Board of Trustees

Loren Kieve
(Cherokee)
Chair
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography

JoAnn Balzer
Treasurer
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography

Barbara J. Ells
Trustee
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography

Beverly Wright Morris
(Aleut)
Trustee
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography

C. Matthew Snipp
(Oklahoma Cherokee/Choctaw)
Trustee
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography

Brenda L. Kingery
(Chickasaw)
Vice-Chair
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography
Kingery’s holds a MFA from University of Oklahoma, and has completed post graduate studies at the University of Okinawa, Japan, Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas.
Kingery was appointed by the President of the United States to the Board of Trustees of IAIA in 2007, and in 2017 was named and celebrated as the Dynamic Woman of the Year by the Chickasaw Nation for her service as a role model and for her significant contributions to the Nation.

Bidtah N. Becker
(Diné)
Trustee
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography

Charles W. Galbraith
(Navajo)
Trustee
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography

Lawrence Scott Roberts II
(Oneida)
Trustee
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography

Deborah Goodman
(Caddo/Cherokee)
Secretary
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography

Ann Marie Bledsoe Downes
(Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska)
Trustee
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography

Princess Daazhraii Johnson
(Neets’aii Gwich’in)
Trustee
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography

Andrea Akalleq Sanders
(Yup‘ik)
Trustee
Board of Trustees
P (505) 424-2301
Biography
Ex Officio Members
The President of IAIA is a board member ex officio, as is the president of the IAIA Associated Student Government.

Dr. Robert Martin
(Cherokee)
President
Office of the President
P (505) 424-2301
E rmartin@iaia.edu
Biography

Bryson Meyers
(Chippewa-Cree)
President
Associated Student Government
P (505) 428-5926
E bryson.meyers@iaia.edu