Board of Directors |
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Our Board of Directors from left to right: Michelle Anderson, Marilyn Majel, Andrew Lee, Harriet Rhoades, Mary Trimble-Norris. Not Pictured: Carmen Lopez, Bill Lomax. |
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Andrew Jonas Lee (Seneca) |
Chairperson |
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Andrew currently serves as the National Director of Public Policy at Aetna.
Prior to his position at Aetna, Andrew served as the Executive Director of the Harvard Project on American Indian Economic Development at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He also founded and directed Honoring Contributions to Governance of American Indian Nations, a national award program that identifies, celebrates and shares outstanding examples of tribal governance.
From 1996 to 1998, Andrew worked in the Governance and Civil Society unit of the Ford Foundation's Peace and Social Justice Program. In addition to serving as the Board Chairman of Indian Dispute Resolution Services Inc, Andrew serves on a number of other national boards, including the board of trustees of the Nathan Cummings Foundation (New York); the board of directors of the Smithsonian's Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian (New York); (California); the tribal policy board for the Institute for Tribal Government at Portland State University (Oregon); and the national selection committee for the "Leadership for a Changing World" national awards program (Washington, DC). Andrew received his undergraduate degree from Hamilton College and a master degree in public policy from Harvard's John F. Kennedy School of Government, where he was a Christian A. Johnson Native American fellow and a Woodrow Wilson fellow in public policy and international affairs. |
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Mary Trimble Norris (Oglala Lakota) |
Vice Chairperson |
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| Mary currently serves as the Executive Director of the American Indian Child Resource Center in Oakland California. AICRC is a major developer and provider and trainer of Indian foster care parents for American Indian children in the San Francisco Bay Area, and is a strong advocate for compliance with the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) by local and state social service agencies. Mary served for many years as the Deputy Director of California Indian Legal Services. |
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| Harriet currently is the California Representative to the National Indian Council on Aging and serves as their Treasurer. She is Chairperson of the Bo-Cah Ama Museum Council, an all-Indian Docent Council under the California Department of Parks & Recreation, Chairman of the Advisory Council to California Department of Fire & Fire Protection, Vice-Chairman of the Mendocino Area Parks Association, Treasurer of the United Native Housing Development Corporation and a member of the Sherwood Band of Pomo Indians. Harriet is also a founding member of Indian Dispute Resolution Services. |
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Marilyn Majel (pauma-luiseño) |
Secretary |
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| Marilyn currently works for the Pauma Tribe. Past work experience includes working 9 years as the Tribal Operations Specialist with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, where she maintained trust accounts for 33 tribes in southern California. Serves on Board of Directors for Indian Child and Family Services, and the California Indian Manpower Consortium, Native American Work Enforcement Council, Active in Fundraising Committee for the Friends of California Indian Legal Services, and former Alternate to the CILS Board. Previously, Tribal Council member for the Pauma Band of Mission Indians, and served as Secretary/Treasurer and Vice-Chairperson. |
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Michelle Anderson (Ahtna Athabascan) |
Member-at-Large |
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Ahtna Development Corporation (ADC), a subsidiary of Ahtna, Incorporated – an Alaska Native Corporation. Ahtna, Inc. is one of 13 Alaska Native regional corporations established under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (1971). Ahtna Development Corporation (ADC) was formed in November 1975 by Ahtna Inc. to pursue business opportunities that would enhance the economic well being of the shareholders of the region. ADC business ventures have included services such as road maintenance, remote camp construction, security, hotel and remote camp catering, janitorial maintenance, housekeeping and real estate management and information technology and records management. Government contracting has been a significant portion of ADC business operations. My role will be to develop non-government work for ADC which includes identifying and implementing economic development opportunities that benefit our shareholders.
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