IHS Advisory Committees, Boards, and Workgroups

Several IHS advisory committees, boards, and workgroups exist to provide leadership, advocacy, and guidance to the IHS Director on a variety of policy and program matters. Information about these groups, including member listings, charters, charges, contact information, and more are all accessible from this site.

Community Health Aide Program Tribal Advisory Committee (CHAP TAG)
Contract Support Costs Advisory Group (CSCAG)
Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee (DSTAC)
Director’s Advisory Workgroup on Tribal Consultation (Consultation Workgroup)
Director’s Workgroup on Improving Purchased/Referred Care (PRC Workgroup)
Facilities Appropriations Advisory Board (FAAB)
Information Systems Advisory Committee (ISAC)
Information Technology Investment Review Board (ITIRB)
National Tribal Advisory Committee on Behavioral Health (NTAC)
National Tribal Budget Formulation Workgroup (NTBFWG)
Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee (TLDC)
Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee (TSGAC)

Name		Description
Community Health Aide Program Tribal Advisory Group (CHAP TAG)		The CHAP TAG is charged with providing subject matter expertise, program information, innovative solutions, and advice to the IHS to establish a National Community Health Aide Program. CHAP TAG Charter Members: CHAP TAG is composed of 14 members: (1) Primary (1) Alternate for each IHS Area, (1) Tribal Self Governance Advisory Committee Representative, and (1) Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee Representative. Leadership: Tribal Chair: To Be Determined Federal Co-Chair: Dr. Christopher Jarvis, OCPS Director CHAP TAG Secretary: Donna Enfield, National CHAP Lead Community Health Aide Program Tribal Advisory Group Roster Meets: As frequently as determined by the CHAP TAG and IHS. Contact: Office of Clinical and Preventive Services More Information
Contract Support Costs Advisory Group (CSCAG)		The purpose of the CSCAG is to serve as a resource for information and advice to the IHS. The CSCAG is also tasked with providing recommendations for a uniform and equitable system of determining, paying, and reconciling Contract Support Costs (CSC) funds for new, expanded, and ongoing Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act contracts and compacts. CSCAG Charter Members: TBD Meets: Subject to availability of funding, the CSCAG will hold a minimum of one annual meeting. Contact: Johnnita Tsabetsaye, CSC Director, Office of Direct Service and Contracting Tribes More Information
Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee (DSTAC)		The DSTAC was established in 2005 to provide leadership that advises the IHS Director on the development of Indian health policy that impacts the delivery of health care for Indian Tribes with an emphasis on policies that impact the Direct Service Tribes. Members: The DSTAC is comprised of elected/appointed Tribal Leaders from ten (10) IHS Areas with Direct Service Tribes. Technical assistance for the DSTAC is provided by IHS Headquarters and Area-level staff. Leadership: DSTAC Chair: Gregory Abrahamson, Councilmember, Spokane Tribe of Indians, Portland Area Representative DSTAC Vice Chair: Alicia Mousseau, Vice President, Oglala Sioux Tribe, Great Plains Area Representative DSTAC Treasurer/Secretary: Donnie Garcia, D & E Director, AAIHB, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Albuquerque Area Representative Albuquerque: Donnie Garcia, D & E Director, AAIHB, Jicarilla Apache Nation, Albuquerque Area Representative (DSTAC Treasurer/Secretary) Anthony Mendez, Tribal Councilman, Mescalero Apache Tribe Bemidji: Leroy Staples Fairbanks, III, District III Representative, Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe Billings: Vacant Great Plains: Alicia Mousseau, Vice President, Oglala Sioux Tribe Peter Lengkeek, Chairman, Crow Creek Sioux Tribe Nashville: William Harris, Chief, Catawba Indian Nation Stephen R. Adkins, Chief, Chickahominy Indian Tribe Navajo Dr. Buu Nygren, President, Navajo Nation Germaine Simonson, Delegate, Vice Chair, HEHSC, 25th Navajo Nation Council Oklahoma Reggie Wassana, Governor, Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes Greg Chilcoat, Principal Chief, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma Phoenix Jordan Juaquin, President, Fort Yuma Quechan Indian Tribe (DSTAC Vice Chair) Jerome Kasey, III, Vice Chairman, White Mountain Apache Tribe Portland Gregory Abrahamson, Councilmember, Spokane Tribe of Indians (DSTAC Chair) Andy Joseph Jr., Chairman, Colville Business Council Meets: 4 times per year. Contact: Office of Direct Service and Contracting Tribes (301) 443-1104 More Information
