Leadership
Executive Committee
Cynthia Kent (Southern Ute), Chair
Kenrock Verret (Houma), Vice Chair
Beckee Garris (Catawba), Treasurer, SE Region Chair, Finance Chair
Rev. Carol Lakota Eastin (Lakota and Yakima), Secretary, NE Region Chair,
Charles Brower (Inupiaq), Parliamentarian, NW Regional Chair,
Jane Cazabat (Muscogee Creek), SW Region Chair, Advocacy Chair
Rev. Alvin Deer (Kiowa and Creek), SC Region Chair, Leadership Development Chair
Charlotte B. Barker (Cherokee), Bylaws Committee Chair
Ragghi Rain Calentine (Eastern Cherokee), Family Camp Chair
Board Members by Region
South West Region
Jane Cazabat (Muscogee Creek), Chair
Helen Cheromiah (Dine’)
Gary Long (Muscogee Creek)
Roy Pena (Nomlaki and Koncow)
Winnie James (Chickasaw) Alternate
Rev. Evelene “Tweedy” Sombrero (Dine’) Alternate
North West Region
Charles Brower (Inupiaq), Chair
Rev. Jerry Boles (Navajo)
Gail Hoyt (Blackfeet, Cree, Sak and Fox)
Regina Wheeler (Yakima, Nez Perce and Walla Walla)
Vera Sonneck (Nez Perce) Alternate
Eva Johnson (Klamath) Alternate
South East Region
Beckee Garris (Catawba), Chair
Charlotte B. Barker (Cherokee)
Roland Stanley (Choctaw)
Terica Stanley (Choctaw)
Myles Pierson (Cherokee) Alternate
Kathern Stanley (Choctaw) Alternate
South Central Region
Rev. Alvin Deer (Kiowa and Creek), Chair
Kenrock Verret (Houma)
Rev. Kirby Verret (Houma)
Kayleigh Vickers (Nanticoke)
Peggie Larney (Choctaw) Alternate
Tammy Jo Teltow, (Cherokee) Alternate
North East Region
Rev. Carol Lakota Eastin (Lakota and Yakima)
Cory Jackson (Nanticoke)
Cynthia Kent (Southern Ute)
Alicia Schartz (Lakota)
Rev. Liz Reis (Cherokee) Alternate
Ragghi Rain Calentine (Eastern Cherokee)
Cynthia Kent (Southern Ute), Chair
Kenrock Verret (Houma), Vice Chair
Beckee Garris (Catawba), Treasurer, SE Region Chair, Finance Chair
Rev. Carol Lakota Eastin (Lakota and Yakima), Secretary, NE Region Chair,
Charles Brower (Inupiaq), Parliamentarian, NW Regional Chair,
Jane Cazabat (Muscogee Creek), SW Region Chair, Advocacy Chair
Rev. Alvin Deer (Kiowa and Creek), SC Region Chair, Leadership Development Chair
Charlotte B. Barker (Cherokee), Bylaws Committee Chair
Ragghi Rain Calentine (Eastern Cherokee), Family Camp Chair
Board Members by Region
South West Region
Jane Cazabat (Muscogee Creek), Chair
Helen Cheromiah (Dine’)
Gary Long (Muscogee Creek)
Roy Pena (Nomlaki and Koncow)
Winnie James (Chickasaw) Alternate
Rev. Evelene “Tweedy” Sombrero (Dine’) Alternate
North West Region
Charles Brower (Inupiaq), Chair
Rev. Jerry Boles (Navajo)
Gail Hoyt (Blackfeet, Cree, Sak and Fox)
Regina Wheeler (Yakima, Nez Perce and Walla Walla)
Vera Sonneck (Nez Perce) Alternate
Eva Johnson (Klamath) Alternate
South East Region
Beckee Garris (Catawba), Chair
Charlotte B. Barker (Cherokee)
Roland Stanley (Choctaw)
Terica Stanley (Choctaw)
Myles Pierson (Cherokee) Alternate
Kathern Stanley (Choctaw) Alternate
South Central Region
Rev. Alvin Deer (Kiowa and Creek), Chair
Kenrock Verret (Houma)
Rev. Kirby Verret (Houma)
Kayleigh Vickers (Nanticoke)
Peggie Larney (Choctaw) Alternate
Tammy Jo Teltow, (Cherokee) Alternate
North East Region
Rev. Carol Lakota Eastin (Lakota and Yakima)
Cory Jackson (Nanticoke)
Cynthia Kent (Southern Ute)
Alicia Schartz (Lakota)
Rev. Liz Reis (Cherokee) Alternate
Ragghi Rain Calentine (Eastern Cherokee)