Board of Directors

According to AISES Bylaws, the Board of Directors is elected by the AISES membership. The Board also includes National Student Representatives who attend all Board meetings but are non-voting members.

Current Board Members

Dr. Grace Bulltail
Crow Tribe and a descendant of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation
Board Treasurer
Board Term: Nov. 2017 - Nov. 2023
Deanna Burgart
Fond du Lac First Nation, Saskatchewan, Canada
Board Member
Board Term: Nov. 2019 – Nov. 2022
Gary Burnette
Cheroenhaka (Nottoway)
Board Chair
Board Term: Nov. 2018 – Nov. 2021
Andrea Delgado-Olson
Ione Band of Miwok Indians
Board Member
Board Term: Nov. 2019 – Nov. 2022
Jodi DiLascio
Board Member
Board Term: Nov. 2019 – Nov. 2022
Amber Finley
Three Affiliated Tribes
Board Secretary
Board Term: Nov. 2018 – Nov. 2021
Kristina J. Halona
Navajo
Board Member
Board Term: Nov. 2017 - Nov. 2023
Michael Laverdure
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Vice Chair
Board Term: Nov. 2019 – Nov. 2022
Dr. Adrienne Laverdure
Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa
Board Member
Board Term: Nov. 2017 - Nov. 2023
Dr. Traci L. Morris
Chickasaw Nation
Board Member
Board Term: Nov. 2020 - Nov. 2023
Dr. Wendy F. Smythe
Xᾴadas
Board Member
Board Term: Nov. 2020 - Nov. 2023
William Tiger
Miccosukee Indians of Florida
Board Member
Board Term: Nov. 2019 – Nov. 2022

National Student Representatives to the Board

       
  ​​ ​​
Adrian Riives
(Senior U.S. National Student Representative)   
Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians  		McKalee Steen
(Junior U.S. National Student Representative)
Cherokee Nation		 Jacob Calderone
(Senior Canadian National Student Representative)
Fort Nelson First Nation		 Celeste Groux
(Junior Canadian National Student Representative)
Bigstone Cree Nation
       

Board Chairs Emeriti

       
Al Qöyawayma
Hopi		 George Thomas
Cherokee		 Jaime Pinkham
Nez Perce		 Thomas Dawson, Jr.
Eastern Band of Cherokee
       
Donald Ridley
Shoshone		 Sandra Begay
Navajo		 Dr. Robert K. Whitman
Navajo		 Judy Gobert
Blackfeet
       
Tommie Lee
Navajo		 Michael Avritt
San Felipe Pueblo		 Andrew Conseen Duff
Eastern Band of Cherokee		 Dwight Gourneau
Turtle Mountain Chippewa
       
Anthony Kahn
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Dr. Dorothy Pender
Inupiat Eskimo		 Anthony Kahn
Navajo		 Dr. Mary Jo Ondrechen
Mohawk		 Melinda McClanahan 
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
       
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Dr. Twyla Baker
Three Affiliated Tribes		 Rick Stephens
Pala Band of Mission Indians 		   

 

 
 

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