Advisory Council, Consultants & Partners
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Advisory Council members, 2018.
Native Center Advisory Council
Perry R. Ahsogeak, Barrow Village of Alaska
Richard Bird, MMS, CCDCIII, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Robert Begay, Member of the Navajo Nation
Patrick E. Calf Looking, MA, Blackfeet
Joel Chisholm, MD, Bay Mills Indian Community, a band of the Ojibway tribe
Ray Daw, MA, Navajo
Dan Dickerson, DO, MPH, Inupiaq
Dana Diehl, Yupik and Dena'ina
Lena Gachupin, MSW, Zia and Jemez Pueblo, and Sun Clan of New Mexico
Jacque Gray, PhD, Choctaw & Cherokee Nation
Lakota R. M. Holman, M Ed, Rosebud Sioux tribe
Matt Ignacio, MSSW, Tohono O'odham
John Jewett, MA, Oglala Lakota Nation
Melanie Johnson, MA, Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma
Jeffrey N. Kushner, MHRA
Melvina McCabe, MD, Member of the Navajo Nation
Dennis Norman, Ed D, ABPP, Descendant of the Southern Cheyenne Nation
Connie O'Marra, LCSW, Citizen Potawatomi
Ed Parsells, BA, Cheyenne River Sioux Nation
Vanessa Simonds, ScD, Crow Nation, Montana
Roger Dale Walker, MD, Cherokee Nation
James Ward, MA, Choctaw
Addiction Advisors
Patrick Calf Looking, MAC, LAC, Blackfoot
Ray Daw, MA, Navajo
Dan Dickerson, DO, MPH, Inupiaq
Lena Gachupin, MSW, Zia and Jemez Pueblo, and Sun Clan of New Mexico
Ed Parsells, BA, Cheyenne River Sioux Nation
Robert Rohret, MPH
Ex-Officio Member(s)
Karen Hearod, LCSW, Member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Juanita M. Mendoza, MS, Member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona
Rose Weakhee, PhD, Navajo Tribal Member
Consultants
Pamela Baston, MPA, MCAP, CPP
Janie Ferguson, BA, Cup'g Eskimo
Sunny Goggles, MA, Northern Arapaho Nation
Jacque Gray, PhD, Choctaw & Cherokee Nation
Michaela Grey, MPH, Navajo Nation
John Jewett, MA, Oglala Lakota Nation
Maurine Lilleskov, PhD, CHES, Luo Tribal Member of Kenya
Kristina Pacheco, BA, Pueblo of Laguna
Robert Rohret, MPH
Tom Vaughn, PhD
James Ward, MA, Choctaw
Star Wheeler, MS, Seneca Nation
Kate Winters, MA
Ken Winters, PhD
Janice Yazzie, MA, Navajo Nation
Janet Zwick, BS
Partners
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Behavioral Health Aide Program (BHA) and the Community Health AIDE (CNA) Program
Comprehensive Drug Research Center, University of Miami
The Comprehensive Drug Research Center (CDRC) is a comprehensive interdisciplinary research center which has been named a Center of Excellence by the University of Miami. From the outset great attention has been paid to the facilitation of research through supportive core functions. Core functions of the CDRC include the following: administration and leadership; project interactions; access to research populations; community epidemiology/geographic information systems; outcomes research; quantitative data management and information systems; qualitative field studies; health evaluation; laboratory research; health economics; training/education; proven research technology; and technology transfer through publication and dissemination. Since 1994, substance abuse and related research such as HIV/AIDS have accounted for more than $200 million funding. The center is nationally recognized as one of only two federally funded centers for community-based health services research for chronic drug users.
National Association of Drug Court Professionals
Wellness Courts
Healing to Wellness Courts
Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP)
National Indian Health (IHS)Center of Excellence in Tele-health
Mental Health Advisors
Jason Butler, BA, Ute Indian Tribe
Ray Daw, MA, Navajo
Daniel V. Foster, Psy. D., MSCP, Cherokee, follows Lakota ways
Jacque Gray, PhD, Choctaw & Cherokee Nation
Matt Ignacio, PhD, Tohono O'odham
John Jewett, MA, Oglala Lakota Nation
Jeffrey N. Kushner, MHRA
Dennis Norman, Ed D, ABPP, Descendant of the Southern Cheyenne Nation
Kristina Pacheco, BA, Pueblo of Laguna
Roger Dale Walker, MD, Cherokee Nation
James Ward, MA, Choctaw
Ex-Officio Member(s)
Karen Hearod, LCSW, Member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Juanita M. Mendoza, MS, Member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona
Rose Weakhee, PhD, Navajo Tribal Member
Collaborators and Consultants
Pamela Baston, MPA, MCAP, CPP
Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD, Caddo Nation
Janie Ferguson, BA, Cup'g Eskimo
Sunny Goggles, MA, Northern Arapaho Nation
Michaela Grey, MPH, Navajo Nation
Maurine Lilleskov, PhD, CHES, Luo Tribal Member of Kenya
Kristina Pacheco, BA, Pueblo of Laguna
Robert Rohret, MPH
Tom Vaughn, PhD
Roger Dale Walker, MD, Cherokee Nation
Star Wheeler, MS, Seneca Nation
Kate Winters, MA
Ken Winters, PhD
Janice Yazzie, MA, Navajo Nation
Janet Zwick, BS
Partners
Comprehensive Drug Research Center, University of Miami, FL
