2012 Board of Directors

The SACNAS Board of Directors represent the spirit of volunteerism and personal commitment to advancing the SACNAS mission that is at the heart of all of our members’ participation in the organization. The Board of Directors provides governance and leadership to the organization and contributes to our fundraising efforts.

Board Officers

82 Ernest Márquez, PhD (2010-2013)
SACNAS President
Health Science Administrator (retired)

 

 

 

120 Kristine (Tina) Garza, PhD (2012-2015)
SACNAS President-Elect
University of Texas at El Paso

 

 

 

108 Lee Bitsóí, EdD (Navajo) (2011-2013)
SACNAS Secretary
Center of Excellence in Genomic Sciences, Harvard Medical School

 

 

 

237 Nancy Hurtado Ziola, PhD (Otomi) (2011-2013)
SACNAS Treasurer
Sialix, Inc.

 

 

 

Board Members

Christopher Andronicos, PhD (Sioux/Micmac/Pueblo) (2010-2012)
Cornell University

222 Talithia Williams, PhD (2012-2014)
Harvey Mudd College

 

 

 

 

223 Luis Echegoyen, PhD (2012-2014)
University of Texas at El Paso

 

 

 

 

224 Juan C. Meza, PhD (2012-2014)
University of California, Merced

 

 

 

 

226 John Herrington, MS
University of Idaho

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

228 Charla Lambert, PhD (Haida/Tsimshian) (2012-2014)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

231 Gabriel Montaño, PhD (2012-2014)
Las Alamos national Laboratory

 

 

 

 

248 Maggie Werner-Washburne, PhD (2011-2013)
University of New Mexico

 

 

 

 

232 Greg Villareal, PhD (2012-2014)
Bioentrepreneur

 

 

 

 

Graduate Student Board Members

233 Brandon Gaytan, MA (2012-2013)
University of California, Berkeley

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

124 Nazune Menka (Athabascan/Lumbee) (2011-2012)
University of Alaska, Fairbanks

 

 

 

 

 

Ex Officio Members

David R. Burgess, PhD (Cherokee)
Boston College

243 Jose (JD) Garcia, PhD
University of Arizona

 

 

 

 

92 Marigold Linton, PhD (Chuilla-Cupeno)
University of Kansas, American Indian Outreach

 

 

 

 

Federal Liaison

125 Edward Ramos, PhD
National Institutes of Health

 

 

 

 

 

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