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

Joshua Smith (Paiute & Modoc)
Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board 

Tucson12/1/2025Herminia Frias (Pascua Yaqui Tribe) 
*Pascua Yaqui Tribe		Vacant

Teshia G. Arambula Solomon (Choctaw Nation) 
Department of Family and 
Community Medicine College of Medicine, University of Arizona

Celina 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 		VacantVacant
National At-Large Member12/1/2026VacantVacantVacant
National At-Large Member12/1/2026VacantVacantVacant
National At-Large Member12/1/2026VacantVacantVacant
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