Director’s Advisory Workgroup on Tribal Consultation (Consultation Workgroup)		The Consultation Workgroup is charged with conducting a comprehensive review of the IHS Tribal Consultation policy and developing recommendations on improving the Tribal Consultation process. Members: The workgroup is comprised of Tribal and Federal members, and includes two Tribal representatives and one Federal member from each IHS Area and Federal members from select IHS Headquarters Program Offices. Leadership: Tribal Co-Chair: Lynn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe and Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee Chairwoman Federal Co-Chair: Benjamin Smith, Deputy Director for Intergovernmental Affairs, IHS Advisory Committee Representatives: Lynn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe and Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee Chairwoman Greg Abrahamson, Vice Chairman, Spokane Tribe and Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee Chairman Jordan Juaqin, President, Quechan Indian Tribe and DSTAC Vice Chair Alaska: Tribal: Diana Zirul, Kenaitze Indian Tribe Tribal: Natasha Singh, Tanana Chiefs Confernece Federal: Lanie Fox, Agency Lead Negotiator, Director, Office of Tribal Programs, Alaska Area Native Health Service, IHS – Primary Federal: Evangelyn Dotomain, Area Director, AANHS, IHS Technical Advisor: Alberta Unok, COO, Alaska Native Health Board Albuquerque: Tribal: Kurt Mora, 2^nd Governor, Pueblo of Jemez Federal: Randall Morgan, Director, Office of Self-Determination, Albuquerque Area IHS Bemidji: Tribal: Shannon Holsey, President, Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Tribal: Robert Larsen, President, Lower Sioux Indian Community Federal: Dr. Chris Poole, Agency Lead Negotiator, Director of Tribal and Urban Services, Bemidji Area IHS Billings: Tribal: Calvin Jilot, Chippewa Cree Tribal Business Committee and Rocky Boy Health Board Tribal: Richard Morsette, Chippewa Cree Tribal Business Committee and Rocky Boy Health Board Federal: Michelle Begay, Agency Lead Negotiator, Director, Tribal Programs, Billings Area IHS California: Tribal: Robert Smith, Chairman, Pala Band of Mission Indians Tribal: Elaine Fink, Tribal Chairperson, North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians Federal: Mark Espinosa, Urban Indian Health Coordinator, California Area IHS Great Plains: Tribal: Larry Wright, Jr. Chairman, Ponca Tribe of Nebraska Tribal: Kevin Killer, President, Oglala Sioux Tribe Federal: Vacant Nashville: Tribal: Cheryl Andrews Maltais, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Federal: Beverly Cotton, Area Director, Nashville Area IHS Navajo: Tribal: Jonathan Nez, President, Navajo Nation Tribal: Myron Lizer, Vice President, Navajo Nation Federal: Marquis Yazzie, Director, Office of Indian Self-Determination, Navajo Area IHS Oklahoma City: Tribal: Melanie Fourkiller, Director of Self-Governance, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Tribal: Alicia Miller, Secretary of the Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Indians of Oklahoma Federal: Lindsay King, Director of Tribal Programs and Partnerships, Oklahoma City Area IHS Phoenix: Tribal: Amber Torres, Chairwoman, Walker River Paiute Trie Tribal: Jordan Joaquin, President, Quechan Indian Tribe and DSTAC Vice Chair Federal: Hope Johnson, Director, Office of Self-Determination & Tribal Liaison, Phoenix Area IHS Portland: Tribal: Nickolaus Lewis, Lummi Indian Business Council, Chair, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board (NPAIHB) Tribal: Nate Tyler, Councilman, Makah Tribe Federal: Dean Seyler, Area Director, Portland Area IHS Technical Advisor: Liz Coronado, Senior Policy Advisor, NPAIHB Tucson: Tribal: Evelyn Juan Manuel, Councilwoman, Tohono O’odham Nation Tribal: Marietta Martin, Councilwoman, Tohono O’odham Nation Federal: Robert Price, Tribal Affairs – Public Health Advisor, Tucson Area IHS, Primary Federal: Mark Bigbey, Executive Officer, Tucson Area IHS, Alternate Headquarters Program Office Representatives: Office of Clinical and Preventive Services: CAPT Carol Lincoln, Director, Division of Nursing Office of Direct Service and Contracting Tribes: Terri Schmidt, Director Office of Environmental Health and Engineering: James Ludington, Director Office of Information Technology: Randall Hughes, Tribal Liaison Office of Finance and Accounting: Jillian Curtis, Director Office of Management Services: Heather McClane Office of Public Health Support: RADM Francis Frazier, Director Office of Resource Access and Partnerships: Felicia Roach, Primary; Raho Ortiz, Alternate Office of Quality: Juliana Sadovich, Director Office of Tribal Self-Governance: Jennifer Cooper, Director Meets: Ad-hoc depending on Agency needs. Contact: Anna Johnson, Program Analyst, Office of Tribal Self-Governance More Information
