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Vacancies/Nominations

Not Invisible Act Joint Commission on Reducing Violent Crime Against Indians (NIAC)
Nomination Deadline September 24
National Institutes of Health (NIH) Tribal Advisory Committee (NIH TAC)
Submissions accepted until filled
Indian Health Service Information Systems Advisory Committee (ISAC)
Submissions accepted until filled
National Tribal Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Behavioral Health
Submissions accepted until filled
Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee (TLDC)
Please send nominations to bvenuti@usetinc.org with subject line: TLDC Nominations

For upcoming meetings, please visit our calendar.

Workgroups/Taskforces

Administration for Children and Families’ (ACF) Tribal Advisory Committee (TAC) Regional Rep: Germain l. Smith, Shinnecock Indian Nation; Alternate: Michael Augustine, Penobscot Indian Nation
American Indian Alaska Native Tourism Association Board of Directors Regional Rep: Darrell Waldron, Seacoke Wampanoag/Narragansett
AmerindRisk Board of Directors: Susan M. Wicker, Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Jerri Killer, Cherokee Nation
Association of Boards of Certification Regional Rep: Michael Bolt, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Attorney General Task Force AI/AN Children Exposed to Violence Vacant
BIA Contract Support Cost Workgroup Regional Rep: Doug Weaver, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians; DeMakus Staton, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Bureau of Indian Education Vacant
Center for Disease Control (CDC) Opioid Workgroup
Center for Disease Control/ATSDR Tribal Consultation Advisory Committee Regional Rep: Vacant Alternate Regional Rep: Vacant Tribes-at-Large Rep: Richard Sneed (Co-Chair TAC), Principal Chief, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Tribes-at-Large Alternate: Vickie Bradley, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Center for Indian Country Development Leadership Council – Dale White, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Census Bureau National Advisory Committee Vacant
Climate Change Federal Advisory Committee Vacant
Centers of Medicaid and Medicare Services Tribal Technical Advisory Group Regional Rep: Casey Cooper, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Alternate: Nancy Johnson, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas; Technical Advisor Elliott Milhollin, Hobbs, Straus Dean and Walker
Council for Native American Farming and Ranching Regional Rep: Erin Parker, Assistant Director of the University of Arkansas School of Law Indigenous Food & Agriculture Initiative, Fayetteville, AR
Department of Energy Indian Country Energy and Infrastructure Working Group Regional Rep: USET Member Tribal Nations: Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, Seneca Nation of Indians.
Department of Energy Regional Advisory Committee Vacant
Department of the Interior Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee Regional Rep: Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah); Alternate: Lynn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut; Technical Advisor: Kitcki Carroll, USET
Department of Justice Global Advisory Committee Vacant
Task Force on Research on Violence Against American Indian and Alaska Native Women (commonly referred to as the Section 904 task force) Regional Rep: Chris Rutherford, Poarch Band of Creek Indians
Department of Justice Tribal Nations Leadership Council CHARTER Regional Rep: Marilyn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
Eastern Regional Tribal Conservation Advisory CommitteeRegional Rep: Jerry Pardilla, USET
EPA Clean Air Act Advisory Committee (CAAAC) Vacant
EPA Local Government Advisory Committee (LGAC) Regional Rep Chief Eric Thompson Tehoroniathe (Bright Sky), Saint Regis Mohawk Tribal Nation
EPA Region IV Regional Tribal Operations Committee Vacant
Federal Communications Commission InterTribal Advisory Committee Vacant
Federal Communications Commission Native Nations Broadband Taskforce Vacant
Federal Communications Commission Native Nations Communications TaskforceCheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah; Michael Conners, Sub Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe
Federal Employee Health Benefits Tribal Workgroup Vacant
Federal Emergency Management Agency National Advisory Council Paul Downing, Passamaquoddy Tribe at Indian Township
Federal Emergency Management Agency National Integration Center-National Mutual Aid System Strategic Plan Working Group Vacant
Federal Emergency Management Agency Tribal Emergency Mutual Aid Compact
Federal Emergency Management Agency Youth Preparedness Council Vacant
First Responder Network Authority (FirstNet) Regional Rep: Willo Sylestine, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
Forest Research Advisory Council Vacant
Haskell Board of Regents Vacant
Health and Human Services Administration for Children & Families Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee Vacant
Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health Advisory Committee Kirk Francis, Chief, Penobscot Nation; Alternate: Marlene Wakefield, Seneca Nation; Technical Support: Tori Reaves, USET
Health and Human Services Region IV Public Health Training Center – Advisory Board Vacant
Health and Human Services Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee Regional Rep: Elizabeth Neptune, Councilwoman, Passamaquoddy Tribe – Indian Township; Alternate: Naomi Carney, Councilwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah; Technical Advisor: Stephen Wyatt, USET
Health and Human Services Self-Governance Tribal Federal Workgroup Vacant
Health and Human Services Task Force on Substance Abuse
Health Resource and Services Administration Tribal Advisory Committee Primary Rep: Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah); Alternate B. Cheryl Smith, Chief, Jena Band of Choctaw Indians; Technical Advisor: Christy Duke, USET
HUD – Tribal Housing and Related Infrastructure Interagency Task Force Vacant
Indian Health Care Improvement Fund Workgroup (IHCIFWG) Regional Rep: Primary Marilyn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut; Casey Cooper, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians; Mark Skinner, IHS; Kristina Rogers, IHS
