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
• Friday Harbor, WA

IEI Board of Directors

• Polly O. Walker, Ph.D. – IEI Chair
  
• Cherokee
• Huntingdon, PA

• 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
• Reno, NV

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

• Roxanne Gould, Ed.D. – IEI Board Member
• Grand Traverse Band, Odawa/Ojibwe
• Duluth, MN

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

IEI Circle of Elders

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

• Rose Von Thater-Braan
  
• Tuscarora
• Richmond, CA

• Larry Campbell
  
• Swinomish Indian Tribe
• La Conner, WA

IEI Senior Advisors

• Dr. Merle Lefkoff
• Santa Fe, NM

• Dr. Laura Peticolas
  
• Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, CA

International Advisory Council

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

• Chad “Kalepa” Baybayon, Native Hawaiian, PWO Master Navigator, `Imiloa Astronomy Center, Polynesian Voyaging Society, Hilo, HI

• Angelita Borbon, Indígena Yoeme, Napa, California

• Chris Cable, Sonoma, CA

• Robert Charlie, Athabaskan, Cultural Heritage and Education Institute, Fairbanks, AK

• Troy Cline, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA, Washington, DC

• Marcia de Chadenades, Superintendent, San Juan Islands National Monument, Lopez Island, WA

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

• Kirby Gchachu, Zuni Pueblo, Albuquerque, NM

• Dr. Roberto Gonzalez-Plaza, Santiago, Chile

• Mary Graham, Kombumerri, Gold Coast, Australia

• Peter Hanohano, Honolulu, HI

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

• Arlinda Hodges, Cherokee, Penrose, CO

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

• Dianne Bowen-Coleman, MD,  Cherokee, Honolulu, HI

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

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

• Mary Marcussen, Sonoma, California

• Kenneth Maryboy, Navajo

• Joseph P. McCoy, Swinomish Indian Tribe, La Connor, WA

• Dr. Cheryl Metoyer, Cherokee, Dana Point, CA

• Tjalaminu Mia, Australian Aborigine, Western Australia

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

• Pat Moss, Cherokee, Tahlequah, OK

• 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

• Jim Rock, Dakota, Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium at the University of Minnesota Duluth, MN

• Dr. Shelly Valdez, Laguna Pueblo, NM

• Roberto Vasquez, Mexican Indian, Albuquerque, NM

• Yvonne Vizina, Metis, Saskatoon, SK, 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