ETHICS - Community Panel

August 3, 2017

Lynnette Jordan (Ojibwe & Colville)

Lynnette Jordan (Ojibwe & Colville) works for United Indians of All Tribes Foundation as the Interim Director of Operations and Director of Family Services. She began her career providing advocacy services to Native youth in the juvenile justice system and transitioned into working in the foster care system, certifying homes and facilitating placement of Native youth in those licensed…

CeCe Big Crow (Oglala Lakota) is an Oglala Lakota mother of 5 (2 biological) and grandmother or Unci of 5 (1 biological). She loves to work in prevention and she loves her people! She has worked in the research area for over 17 years, mostly with the University of Colorado. She helped establish the Oglala Sioux Tribe Research Review Board…

Beverly Patchell, PhD, APRN, CNS, PMH-BC (Cherokee/Creek) is an Assistant Professor at the University of Utah College of Nursing and Program Director of the DNP Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Program. She has an extensive background in working with many Native American communities. Her community-based participatory research has addressed substance abuse, mental health, cancer, HIV/AIDS, diabetes, interpersonal violence, and stress response/reduction.

Billie Jo Kipp, Ph.D. is the President of Blackfeet Community College. Previously, she had been the Associate Director for Mental and Behavioral Health at the Center for Native American Health, The University of New Mexico. Dr. Kipp has a Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology. Her research has focused on the effects of a Blackfeet cultural and…

Dr. Brenda Dial Deese (Lumbee Tribe) is a resident of Pembroke, North Carolina. Currently, she serves as an educational and developmental consultant for multiple projects in research and community collaboration. She is Project Site Coordinator for the Community Based Research Project, Intertribal Talking Circle for the Prevention of Substance Abuse in Native Youth. She is…

Emily White Hat, JD (Sicangu Lakota/Rosebud Sioux Tribe) is a Project Evaluator at Sanford Research/USD (Sioux Falls, SD) in the Center for Health Outcomes and Prevention Research. Her work focuses on developmental evaluation of the Collaborative Research Center for American Indian Health. She also works with Sanford Research Evaluation services on evaluation projects, and White Buffalo Calf Woman Society on grants…

Travis L. Lane (Navajo/Southern Ute) currently serves as Assistant Director for the Inter Tribal Council of Arizona, Inc. In this capacity, he oversees the operations and policy development of the organization. He continues to serve as a team member of the Health and Human Services Department where we coordinates several research projects around teenage pregnancy prevention. Mr. Lane received his BA…

Amanda Gaston, MAT (Zuni Pueblo) is the Project Manager for Native It’s Your Game (NIYG) at the Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board in Portland, Oregon. Native It’s Your Game is a sexual health and STD/HIV prevention curricula for AI/AN middle school youth aged 12 – 14 years. Amanda also works on We R Native, a national multimedia health resource…

July 29, 2017