Select Regional MHTTCs (1, 2, 6, 8, 9 and 10)
National Hispanic and Latino MHTTC
Solutions of Substance, Inc. (SOS) Columbus, NC
National Indian Health (IHS) Center of Excellence in Tele-Health, Albuquerque, NM
Tribal Law and Policy Institute, (TLPI) West Hollywood, CA
Office of Tribal Affairs and Policy
The National Frontier and Rural Tele-health Education Center (NFARtec), Reno, NV
Center for Rural Health, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND
Center for Aging, University of Iowa
Association of American Indian Physicians, Oklahoma City, OK
Inter-Tribal Advisory Council
Meskwaki Tribe, Montour, IA
Support Together for Emotional and Mental Serenity and Sobriety (STEMSS Institute), Eugene, OR
CalHOPE Redline, CA Consortium for Urban Indian Health, San Francisco, CA
Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board, Rapid City, SD
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Center for American Indian Health, Baltimore, MD
Gila River Health Center, Sacaton, AZ
Western Montana Mental Health Center, Missoula, MT
Native Center for Behavioral Health
Behavioral Health Aide Program (BHA) - Alaska Native Behavioral Health Board
Comprehensive Drug Research Center, University of Miami
National Association of Drug Court Professionals
Wellness Courts
Healing to Wellness Courts
Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP)
Prevention Advisors
Perry R. Ahsogeak, Barrow Village of Alaska
Ray Daw, MA, Navajo Nation
Dan Dickerson, DO, MPH, Inupiaq
Jacque Gray, PhD, Choctaw & Cherokee Nation
Ken Winters, PhD
Lakota R. M. Holman, M Ed, Rosebud Sioux Tribe
Melanie Johnson, the Sac and Fox Nation of Oklahoma
Maurine Lilleskov, PhD, CHES, Luo Tribal Member of Kenya
Melvina McCabe, MD, Navajo Nation
Vanessa Simonds, ScD, Crow Nation, Montana
Advisory Council
Robert Begay, Member of the Navajo Nation
Richard Bird, MMS, CCDCIII, Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate
Patrick E. Calf Looking, MA, Blackfeet
Joel Chisholm, MD, Bay Mills Indian Community, a band of the Ojibway tribe
Ray Daw, MA, Navajo
Dana Diehl, MS, Yupik and Athabascan
Daniel V. Foster, Psy. D., MSCP, Cherokee, follows Lakota ways
Lena Gachupin, MSW, Zia and Jemez Pueblo, and Sun Clan of New Mexico
Jacque Gray, PhD, Choctaw & Cherokee Nation
John Jewett, MA, Oglala Lakota Nation
Jeffrey N. Kushner, MHRA
Dennis Norman, Ed D, ABPP, Descendant of the Southern Cheyenne Nation
Connie O'Marra, LCSW, Citizen Potawatomi
Ed Parsells, BA, Cheyenne River Sioux Nation
James Ward, MA, Choctaw
Ex-Officio Member(s)
Karen Hearod, LCSW, Member of the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, Region 6 Regional Administrator
Juanita M. Mendoza, MS, Member of the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, Bureau of Indian Education
Rose Weakhee, PhD, Navajo Tribal Member, Acting Director of Urban Indian Health Programs of Indian at Indian Health Service
Consultants
Pamela Baston, MPA, MCAP, CPP
Dolores Subia BigFoot, PhD, Caddo Nation
Janie Ferguson, BA, Cup'g Eskimo
Sunny Goggles, MA, Northern Arapaho Nation
Michaela Grey, MPH, Navajo Nation
Kristina Pacheco, BA, Pueblo of Laguna
Robert Rohret, MPH
Tom Vaughn, PhD
Star Wheeler, MS, Seneca Nation
Roger Dale Walker, MD, Cherokee Nation
Kate Winters, MA
Janice Yazzie, MA, Navajo Nation
Janet Zwick, BS
Partners
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium
Behavioral Health Aid Program (BHA) and the Community Health AID (CNA) program
Comprehensive Drug Research Center, University of Miami
The Comprehensive Drug Research Center (CDRC) is a comprehensive interdisciplinary research center which has been named a Center of Excellence by the University of Miami. From the outset great attention has been paid to the facilitation of research through supportive core functions. Core functions of the CDRC include the following: administration and leadership; project interactions; access to research populations; community epidemiology/geographic information systems; outcomes research; quantitative data management and information systems; qualitative field studies; health evaluation; laboratory research; health economics; training/education; proven research technology; and technology transfer through publication and dissemination. Since 1994, substance abuse and related research such as HIV/AIDS have accounted for more than $200 million funding. The center is nationally recognized as one of only two federally funded centers for community-based health services research for chronic drug users.
National Association of Drug Court Professionals
Wellness Courts
Healing to Wellness Courts
Association of American Indian Physicians (AAIP)
National Indian Health (IHS) Center of Excellence in Tele-health
Indian Country Child Trauma Center
Thank you to all of these professionals for their continued support and guidance throughout our center!
