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TAC Delegates and Advisors (THRO)

TAC Delegates and Advisors
Area	Term	*Nominated Representative of a Tribe – see asterisk ()**		Technical Advisor
Area	Term	Delegate	Alternate	Technical Advisor
Alaska	12/1/2023	Denise Dillard (Inupiaq Eskimo) *King Island Native Corporation	Vacant	Jennifer Lyn Shaw Southcentral Foundation Research Department
Albuquerque	12/1/2022	Merilee Garcia (Mescalero Apache) *Mescalero Apache Tribe	Michele Suina (Cochiti Pueblo) Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board	Vacant
Bemidji	12/1/2023	Tyler LaPlaunt (Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians) *Sault Ste Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians	Vacant	Tara Maudrie (Sault Ste Marie Ojibwe Tribe) Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Billings	12/1/2022	Kimberly Paul (Blackfeet Nation) *Blackfeet Nation	Vacant	Vacant
California	12/1/2022	Lisa Sundberg (Yurok) *Trinidad Rancheria Council	Vacant	Suzanne A. Sisley Scottsdale Research Institute
Great Plains	12/1/2023	Alicia C. Mousseau (Oglala Sioux) *Oglala Sioux Tribe	Shaina Johnson (Oglala Sioux) *Oglala Sioux Tribe	Vacant
Nashville	12/1/2023	Brittany Jock (Mohawk) *Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe	Vacant	Vacant
Navajo	12/1/2022	Myron Lizer (Navajo Nation) *Navajo Nation	Jill Jim (Navajo Nation) *Navajo Nation	Vacant
Oklahoma	12/1/2022	Bobby Saunkeah (Kiowa Tribe) *Chickasaw Nation of Oklahoma	David F. Wharton *Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma	Michael Peercy Chickasaw Nation Department of Health
Phoenix	12/1/2022	Gwendena Lee-Gatewood (White Mountain Apache Tribe) *White Mountain Apache Tribe	Vacant	Jessica Rudolfo (White Mountain Apache Tribe) Division of Health Programs White Mountain Apache Tribe
Portland	12/1/2023	Stephen Kutz (Cowlitz Indian) *Cowlitz Indian Tribe	Jeromy Sullivan (Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe) *Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe	Tam Dixon-Lutz (Lummi Nation) Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Tucson Area	12/1/2023	Herminia 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
National At-Large Member	12/1/2022	Debra Danforth (Oneida Nation) *Oneida Nation	Vacant	Jessica Dean National Indian Health Board
National At-Large Member	12/1/2023	Donna Galbreath (Ahtna Athabascan) *Mentasta Traditional Tribe	Vacant	Timothy K. Thomas Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
National At-Large Member	12/1/2022	Lynn Malerba (Mohegan Tribe) *Mohegan Tribe	Vacant	Teri J. McHale (Mohegan Tribe) Behavioral Health, Addiction, & Social Services Mohegan Tribe
National At-Large Member	12/1/2022	Vacant	Yvette Roubideaux (Rosebud Sioux) *Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians	Vacant
National At-Large Member	12/1/2022	Vacant	Vacant	Vacant

This page last reviewed on March 30, 2022

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