AIHEC Officers and Board of Directors
OFFICERS
The officers of AIHEC are elected at the annual fall Board of Directors meeting and serve on the Executive Committee of AIHEC. The following individuals will serve as officers from October 2020–October 2022:
Chair | David Yarlott, Jr. | Little Big Horn College |
Vice Chair | Elmer Guy | Navajo Technical University |
Secretary | Leander R. McDonald | United Tribes Technical College |
Treasurer | Justin Guillory | Northwest Indian College |
Member-At-Large | Cynthia Lindquist | Cankdeska Cikana Community College |
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE
The Executive Committee of AIHEC is composed of the officers and the chairs of the following standing committees:
Membership & Accreditation | Sandra L. Boham | Salish Kootenai College |
Research | Leander R. McDonald | United Tribes Technical College |
Student Activities | Robert Martin | Institute of American Indian Arts |
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors of AIHEC is composed of the presidents or acting or interim presidents of each TCU that is a Regular Member of the organization. Each director serves as long as he or she holds the position of president of the member organization.
Sean Chandler, President | Aaniiih Nakoda College | Harlem, MT |
Duane Bedell, President | Bay Mills Community College | Brimley, MI |
Karla Bird, President | Blackfeet Community College | Browning, MT |
Cynthia Lindquist, President | Cankdeska Cikana Community College | Fort Totten, ND |
Richard Littlebear, President | Chief Dull Knife College | Lame Dear, MT |
Chris Caldwell, President | College of Menominee Nation | Keshena, WI |
Dr. Monte Randall, President | College of the Muscogee Nation | Okmulgee, OK |
Charles Roessel, President | Diné College | Tsaile, AZ |
Stephanie Hammitt, President | Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College | Cloquet, MN |
Haven Gourneau, President | Fort Peck Community College | Poplar, MT |
Tamarah Pfeiffer, Acting President | Haskell Indian Nations University | Lawrence, KS |
Justina Wilhelm, President | Iḷisaġvik College | Barrow, AK |
Robert Martin, President | Institute of American Indian Arts | Sante Fe, NM |
Lori Ann Sherman, President | Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College | Baraga, MI |
Russell Swagger, President | Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe College | Hayward, WI |
Helen Zaikina-Montgomery, Interim President | Leech Lake Tribal College | Cass Lake, MN |
David Yarlott Jr., President | Little Big Horn College | Crow Agency, MT |
Manoj Patil, President | Little Priest Tribal College | Winnebago, NE |
Elmer Guy, President | Navajo Technical University | Crownpoint, NM |
Michael Oltrogge, President | Nebraska Indian Community College | Macy, NE |
Justin Guillory, President | Northwest Indian College | Bellingham, WA |
Twyla Baker, President | Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College | New Town, ND |
Thomas Shortbull, President | Oglala Lakota College | Kyle, SD |
Dan King, President | Red Lake Nation Collegee | Red Lake, MN |
Carla Sineway, President | Saginaw Chippewa Tribal College | Mount Pleasant, MI |
Sandra L. Boham, President | Salish Kootenai College | Pablo, MT |
Lionel Bordeaux, President | Sinte Gleska University | Mission, SD |
Lane Azure, President | Sisseton Wahpeton College | Agency Village, SD |
Laurel Vermillion, President | Sitting Bull College | Fort Yates, ND |
Monte Monteith, Interim President | Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute | Albuquerque, NM |
Cory Sangrey-Billy, President | Stone Child College | Box Elder, MT |
Paul Robertson, President | Tohono O'odham Community College | Sells, AZ |
Donna Brown, President | Turtle Mountain Community College | Belcourt, ND |
Leander R. McDonald, President | United Tribes Technical College | Bismarck, ND |
Anna Sheppard, Interim President | White Earth Tribal and Community College | Mahnomen, MN |