Board of Trustees
![Dr. Joe Hiller (Oglala Lakota)](https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Stacy-leeds-1.png)
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.
![Pat Gwin (Cherokee)](https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Sybil-Bullard.png)
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
![Pat Gwin (Cherokee)](https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Board-of-Trustees-profiles.png)
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
![Pat Gwin (Cherokee)](https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Michelle-Fox-1.png)
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)](https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Charles-Graham.png)
Charles Graham
(Lumbee)
State Representative, North Carolina General Assembly; retired educator and business owner
![Porter Holder (Choctaw)](https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Porter-Holder-1.png)
Porter Holder
(Choctaw)
Lead plaintiff; former Vice Chair, Council on Native American Farming and Ranching; rancher
![Claryca Mandan (Three Affiliated Tribes)](https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Blake-Jackson.png)
Blake Jackson
(Choctaw)
Attorney, Food/Agricultural Policy Professional, and Tribal Governance Specialist
![Claryca Mandan (Three Affiliated Tribes)](https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Kristen-Kipp-1.png)
Kristen Kipp
(Blackfeet)
Tribal cattle producer, ag advocate, and ag professional; Piikani Lodge Health Institute FSA Producer Outreach Manager, Regenerative Grazing Specialist
![Elsie Meeks (Oglala Lakota)](https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Tyler-Pearson-1.png)
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)](https://nativeamericanagriculturefund.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Ross-Racine.png)
Ross Racine
(Blackfeet)
Former Executive Director, Intertribal Agriculture Council; rancher