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Tribal Technical Advisory Committee

The Tribal Technical Advisory Committee helps build and maintain SAMHSA’s government-to-government relationship with American Indian and Alaska Native tribes.

In 2008, in recognition of Presidential executive orders and memoranda on tribal consultation, SAMHSA formed the Tribal Technical Advisory Committee (TTAC) to enhance the government-to-government relationship and honor the federal trust responsibilities and obligations to tribes and American Indian and Alaska Native people.

The SAMHSA TTAC membership, made up of 14 elected tribal leaders from federally recognized tribes, provides a venue where tribal leadership and SAMHSA staff can exchange information about public health issues, identify urgent mental health and substance abuse needs, and discuss collaborative approaches to addressing behavioral health needs.

TTAC Member Roster

Alaska Area

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Cecelia Johnson Tribal Council Ketchikan Indian Community Ketchikan, AK	Lisa Wade Traditional Council Chickaloon Indian Community Chickaloon, AK

Albuquerque Area (NM, CO, TX)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Joseph A. Garcia TTAC Co-Chair Head Councilman Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo Ohkay Owingeh, NM	Vacant

Bemidji Area (IN, MN, MI, WI)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Phyllis Davis Tribal Council Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians Dorr, MI	Keith Massaway Treasurer Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians St. Ignace, MI

Billings Area (MT, WY)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Vacant	Vacant

California Area

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Juana Majel-Dixon Traditional Council Pauma Band of Mission Indians Escondido, CA	Alesia Reed Tribal Council Secretary Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Thermal, CA

Great Plains Area (ND, SD, IA, NE)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Vernon Miller Chairman Omaha Tribe of Nebraska Macy, NE	John Yellow Bird Steele President Oglala Sioux Tribe Pine Ridge, SD

Nashville Area (Eastern US)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Robert R. McGhee Treasurer Poarch Creek Band of Indians Atmore, AL	Vacant

Navajo Area (AZ, NM, UT)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Jonathan Nez Vice President Navajo Nation Window Rock, AZ	Amber Kanazbah Crotty Council Delegate Navajo Nation Window Rock, AZ

Oklahoma Area

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Jack Austin, Jr. Assistant Chief Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Durant, OK	Ronald B. Shaw Congressman Osage Nation Shawnee, OK

Phoenix Area (AZ, CA, NV, UT)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Vacant	Vacant

Portland Area (ID, OR, WA)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Timothy Ballew II Chairman Lummi Indian Nation Bellingham, WA	Vacant

Tucson Area (Southern AZ)

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Arthur Wilson Legislative Representative Tohono O'odham Nation Sells, AZ	Anthony J. Francisco, Jr. Legislative Representative Tohono O’odham Nation Sells, AZ

At-Large

Primary Delegate	Alternate Delegate
Andy Joseph, Jr. TTAC Chair Tribal Council Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Nespelem, WA	Vacant
Vacant	Vacant

Last Updated: 12/14/2017