Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC) Membership
AT-LARGE DELEGATES (5 Slots/2 Alternates)
Primary:
- Ken Lucero, Chair, HHS Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC)
Term: 2 Year Term until December 2012 - Jefferson Keel, Lt. Governor, Chickasaw Nation
Term: 1 Year Term until December 2012 - Roberta Brisbee, Tribal Council Member, Nez Perce Tribe
Term: 2 Year Term until December 2013 - Tex Hall, Chairman, Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation
Term: 2 Year Term until December 2013 - Robert McGhee, Tribal Council Treasurer, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Term: 1 Year Term December 2012
Alternates for At Large Membership:
- Gil Vigil, Tribal Council Member, Pueblo of Tesuque
Term: 1 Year Term until December 2012 - Tracy King, President, Fort Belknap Indian Community
Term: 2 Year Term until December 2013
ABERDEEN DELEGATES
Term: 1 Year Term until December 2012
Primary:
- Roger Trudell, Chairman, Santee Sioux Nation
Alternate:
- Tony Reider, President, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe
ALASKA DELEGATES
Term: 1 Year Term until December 2012
Primary:
- Gloria O’Neill, President and CEO, Cook Inlet Tribal Council
Alternate:
- Andy Teuber, Jr. Tribal Council Member, Woody Island Tribal Council
ALBUQUERQUE DELEGATES
Term: 1 Year Term until December 2012
Primary:
- Gary Hayes, Chairman Elect/Vice Chairman, Ute Mountain Ute
Alternate:
- Richard Luarkie, Governor, Pueblo of Laguna
BEMIDJI NOMINEES
Term: 1 Year Term until December 2013
Primary:
- Cathy Abramson, Tribal Council Representative, Sault Ste. Marie Tribe
Alternate:
- Phyllis Davis, Tribal Council Member, Gun Lake Tribe
BILLINGS DELEGATES
Term: 1 Year Term until December 2012
Primary:
- L. Jace Killsback, Tribal Council Representative, Northern Cheyenne Tribe
Alternate:
- Cedric Black Eagle, Chairman, Crow Tribe
CALIFORNIA DELEGATES
Term: 2 Year Term until December 2013
Primary:
- Stacy Dixon, Tribal Chairman, Susanville Indian Rancheria
Alternate:
- Judy Fink, Tribal Chairperson, North Fork Rancheria of Mono Indians
NASHVILLE DELEGATES
Term: 2 Year Term until December 2013
Primary:
- Buford Rolin, Tribal Chairman, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Alternate:
- Cheryl Frye-Cromwell, Tribal Council Member, Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe
NAVAJO DELEGATES
Term: 2 Year Term until December 2013
Primary:
- Rex Lee Jim, Vice-President, Navajo Nation
Alternate:
- Larry Curley, Director for Navajo Division of Health, Navajo Nation
OKLAHOMA DELEGATES
Term: 2 Year Term until December 2013
Primary:
- Steve Ortiz, Co-Chair, HHS Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee (STAC)
Alternate:
- Marshall Gover, President, Pawnee Nation
PHOENIX DELEGATES
Term: 1 Year Term until December 2012
Primary:
- Herman Honanie, Tribal Vice Chairman, Hopi Tribe
Alternate:
- David Kwail, Tribal Chairman, Yavapai-Apache Nation
PORTLAND DELEGATES
Term: 2 Year Term until December 2013
Primary:
- Cheryle Kennedy, Tribal Council Chairwoman, Confederated Tribes of the Grande Ronde
Alternate:
- Ron Allen, Chairman, Jamestown S’Klallam Tribe
TUCSON DELEGATES
Term: 1 Year Term until December 2012
Primary:
- Chester Antone, Tribal Council Representative, Tohono O’odham Nation
Alternate:
- Vacant
TECHNICAL ADVISORS
National At Large:
- Jefferson Keel – Ahniwake Rose, National Congress of the American Indian
- Robert McGhee – David Simmons, National Indian Child Welfare Association
- Tex Hall – Carol Good Bear, Mandan, Hidatsa & Arikara Nation
Alaska:
- Gloria O’Neill – Valerie Davidson, Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Bemidji:
- Cathy Abramson – Stacy Bohlen, National Indian Health Board
Billings:
- Jace Lawrence Killsback – Jennifer Cooper, National Indian Health Board
Nashville:
- Buford Rolin – Dee Sabattus, United Southern & Eastern Tribes
Navajo:
- Rex Lee Jim – Clara Pratte, Navajo Nation Washington Office
Portland:
- Cheryle Kennedy – Jim Roberts, Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
Tucson:
- Chester Antone – Jennie Becenti, Tohono O'odham Nation