026Joseph Giovannetti (Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation)
*Tolowa Dee-ni’ Nation
VacantVacant
Great Plains12/1/2025Alicia C. Mousseau (Oglala Sioux) 
*Oglala Sioux Tribe 
VacantVacant
Nashville12/1/2025Michele Scott (Mashantucket Pequot)
*Mashantucket Pequot Tribe
VacantChristy Duke 
United South and Eastern Tribes
Navajo12/1/2026Buu Nygren (Navajo Nation)
*Navajo Nation
Vacant
 
Del Yazzie (Navajo Nation)
Oklahoma11/30/2026Bobby Saunkeah (Kiowa Tribe) 
*Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma
Todd Hallmark
*Choctaw Nation
David R. Gahn
Cherokee Nation Public Health
Phoenix11/30/2026Regina Antone (Gila River Indian Community)
*Gila River Indian Community
Anthony Santiago
*Gila River Indian Community 
Vacant
Portland12/1/2025Stephen Kutz (Cowlitz Indian) 
*Cowlitz Indian Tribe
Katherine R. Saluskin (Yakama)
*Confederated Tribes and Bands of The Yakama Nation 
Candice Jimenez (Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs)
Northwest Portland Area Health Board
Tucson12/1/2025Herminia Frias (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) 
*Pascua Yaqui Tribe
VacantCelina Valencia
Department of Family and
Community Medicine College of Medicine, University of Arizona 

National At-Large Member

 

11/30/2026Debra Danforth (Oneida Nation) 
*Oneida Nation
VacantLauren Yowelunh McLester-Davis (Onedia Nation of Wisconsin)
Tulane University Brain Institute, Tulane University
National At-Large Member11/30/2026 Jessica A. Imotichey (The Chickasaw Nation)
*The Chickasaw Nation 
VacantLancer Stephens (Wichita/Creek)
Presbyterian Health Foundation and Oklahoma Shared Clinical and Translational Research Resources
National At-Large Member12/1/2026VacantVacantVacant
National At-Large Member12/1/2026VacantVacantVacant
National At-Large Member12/1/2026VacantVacantVacant
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