Director’s Workgroup on Improving Purchased/Referred Care (PRC Workgroup)		The PRC Workgroup provides recommendations to the IHS Director on strategies to improve and reform the Agency's PRC program. The Workgroup reviews input received to improve the PRC program; evaluates the existing formula for distributing PRC funds; and recommends improvements in the way PRC operations are conducted within the IHS and the Indian health system. They are also responsible for looking at the FY 2001 CHS distribution formula to determine if changes are needed for the new funding beginning in FY 2011. Members: The Workgroup consists of two Tribal representatives from each of the 12 IHS Areas. Leadership: Federal Co-Chair: Randy Grinnell, Deputy Director for Management Operations Tribal Co-Chair: James Roberts, Senior Executive Intergovernmental Affairs Liaison, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Alaska Area Representative Alaska: Jacoline Bergstrom, Executive Director, Tanana Chiefs Conference James Roberts, Senior Executive Intergovernmental Affairs Liaison, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Tribal Co-Chair Albuquerque: Federal: Melissa Royston, Supervisory HSS-PRC/BO/HIM Jicarilla Service Unit Tribal: Vacant Bemidji: Tribal (Direct Service): Pat Butler, Health Director, White Earth Nation Federal: Josie Begay, Acting PRC Officer, Bemidji Area IHS Billings: Tribal(Compact): Dana Buckles, Tribal Executive Board Member Fort Peck Sioux and Assiniboine Tribes Federal: Roberta Whiteman, PRC Officer, Billings Area IHS California: Tribal (Contract): Chris Devers, Tribal Delegate, Pauma Band of Luiseno Mission Indians Tribal Alternate: Orvin Hanson, Chief Executive Officer, Indian Health Council, Inc. Federal: Toni Johnson, PRC Officer / IT Specialist, California Area IHS Bemidji: Tribal: Arlene Krulish, Chief Executive Officer, Spirit Lake Health Center Tribal Alternate: Rudy Papakee, Proxy, Sac & Fox Tribe of the Mississippi in Iowa Federal: Karla Hall, Area PRC Supervisor, Great Plains Area IHS Nashville: Tribal(Compact): Carrie D. Janus, CHS Manager, Mohegan Tribe Federal: Vickie Claymore, Director of Field Operations, Nashville Area IHS Navajo: Tribal (Direct Service, Contract, Compact): Myron Lizer, Vice President, The Navajo Nation Tribal Alternate: Jill Jim, Executive Director Navajo Department of Health Federal: Marie Begay, PRC Officer, Navajo Area IHS Oklahoma City: Tribal(Compact): Marty Wafford, Under Secretary of Support and Programs, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health Tribal(Compact): Melanie Fourkiller, Senior Policy Analyst, Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Phoenix Tribal (Direct Service): Amber Torres, Chairman Walker River Paiute Tribe Federal: Julia Ysaguirre, PRC Director, Phoenix Area IHS Portland Tribal: Eric Metcalf, Tribal Councilmember, Coquille Indian Tribe Tribal Alternate: Elizabeth “Ann” Jim, Tribal Health Director, Shoshone-Bannock Tribes Federal: Peggy Ollgaard, PRC Officer, Portland Area IHS Tucson: Tribal(Contract): Reuben Howard, Executive Director, Pascua Yaqui Tribal Health Department Tribal Backup: Rosa Rivera, Administrator, Yoeme Health Program Pascua Yaqui Health Services Division Tribal(Compact): Renee Jose, Principal Accountant, Tohono O'odham Nation Health Care – PRC Meets: 2-3 times per year. Contact: Felicia Roach, Acting Director, Division of Contract Care, Office of Resource Access and Partnerships More Information
