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Board of DirectorsCHAIR OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MARIDDIE CRAIG
VICE CHAIR OF THE
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
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- Carolyn Lofgren Carolyn Lofgren has more than 37 years experience in management, liaison activities, communications, health service planning, evaluation, and administration in the field of women’s and minority women’s health. Twenty-two years with the Indian Health Service served to focus priorities on the economic self-sufficiency and health of American Indians and Alaska Natives. Prior to retirement, Ms. Lofgren formerly served as the Advisor on Women’s Health and Senior Liaison to the Regional Women’s Health Coordinators. As the Senior Liaison, Ms. Lofgren was responsible for coordinating a national strategy for implementing women’s health activities in the 10 federal regional offices. Ms. Lofgren attended the Universities of Albuquerque and Phoenix focusing on business administration and human relations. As a single mother raising four sons and one daughter, Ms. Lofgren gained considerable first-hand insight into the issues of access to health care, employment, childcare, training, and housing needs. Ms. Lofgren is a native of Skiatook, Oklahoma, and is an enrolled member of the Osage and Cherokee Nations. Since retirement from the Department of Health and Human Services, (DHHS), Ms. Lofgren has continued to maintain a strong interest and involvement in Native American women’s health through the Indian Health Service, National Indian Women’s Health Resource Center, as a member of the DHHS Minority Women’s Health Panel of Experts, and a number of women’s health advisory groups, and public speaking engagements.
SECRETARY OF
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE GLORIA BELLYMULE
ZUNIGA Gloria Bellymule-Zuniga is a member of the Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. She lives with her husband, Jose Zuniga; she has one son John Bellymule, a daughter in-law Joycelyn and two beautiful granddaughters Summer Dawn and Autumn Danielle. Gloria received a BSN/RN from the University of Oklahoma School of Nursing. Currently Ms. Zuniga is the HIV Program Coordinator for the Association of American Indian Physicians. Gloria has worked in the area of HIV/AIDS for twenty (20) years. She is one of the early pioneers of HIV/AIDS Prevention and Education. In 1990 she co-founded and developed the first case management model for Native Americans Living with HIV/AIDS called the “Ahalaya Project”. Gloria has received many awards for her work in AIDS. Among her top accomplishments are Inductee into the National Women’s Hall of Fame 1996, “Pioneer” Award from the U.S. Conference on AIDS 1994, Alice B. Timmons Founders Award 1996, Virginia Slims Local Legends Award1996, a Outstanding Service Award from the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center 1998 and the Marty Prairie HIV/AIDS Award 2003. Gloria has been published in numerous magazines and a contributor in a book called the “The Gender Politics of Women & HIV/AIDS”. Ms. Zuniga was invited to be the closing speaker for the presentation of the largest “AIDS Quilt” in the United States and has been an invited speaker at numerous local, national and international conferences.
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- DEE ANN DEROIN, MD, MPH
TREASURER OF
THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
CHAD SMITH,
Principal Chief
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- Melissa Gower
MEMBER AT LARGE OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
KATHLEEN MARQUART,
PA ELDER REPRESENTATIVE
JULIA A.
DAVIS-WHEELER
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- Harriet Rhoades
MEMBER AT LARGE
BEVERLY RUSSELL
URBAN INDIAN REPRESENTATIVE
JOAN STAPLES,
Director
YOUNG WOMEN'S
REPRESENTATIVE
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- Jeanette DeCouteau
ABERDEEN AREA REPRESENTATIVE CYNTHIA
LINDQUIST-MALA, PhD Cynthia A. Lindquist Mala, earned Liberal Arts Bachelor’s degree in Indian Studies and English at the University of North Dakota in 1981 and a Master’s degree in public administration (Indian health systems emphasis) at the University of South Dakota in 1988. As a Leadership Fellow, Dr. Lindquist-Mala recently completed her doctorate in educational leadership at the University of North Dakota. She began responsibilities as President of Cankdeska Cikana Community College in October 2003. Dr. Lindquist-Mala is an adjunct faculty member, Community Medicine & Rural Health, with the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences. She is the Chair, National Indian Women’s Health Resource Center, a non-profit advocacy organization. Dr. Lindquist-Mala serves as a member of the Barbara Jordan Health Policy Fellowship advisory board for the Kaiser Family Foundation and is also a member of the Council of Public Representatives (COPR), an advisory body to the Director of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Appointed by President Bush to the National Advisory Council on Indian Education (NACIE) in April 2004, Dr. Lindquist-Mala serves as the Council’s chairperson. NACIE is an advisory body to the Secretary of Education and the administration on Indian education issues. Email: cynthia@littlehoop.edu
YOUTH REPRESENTATIVE Vacancy ALASKA AREA REPRESENTATIVE EMILY HUGHES
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- Jan Hill
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