Area Health Boards
The Area Health Boards serve as the communication link between the NIHB and the Tribes. Area Health Boards advise in the development of positions on health policy, planning, and program design. They gather information and review public opinion and proposals. In areas without an Area Health Board, the NIHB representative communicates policy information and concerns to the tribes in that area.
Aberdeen
Jerilyn Church
Executive Director
Great Plains Tribal Chairmen’s Health Board
1770 Rand Road
Rapid City, SD 57702
605-721-1922
jerilyn.church@gptchb.org
Alaska
Lanie Fox
President/CEO
Alaska Native Health Board
1840 Bragaw St. #220
Anchorage, AK 99508-3463
907-743-2524
lfox@anhb.org
Albuquerque
Nancy Martine-Alonzo
Executive Director
Albuquerque Area Indian Health Board
5015 Prospect Avenue NE
Albuquerque, NM 87110
505-764-0036
nmalonzo@aaihb.org
Bemidji
Scott Vele
Executive Director
Midwest Alliance of Sovereign Tribes
1011 Main Street
Gresham, WI 54128
715-787-4494
m.a.s.t@frontier.net
Billings
Gordon Belcourt
Executive Director
Montana-Wyoming Tribal Leaders Council
222 N. 32nd St., Ste. 401
Billings, MT 59101
406-252-2550
Belcourt@mtwytlc.com
California
James Crouch
Director
California Area Indian Health Board
4400 Auburn Boulevard, 2nd floor
Sacramento, CA 95841
916-929-9761
James.crouch@crihb.net
Nashville
Kitcki Carroll
Executive Director
United Southern and Eastern Tribes, Inc.
711 Stewarts Ferry Pike Ste. 100
Nashville, TN 37214
615-467-1540
kcarroll@usetinc.org
Navajo
Larry Curley
Executive Director
Navajo Nation Division of Health
P.O. Box 1390
Window Rock, AZ 86515
928-871-6350
larry.curley@nndoh.org
Oklahoma
Diddy Nelson
Executive Director
Oklahoma City Area Inter-Tribal Health Board
701 Market Drive
Oklahoma City, OK 73114
405-951-6005
diddy.nelson@ihs.gov
Phoenix
John Lewis
Director
Inter-Tribal Council of Arizona
2214 N. Central Ave. Suite 100
Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-258-4822
john.lewis@itcaonline.com
Portland
Joe Finkbonner
Director
Northwest Portland Area Health Board
2121 SW Broadway, Suite 300
Portland, OR 97201
503-228-4185
jfinkbonner@npaihb.org
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