Facilities Appropriations Advisory Board (FAAB)		The IHS utilizes the FAAB to ensure that there is input from the American Indian/Alaska Native (AI/AN) communities with programs associated with the Office of Environmental Health and Engineering (OEHE). Members: Alaska: James Roberts, Senior Executive Liaison, Intergovernmental Affairs, ANTHC Albuquerque: Martin Lopez, Jr., Director of Health Services, Ysleta del Sur Pueblo Bemidji: Patricia Butler, Director of Health, White Earth Nation Billings: Richard Brannan, CEO, Wind River Family and Community Health Care California: Michael Garcia, Vice Chairman, Southern Indian Health Council Tribe Great Plains: Janet Alkire, Chairwoman, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe Nashville: Casey Cooper, Health System Administrator, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians Navajo: Dr. Buu Nygren, President, Navajo Nation Oklahoma City: Charles Grim, Secretary, Chickasaw Nation Department of Health Phoenix: Ricardo Leonard, Vice President, Salt River Pima Maricopa Indian Community Portland: Eric Metcalf, Tribal Council Representative, Coquille Indian Tribe Tucson: Wavalene Saunders, Vice Chairwoman, Tohono O’odhom Nation Federal Representatives: James Ludington, Director OEHE, IHS CDR Craig Morin, Director OEHE, IHS Meets: Meetings are held 2 times per year. Contact: Office of Environmental Health & Engineering More Information
Information Systems Advisory Committee (ISAC)		The ISAC was established to guide the development of a co-owned Indian health information infrastructure and information systems. The goal of the ISAC is to assure the creation of flexible and dynamic information systems that assist in the management and delivery of health care and contribute to the elevation of health status of Indian people. The ISAC will assist in ensuring that information systems are available, accessible, useful, cost effective, and user-friendly for local-level providers, while continuing to create standardized aggregate data that supports advocacy for the Indian health programs at the national level. Learn more about the ISAC Charter. Members: IHS Chief Information Officer – Mitch Thornbrugh, IHS IHS National Council of Chief Medical Officers Member – Greggory Woitte IHS National Clinical Councils Member – Dena Wilson IHS Information Systems Coordinator Committee Representative – Charles Merrill IHS Office of Environmental Health and Engineering Representative – Brian Kaplan National Council of Informatics Member – Leslye Rauth IHS Area Director Representative – Bryce Redgrave IHS Chief Information Security Officer – Ben Koshy IHS Chief Health Informatics Officer – Susy Postal IHS Deputy Director for Quality Health Care – Jonathan Merrell National Indian Health Board Member – Stacy Bohlen IHS Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee Member – Greg Abrahamson IHS Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee Member – Steward Ferguson IHS National Council of Executive Officers Member – Lyle Claw National Nurse Leadership Council Member – Olinka Foster Alaska Area at-large elected Tribal Leader: Carolyn Crowder Bemidji Area at-large elected Tribal Leader: Matthew Wesaw California Area at-large elected Tribal Leader: Melanie Rafanan Oklahoma City Area at-large elected Tribal Leader: Dwane Sorrells Portland Area at-large elected Tribal Leader: Nickolaus Lewis Albuquerque: vacant Billings: vacant Great Plains: vacant Nashville: vacant Navajo: vacant Phoenix: vacant Tucson: vacant Meets: At least twice annually either in person, by telephone, or through video-conference. Contact: Information Systems Advisory Committee More Information
Information Technology Investment Review Board (ITIRB)		The ITIRB is the official IHS reviewing body for information technology (IT) investments, including all major initiatives, funding, and expenditures. The ITIRB: ensures IT resources support the IHS mission; promotes the life cycle management of IT systems as “capital investments”; and ensures the IT system project approvals are based on established selection criteria. ITIRB Charter Members: The ITIRB membership includes Federal and Non-Federal permanent members, rotating members, and an Ex-Officio member. Chairperson: Chief Information Officer or their designee – Mitch Thornbrugh, Federal Permanent Member Deputy Director for Management Operations or their designee – Randy Grinnell, Federal Permanent Member Chief Financial Officer or their designee – Jillian Curtis Chief Medical Officer or their designee – Loretta Christensen ISAC Federal Co-Chair: Greggory Woitte Greg Abrahamson, Spoke Tribe of Indians, ISAC Tribal Co-Chair, Non-Federal Permanent Member Steward Ferguson, Chief Technology Officer, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, TSGAC Representative, Non-Federal Permanent Member Vacant – ISAC Tribal Representative (designated by the ISAC) Jennifer Cooper, Director, OTSG, Rotating Member IHS Area Representative – Bryce Redgrave, Rotating Member Ex-Officio Member – Santiago Almaraz, Director of the Division of Acquisition Policy Contact: Office of Information Technology More Information
