Meet Our
Board of Directors
Misty Sandoval
Navajo (Co-Chair)
Roger Kuhn
Poarch Creek (Co-Chair)
Shawn Imitates Dog
Oglala Lakota (Clerk)
J. Miko Thomas
Chickasaw (Treasurer)
Cathy Kapua
Native Hawaiian
Wendy Schlater
La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians
Tom Berreth
Gwich’in Athabascan Gwichyaa Zhee
Raven Heavy Runner
Blackfeet
Jonathan Clark
San Carlos Apache
In Memoriam
Beverly Little Thunder
Marlon Blackkettle Fixico
Executive Director
Elton Naswood (Navajo)
- Elton Naswood is the inaugural Executive Director of the Two-Spirit/Native LGBTQ+ (2SLGBTQ+) Center for Equity, a national non-profit to address the needs for advocacy, resources, violence prevention, and healing in the 2SLGBTQ+ communities. He is originally from Whitehorse Lake, New Mexico, on the Navajo Reservation and resides in Denver, Colorado.
- Elton was formerly a Senior Program Analyst in the Capacity Building Division at the Office of Minority Health Resource Center and was a Capacity Building Assistance Specialist at the National Native American AIDS Prevention Center and the Founder and Program Coordinator for the Red Circle Project, AIDS Project Los Angeles.
- He received his Bachelors of Arts Degree in Sociology and American Indian Justice Studies from Arizona State University and attended the graduate degree program in American Indian Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles.
Meet Our
Community Advisory Council
Josie Raphaelito
Navajo
Noah Trujillo
La Jolla Band of Luiseno Indians
Monte Stevens
Diné, Hopi, Chemehuevi, and Mohave
Kuane Drier
Native Hawaiian