Executive Committee


Novemeber 2011 - Members of the Executive Committee gather after being elected
and sworn in to office at the 68th Annual Convention in Portland, Oregon (photo credit: NCAI)

NCAI EXECUTIVE BOARD

PRESIDENT
1st VICE PRESIDENT
SECRETARY
TREASURER
Jefferson Keel
Lieutenant Governor, Chickasaw Nation
Juana Majel-Dixon
Legislative Council Member, Pauma Band - Mission Indians
Edward Thomas
President, Central Council of Tlingit & Haida
W. Ron Allen
Chairman, Jamestown S'Klallam Tribe
 

NCAI AREA VICE-PRESIDENTS

ALASKA MIDWEST PACIFIC SOUTHERN PLAINS
Bill Martin
Central Council Tlingit-Haida
Matthew Wesaw
Chairman, Pokagon 
Band of Potawatomi		 Don Arnold
Chairman, 
Scotts Valley Band of Pomo 		 Robert Tippeconnie
Secretary/Treasurer
Comanche Nation  
EASTERN OKLAHOMA NORTHEAST ROCKY 
MOUNTAIN		 SOUTHWEST
Joe Crittenden
Deputy Principal Chief, Cherokee Nation		 Lance Gumbs
Tribal Trustee, Shinnecock Indian Nation		 Scott Russell
Secretary, Crow Tribe		 Joe A. Garcia
Head Councilman, Ohkay Owingeh
GREAT PLAINS NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST WESTERN
Robert Shepherd
Chairman, Sisseton Wahpeton
Fawn Sharp
President, Quinault Nation
Larry Townsend
Veteran Services Officer, Lumbee Tribe		 Ned Norris
Chairman, Tohono O'odham Nation


NCAI AREA VICE-PRESIDENT ALTERNATES

ALASKA MIDWEST PACIFIC SOUTHERN PLAINS
Cynthia Ahwinona
President, Nome Eskimo Community		 Diane Gibbs
District III Rep.,
Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe		 Leonard Masten, Jr.
Chairman Hoopa Valley Tribe		 Amber Toppah
Chair, Kiowa Business Committee, Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma
EASTERN OKLAHOMA NORTHEAST ROCKY 
MOUNTAIN		 SOUTHWEST
Charles Locust
Assistant Chief, United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians
 Randy Noka
Council Member, Narragansett Tribe		 Ivan Posey
Council Member, Shoshone Tribe		 Manuel Heart
Council Member, Ute Mountain Ute Tribe
GREAT PLAINS NORTHWEST SOUTHEAST WESTERN
Sharon Lee 
Council Woman, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe		 Lloyd Irvine
Confederated Salish 
and Kootenai Tribes of Flathead Reservation		 Lagaylis Harbuck
Chairwoman of Federal Recognition, MOWA Band of Choctaw		 Bernadine Burnette
Vice President, Fort McDowell Yavapai