National Tribal Advisory Committee on Behavioral Health (NTAC)		The National Tribal Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Behavioral Health acts as an advisory body to the Division of Behavioral Health (DBH) and to the IHS Director, with the aim of providing guidance and recommendations on programmatic issues that affect the delivery of behavioral health care for American Indian and Alaska Natives. Members: The NTAC consists of one primary and one alternative representative from each of the 12 IHS Areas. NTAC Charter Leadership: Tribal Co-Chair (Temporary): April Kyle, President and CEO, Southcentral Foundation (Alaska Area Representative) Federal Co-Chair: Glorinda Segay (IHS Division of Behavioral Health) National Tribal Advisory Committee on Behavioral Health Roster Meets: Subject to availability of funding, at least one in-person meeting annually. Other meetings convene once per quarter by means of virtual or teleconference. Contact: IHS Division of Behavioral Health – Michele Muir-Howard (301) 443-2038 More Information
National Tribal Budget Formulation Workgroup		The Budget Formulation Workgroup is selected annually to complete and carry out the work of the larger budget team. The workgroup prepares the final set of tribal budget recommendations with an accompanying testimony on the results of the national budget work session and presents to the IHS Director as well as to the HHS senior officials at the annual HHS Tribal Consultation meeting. The workgroup also conducts an evaluation meeting of the recently completed budget process to improve the process and to develop the schedule for the next budget cycle. Members: The workgroup consists of two Tribal representatives from each of the 12 IHS Areas as identified at the Area work sessions. Additional representatives from Indian organization(s) will participate in the workgroup at the discretion of the IHS Director. Leadership: Tribal Co-Chair: Victor Joseph, Tanana Chiefs Conference, Alaska Representative Tribal Co-Chair: Chairman Amber Torres, Walker River Paiute Tribe, Phoenix Representative Alaska: Victor Joseph, Tanana Chiefs Conference VernBoerner, Alaska Native Health Board Albuquerque: Beverly Coho, Rama Navajo Chapter Ray Tafoya, Kew Pueblo Health Corporation Bemidji: Council Member Phyllis Davis, Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Chairwoman Cathy Chavers, Bois Forte Band of Chippewa Billings: President Andrew Werk, Jr., Fort Belknap Indian Community Chairman Lee Spoonhunter, Northern Arapaho Business Council California: Vice Chairman Michael Garcia, Ewiiaapaayp Band of Kumeyaay Indians Chris Devers, Pauma Band of Mission Indians Great Plains: Chairman Mark Fox, Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation President Rodney Bordeaux, Rosebud Sioux Tribe Nashville: Edie Tullis Baker, Poarch Band of Creek Indians Tihtiyas (Dee) Sabattus, Passamaquoddy Indian Township Navajo: President Jonathan Nez, Navajo Nation Carl Slater, Navajo Nation Council Oklahoma City: President Terri Parton, Wichita and Affiliated Tribes Second Chief Del Beaver, Muscogee (Creek) Nation Phoenix: Chairman Amber Torres, Walker River Paiute Tribe, Tribal Co-Chair Chairman Tamra Borchardt-Slayton, Paiute Indian Tribe of Utah Portland: Andrew Joseph, Jr., The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Steve Kutz, Cowlitz Indian Tribe Tucson: Chairman Peter Yucupicio, Pascua Yaqui Tribe Vice Chairwoman Wavalene Saunders, Tohono O’odham Nation Meets: 2-3 times year. Contact: Office of Finance and Accounting – Division of Budget Formulation More Information
Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee (TLDC)		The TLDC was established in 1998 and makes recommendations to the IHS Director on broad-based policy and advocacy priorities for diabetes and related chronic conditions, as well as recommends a process for the distribution of Special Diabetes Programs for Indians funds. Members: The TLDC consists of: one elected or duly-appointed Tribal Leader from each of the 12 IHS Areas; one Tribal Co-Chair; one Federal Co-Chair; and one representative from each of the following organizations serves in an advisory (non-voting) capacity to the TLDC: National Indian Health Board, National Congress of American Indians, Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee, Direct Service Tribes, and National Council of Urban Indian Health. Leadership: Tribal Co-Chair: Connie Barker, Oklahoma City Area Representative Acting Federal Co-Chair: Carmen Licavoli Hardin, MSN, ANP-BC, Acting Director, IHS Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention