NNABA Foundation Board of Directors

President

Makalika Naholowa’a
Kanaka Maoli/Native Hawaiian
Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation

President-Elect

Matthew Archer-Beck
Cherokee Nation
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

Past-President

Phil Brodeen
Bois Forte Band of Chippewa
Brodeen & Paulson PLLP

Secretary

Sarah Crawford
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
Clause Law PLLC

Treasurer

Andy Snowball
Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Big Fire Law and Policy Group LLP

Member at Large

Paulene Abeyta
Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Member at Large

Geneva E.B. Thompson (she/her)
Cherokee Nation
California Natural Resources Agency

Member at Large

Torey Dolan
Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma
Sandra Day O’Connor College of Law

Secretary
Sarah Crawford
Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate
Clause Law PLLC

Treasurer
Andy Snowball
Muscogee (Creek) Nation and Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska
Big Fire Law and Policy Group LLP

Director
Paulene Abeyta
Navajo Nation
Navajo Nation Department of Justice

Member at Large

Thomas Pack
Cherokee Nation
NNABA Young Lawyers Committee Chair
Greenberg Traurig LLP

Member at Large
ABA Diversity and Inclusion Representative

Sunshine Nicholson

Member at Large

Eldred D. Lesansee
Pueblo of Jemez, Zuni
National NALSA President
Columbia Law School ’25

Member at Large

Blair Tarman
ex Oficio, ABA YLD Council Rep; President Appointment

Foundation Independent Director
Diandra Benally
Navajo Nation
Fort McDowell Yavapai Nation

Foundation Independent Director
David Blockorby
Mitchell Williams Law

Foundation Independent Director
Sandra R. McCandless
Dentons US LLP