Who We Are
Board of Directors

Ron Lameman
IITC Board President
Affiliation
Beaver Lake Cree Nation, Alberta Canada, Confederacy of Treaty 6 First Nations
Alternate: Counselor Brian Lee, Ermineskin Cree Nation

Hinewirangi Kohu
Vice President
Affiliation
Maori Nation, Aotearoa (New Zealand); Te Whanua o te Rau Aroha, Maori Women’s Resource Center
Alternate: Tui Shortland, Te Kopu, Pacific Indigenous and Local Knowledge Centre of Distinction

Tai Pelli
Secretary and Treasurer
Affiliation
Borikén Taíno Nation, Guainía Tribe; United Confederation of Taíno People
Alternate: Roberto Múkaro Agueibaná Borrero

Maria Celestina Balan
Alternate: Francisco Cali Tzay

Radley Davis
Alternate: Mickey Gemmill Jr.

Rodney Factor
Alternate: Jacquelynn Warledo

Leonard Foster
Alternate: Dwayne “Chili” Yazzie, President, Shiprock Chapter, Navajo Nation, traditional Dineh farmers

William A. Means
Alternate: Open

Faith Gemmill
Alternate: Venetie Tribal Chief Julian Roberts

Lisa Bellanger
Alternate: Rainey Gaywish, Ojibway

Pu’uhonoa “Bumpy” Kanahele
Alternate: Brandon Makaawaawa

Saul Vicente Vásquez
Alternate: Rocío Miranda Pérez

Yamilka Hernandez
Alternate: Taina Hedman

Juan Gregorio Jaime Leon
Alternate: Open

Rigoberta Menchu Tum
Staff
Employees
Program Consultants
Full List of IITC Staff and Consultants
Staff (Employees)
- Andrea Carmen, Yaqui Nation, Tucson, Arizona: IITC Executive Director
- Janene Yazzie, Dine’ Nation, New Mexico: Sustainable Development Program Coordinator
- Janeen Antoine, Sicangu (Rosebud), Lakota: IITC San Francisco Office Manager
- Amy Juan, Tohono O’odham Nation, Arizona: IITC Tucson Office Manager
- Rochelle Diver, Lake Superior Ojibwe, Minnesota: Environmental Health Program Coordinator
- Chris Honahnie, Dine/Hopi Nations: Administration and Programs Assistant, Tucson Office
Program Consultants
- Nicole Yanes, Opata Nation, Tucson Arizona: Food Sovereignty and Youth Outreach Program Consultant
- June Lorenzo, Laguna Pueblo/Dine Nation, New Mexico: IITC Legal Counsel
- Saul Vicente Vasquez, Zapoteca, Oaxaca Mexico: Food Sovereignty Program Coordinator
- Roberto Borrero, Taino: Communications, New York
- Tushka Hill, Apache/Choctaw Nations, Oklahoma: Community Liaison
- Angel Valencia, Yaqui Nation, Tucson Arizona: Environmental Health/Pesticides Program
- Francisco Villegas, Yaqui Nation, Vicam Pueblo, Sonora Mexico: Environmental Health/Pesticides Program
- Jorge Mani Stanley, Kuna Nation, Panama: Food Sovereignty Program
- Anaru Fraser, Maori, Aotearoa (New Zealand): Food Sovereignty Program
- Morning Star Gali, Pit River Nation: California Tribal and Community Liason
- Danika Littlechild, Ermineskin Cree Nation: IITC Consulting Attorney
- Juan Leon Alvarado, Mayan Quiche, Guatemala: Human Rights Program Consultant
Professional Service Consultants (contracted non-representational positions)
- Gabe Carmen, owner of IntoClicks Online Marketing Agency – Specializing in Web Design & SEO Marketing for Non-Profits
- Ronda Lane, Bookkeeping, (In the Black Accounting)
- Sherri Flying Hawk, California Accountant (Kapalahike Accounting)
- Karen Foster and Company: CPA/Auditor, Wasilla Alaska
- Tai Pelli, Rebecca Knight and James Clark: Translation
- Jeff Haut: Assets Management, Tucson Arizona
In Memory
IITC recognizes all those whose strength of spirit and hard work built this organization and advanced the cause we believe in. We want to especially honor the IITC founders, Board members, staff and representatives who have left this world. Their words and their examples of struggle, achievement and love for the Peoples will continue to guide and inspire us.
We thank them… and many more.
“Our word is sacred to us and so are these Treaties. The US government came to us, not the other way around. They asked us to lay down our arms and to live in peace and friendship with them in perpetuity. They said they would respect our traditional land rights in return. We have held up our end of the bargain. When can we expect the same from them?”