Alaska: Evelyn Beeter, Primary Diana L. Zirul, Alternate Albuquerque: Beverly Coho, Primary Alternate Vacant Bemidji: Phyllis Davis, Primary Alternate Vacant Billings: Lynn Cliff, Jr., Primary Dana "Sam" Buckles, Alternate California: Rosemary Nelson, Primary Dominica Valencia, Alternate Great Plains: Nathan Davis, Primary Eddie Johnson, Alternate Nashville: Eddie Tullis, Primary Edie Baker, Alternate Navajo: Jonathan Nez, Primary Edison J. Wauneka, Alternate Oklahoma City: Connie Barker, Primary and Tribal Co-Chair Nancy Elliott, Alternate Phoenix: Darlene Rubio, Primary Amber Torres, Alternate Portland: Cassandra Sellards-Reck, Primary Sharon Stanphill, Alternate Tucson: Daniel Preston III, Primary Alternate Vacant Meets: Quarterly. Contact: Division of Diabetes Treatment and Prevention (505) 248-4182 More Information
Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee (TSGAC)		The TSGAC provides a forum for Tribal and Federal officials to discuss issues related to Tribal administration of Federal programs and services, exchange ideas, and develop solutions intended to improve Self-Governance and enhance the Tribal-Federal partnership. The TSGAC advises the IHS Director and the Director of the Office of Tribal Self-Governance on issues and concerns pertaining to Tribal Self-Governance and the implementation of the Self-Governance within the IHS. The TSGAC represents Self-Governance Tribes by acting on their behalf to clarify issues that affect all compacting tribes specific to issues affecting the delivery of health care of American Indian and Alaska Natives. Members: The TSGAC provides a forum for Tribal and Federal officials to discuss issues related to Tribal administration of Federal programs and services, exchange ideas, and develop solutions intended to improve Self-Governance and enhance the Tribal-Federal partnership. The TSGAC advises the IHS Director and the Director of the Office of Tribal Self-Governance on issues and concerns pertaining to Tribal Self-Governance and the implementation of the Self-Governance within the IHS. The TSGAC represents Self-Governance Tribes by acting on their behalf to clarify issues that affect all compacting tribes specific to issues affecting the delivery of health care of American Indian and Alaska Natives. Leadership: TSGAC Chair: Marilynn “Lynn” Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut Federal Technical Workgroup Co-Chair: Jennifer Cooper, Director, Office of Tribal Self-Governance, Indian Health Service Tribal Technical Workgroup Co-Chair: Terra Branson, Secretary of the Nation, Muscogee Nation Alaska: Diana Zirul, Councilmember, Kenaitze Indian Tribe (Primary) Gerald Moses, Senior Director, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (Alternate) Albuquerque: Richard Aspenwind, Governor, Taos Pueblo (Primary) David Toledo, Governor, Pueblo of Jemez (Alternate) Bemidji: Jane Rohl, Council Secretary, Grand Traverse Band of Ottawa and Chippewa Indians (Primary) Jennifer Webster, Councilwoman, Oneida Nation (Alternate) Billings: Rick Morsette, Chippewa Cree Tribe (Primary) Martin Charlo, Councilman, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (Alternate) California: Byron Nelson, Jr., Chairman, Hoopa Valley Tribe (Primary) Robert Smith, Chairman, Pala Band of Mission Indians (Alternate) Great Plains: Victoria Kitcheyan, Chairwoman, Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska (Primary) Danielle Smith, CEO, Winnebago Comprehensive Healthcare System (Alternate) Nashville: Lynn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut (Primary) Casey Cooper, CEO, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians (Alternate) Navajo: Myron Lizer, Vice President, Navajo Nation (Primary) Jill Jim, Executive Director, Navajo Nation (Alternate) Oklahoma: John Barrett, Jr., Chairman, Citizen Pottawatomi Nation (Primary) Jacklyn King, Secretary, Sac and Fox Nation (Alternate) Chris Anaotubby, Lt. Governor, Chickasaw Nation (Primary) Gary Batton, Chief, Choctaw Nation (Alternate) Phoenix: Joey Whitman, Councilman, Gila River Indian Community (Primary) Delia Carlyle, Councilmember, Ak-Chin Indian Community (Alternate) Portland: Ron Allen, Tribal Chairman/CEO, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe (Primary) Nickolaus Lewis, Lummi Nation (Alternate) Tucson: Daniel Preston, Councilman, Tohono O’odham Nation (Primary) Anthony Francisco, Councilman, Tohono O’odham Nation (Alternate) Meets: 4 times per year. Contact: Office of Tribal Self-Governance More Information