Indian Health Service Contract Support Cost Workgroup Primary Cyrus Ben, Chief, Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians (Delegate: Doug Weaver); Alternate Steven Tupponce, Councilman Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe
Indian Health Service Direct Service Tribes Advisory Committee Regional Rep: William Harris, Chief Catawba Indian Nation; Alternate Vacant; Technical Assistant: Stephen Wyatt, USET
IHS Director's Advisory Workgroup on Tribal Consultation Regional Rep: Chairwoman Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah, Councilman John Silver, Nansemond Indian Nation; Technical Assistant: Liz Malerba, USET
Indian Health Service Director’s Workgroup on Improving Purchased/ Referred Care (PRC) Membership: Carrie Janus, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut; Technical Assistant: Stephen Wyatt, USET
Indian Health Service Facilities Appropriations Advisory Board Regional Rep Vacant; Alternate Vacant
Indian Health Service Bureau of Indian Affairs Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee Regional Rep: Primary Marilyn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut; Alternate Casey Cooper, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Technical Advisor Liz Malerba, USET SPF
IHS Information Systems Advisory Committee (IHS ISAC) Vacant
Indian Health Service Nashville Area Budget Formulation Team Teresa Cochran, Micmac Service Unit; Edie Baker, Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Paula Manuel, Coushatta Tribe of Louisiana; Dee Sabattus, Passamaquoddy Indian Township; Kitcki Carroll, USET
Indian Health Service National Community Health Aide Program Tribal Advisory Group (CHAP TAG) Clarissa Sabattis, Chief, Houlton Band of Maliseet Indians; Alternate: Dee Sabattus, Passamaquoddy Tribe Indian Township
Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative (IFAI) Tribal Food Safety Advisory Committee (TFSAC) Lea Zeise, USET
Indigenous Tourism Forum of the Americas Advisory CommitteeRebecca Naragon, USET
Internal Revenue Service Advisory Committee on Tax Exempt and Government Entities (ACT)
Chair of Committee & Regional Rep: Jean Swift, Treasurer Mashantucket Pequot Tribal Council
Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Review Committee Vacant
National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic, and Other Populations Vacant
Native CDFI Network (NCN) Policy Committee Regional Rep: Russ Seagle, Sequoyah Fund Executive Director
National Indian Gaming Commission Tribal Advisory Committee Vacant
National Indian Health Board of Directors Regional Rep: Beverly Cook, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk, Alternate Nancy Johnson, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
National Indian Health Board Medicare, Medicaid and Health Reform Policy Committee (MMPC) Tribal Technical Advisory Group to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (TTAG) Regional Rep: Casey Cooper, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Alternate: Nancy Johnson, Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas
National Institute of Health Tribal Advisory Committee Regional Rep: Beverly Cook, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk, Alternate: Vacant, Tech Rep, Christy Duke, USET, NALM: Marilyn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut & Rodney Haring, Seneca Nation of Indians
National Ocean’s Council Regional Rep: Michael Bolt, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Vacant
National Tribal Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Behavioral Health Vacant
National Tribal Toxics Council Vacant
Native Financial Education Coalition Rebecca Naragon, USET
Northeast Climate Science Center Advisory Council Regional Rep: Jerry Pardilla, USET
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Technical Advisory Committee Vacant
Office of Minority Health Advisory Committee on Minority Health Primary: Brenda Lintinger, Councilwoman, Tunica-Biloxi Tribe of Louisiana
Office of Special Trustee for American Indians Advisory Board Vacant
Prescription Drug Task Force
President’s Advisory Council on Financial Capability Vacant
Presidential Task Force on on Missing and Murdered American Indians and Alaska Natives
Regional Health Equity Councils Vacant
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Tribal Technical Advisory Committee Regional Rep: Beverly Cook, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe; Alternate: Marilyn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut; Technical Advisor: Tori Reaves, USET
Tribal Interior Budget Council Regional Rep: Kitcki Carroll, USET; Cheryl Andrews-Maltais, Chairwoman, Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head Aquinnah; Alternate DeMakus Staton, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
Tribal Leaders Diabetes Committee Regional Rep: Primary Beverly Cook, Chief, Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe; Alternate Tracy Stevens, Seneca Nation; Technical Advisor Dietrich Taylor, USET
United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Terri Henry, Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians
USDA Forest Service Eastern Region Recreation Resource Advisory Committee (RRAC): Vacant
USDOT Negotiated Rulemaking Committee for Tribal Transportation Self-Governance Program Wesley Woodruff, Facilities Division Director, Poarch Band of Creek Indians; Jody Clark, Director, Seneca Nation DOT, Seneca Nation
S. Department of the Treasury Tribal Advisory Committee (TTAC) Marilyn Malerba, Chief, Mohegan Tribe of Connecticut
S. Sentencing Commission Tribal Issues Advisory Group Vacant
State, Local, and Tribal Leaders Task Force On Climate Preparedness and Resilience Vacant
US Highbush Blueberry Council Vacant
United States Department of Agriculture American Indian/ Alaska Native Elders Advisory Council Vacant
Veterans Affairs Veterans Health Administration Indian Health Service Tribal Health Programs Healthcare Coordination Advisory Board (VA, IHS, THP HCAB) Dee Sabattus, Passamaquoddy Indian Township

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