Board of Trustees
Stacy Leeds, J.D.
(Cherokee Nation)
Board Chair; Attorney; Foundation Professor of Law and Leadership, Arizona State University; Board President, Akiptan, Inc.; Vice President, American Indian Graduate Center; Board member, Kituwah, LLC.
Sybil Bullard
(Lumbee)
Board Vice Chair; Co-Owner, JR Jones Grains, Inc; grain merchandiser; Board member, Lumbee Guaranty Banks Corporate; Vice-Chair, Scotland Healthcare System; Board member, ComTECH Business Park
Juanita Cole-Crasco
(Gros-Ventre Tribe)
Lifelong rancher, educator, and leader from the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation with over 40 years of experience in education, administration, and agriculture.
Jackson S. Brossy
(Navajo Nation)
Vice President, Native American Financial Services at Huntington Bank, Principal of Native Management Partners, LLC, and a recognized leader in economic development, specializing in access to capital and government contracting.
Aja DeCoteau
Confederated Tribes and Bands of the Yakama Nation, Cayuse, Nez Perce and Turtle Mountain Band of Chippewa Indians)
Executive Director of Columbia River Inter-Tribal Fish Commission; Advisory Board member, National Park System Advisory Board; Advisory Board member, Yale Center for Environmental Justice; Board member, Earthjustice; Board member, American Rivers
Zach Ducheneaux
(Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe)
Fourth-generation rancher and the founder of 5th C, a consultancy focused on community-based agricultural solutions
Michelle Fox, J.D.
(Aaniiih – Gros Ventre, Amskapi Piikani – Blackfeet)
Associate Attorney, Big Fire Law; managing director for NDN Collective; Fifth Generation cattle rancher
Charles Graham
(Lumbee)
State Representative, North Carolina General Assembly; retired educator and business owner
Porter Holder
(Choctaw)
Lead plaintiff; former Vice Chair, Council on Native American Farming and Ranching; rancher
Blake Jackson
(Choctaw)
Attorney, Food/Agricultural Policy Professional, and Tribal Governance Specialist
Kristen Kipp
(Blackfeet)
Tribal cattle producer, ag advocate, and ag professional; Piikani Lodge Health Institute FSA Producer Outreach Manager, Regenerative Grazing Specialist
Santana Nez-Coleman
(Navajo Nation)
Agriculture specialist and scientist; rancher
Tyler Pearson
(Cherokee Nation)
Vice President of Apis Holdings/Intertribal Holdings; Executive Director of Intertribal Health Innovation Center; and Board of Member of Certemy
Ross Racine
(Blackfeet)
Former Executive Director, Intertribal Agriculture Council; rancher