IEI Staff

• Nancy C. Maryboy, Ph.D.
  
• Cherokee/Navajo
• IEI Founding President and Executive Director
• Friday Harbor, WA

• David Begay, Ph.D.
  
• Navajo
• IEI Founding Vice President
• Navajo Nation, AZ

• Ashley C. Teren, M.Ed.
  
• Cherokee/Navajo
• Education Specialist, Graphic Designer, Videographer, Director of Sharing the Skies (Educational Sales), Manager for Navajo Skies (planetarium shows), Editor of Four Winds newsletter
• Bend, OR

• Christopher S. Teren
  
• Cherokee/Navajo
• Technical Director, Photographer, Editor, Webmaster, Director of Maker Place
• Friday Harbor, WA

IEI Board of Directors

• Polly O. Walker, Ph.D. – IEI Chair
  
• Cherokee
• Albuquerque, NM

• Nancy C. Maryboy, Ph.D. – IEI President and Founder, Executive Director
• Cherokee/Navajo
• Friday Harbor, WA

• David Begay, Ph.D. – IEI Vice President and Founder
• Navajo
• Ganado, AZ

• Herb Lee, Jr. – IEI Board Member
• Native Hawaiian
• Honolulu, Oahu, HI
• President & CEO Pacific American Foundation

• Lynn Simek-Morgan, Ed.D – IEI Secretary – Treasurer
• Naraganset Heritage
• Saco, ME

• Wikuki Kingi – IEI Board Member
• Maori
• Waiheke Island, Aukland, New Zealand

• Kaimana Barcarse – IEI Board Member
• Native Hawaiian
• Kona, HI

• Yvonne F. Bushyhead, JD – IEI Board Member
• Cherokee / Winnebago
• Cherokee, NC

• Angelita Borbon – IEI Board Member
• Yoeme
• San Francisco, CA

• Dianne Bowen – Coleman – IEI Board Member
• Cherokee
• Honolulu, HI

IEI Circle of Elders

• Henrietta Mann (Grandmother Henri), Cheyenne
• South Cheyenne
• Professor Emerita, Cheyenne-Arapahoe Tribal College
• Montana State University

IEI Senior Advisors

• Dr. Merle Lefkoff
• Santa Fe, NM

International Advisory Council

• Dr. Marie Battiste, Mi’kmaq, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada

• Troy Cline, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Washington, DC

• Marcia de Chadenades, Bureau of Land Management – CADR, Truth or Consequences, NM

• Amethyst First Rider, Blackfoot, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada

• Tulga Ganbat, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

• Mary Graham, Kombumerri, Gold Coast, Australia

• Dr. Isabel Hawkins, Exploratorium, San Francisco, CA

• Arlinda Hodges, Cherokee, OK

• Keiki Kawai’ae’a, Native Hawaiian, University of Hawaii, Hilo, HI

• Leroy Littlebear, Blackfoot, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, CA

• Ida (Gus) Bagus Nyoman Mantra PhD., Native Balinese, Semarapura, Bali

• Kenneth Maryboy, Navajo, Bluff, UT

• Tjalaminu Mia, Australian Aborigine, Western Australia

• Jill Milroy, Australian Aborigine, University of Western Australia, Perth

• Lee Nichol, Albuquerque, NM

• Dermot O’Hara, Dublin, Ireland

• Troy Olsen, Lummi Nation, WA

• Dr. Lloyd Pinkham, Yakama Nation, WA

• Sarah Police, Navajo, Bluff, UT

• Prince Tjorkorda Gede Agung Dharma Putra, Native Balinese, Ubud, Central Bali

• Dr. Darren Ranco, Penobscot, University of Maine, ME

• Dr. Shelly Valdez, Laguna Pueblo, NM

• Kyle Swimmer
• Eastern Band Cherokee & Laguna Pueblo

• Yvonne Vizina, Metis, Canada

• Shirley Williams, Lummi Nation, WA

• Jennifer Néso’eóó’e Woodcock-Medicine Horse, PhD-ABD, Montana State University

• Tania Haerekitera Wolfgramm, Tongan, Waiheke Island, Auckland, NZ