About Us

About Us: 

NTAA’s Executive Committee

The NTAA is a Tribal membership organization currently with 156 Member Tribes whose mission is to advance air quality management policies and programs consistent with the needs, interests, and unique legal status of federally recognized Tribes. The NTAA’s membership grows yearly. 

Executive Committee photo taken at the 2024 National Tribal Forum on Air Quality in Cherokee, North Carolina.

Additionally, the NTAA serves as a communication liaison and information conduit between Tribes, EPA, and other federal agencies. The NTAA exists to assist Tribes in air quality policy work while respecting and supporting Tribal sovereignty and the Tribes’ rights to a government-to-government relationship with the federal government.

The NTAA is governed by two Executive Committee members for each of the 10 EPA Region as well as the state of Alaska. These EC members are titled as Primary Representative and Alternate Representative. The EC work together to promote policy that will ensure that our descendants will breathe air that is cleaner than it is now. The EC hold a special responsibility to represent their Tribe and Nations. To become an EC Member, the Tribes in each EPA region and Alaska selects both a primary and alternate representatives. If you share an interest and would like to learn more, please email [email protected] or [email protected].

NTAA Executive Committee:

Marvin Cling, Sr

Region 1
Passamaquoddy Tribe
at Pleasant Point

Email: [email protected]

Josh Paul

Region 1 (Alt)
Penobscot Nation

Email: [email protected]

Steven Smith

Region 2
Shinnecock Indian Nation

Email: [email protected]

Angela Benedict

Region 2 (Alt)
Saint Regis Mohawk Tribe

Email: [email protected]

Amy Smoker

Region 4
Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians

Email: [email protected]

Tiffany Lozada

Region 4 (Alt)
Poarch Band of Creek Indians

Email: [email protected]

Brandy Toft

Region 5
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe

Email: [email protected]

Vallen Cook

Region 5 (Alt)
Grand Portage Band of Chippewa

Email: [email protected]

Tara Weston

Region 6, NTAA Vice Chair
Santa Ana Pueblo

Email: [email protected]

Kristy Lawson

Region 6 (Alt)
Muscogee (Creek) Nation

Email: [email protected]

Billie Toledo

Region 7, NTAA Secretary 
Prairie Band of Potawatomi Indians

Email: [email protected]

Kurt Lyons

Region 7 (Alt)
Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska 

Email: [email protected]

Janice Archuleta

Region 8 
Ute Mountain Ute Tribe

Email: [email protected]

Randy Ashley

Region 8 (Alt)
Confederated Salish & Kootenai Tribes

Email: [email protected]

Syndi Smallwood

Region 9, NTAA Chairwoman
Jamul Indian Village of California

Email: [email protected]

Lisa Glover

Region 9 (Alt)
Gila River Indian Community

Email: [email protected]

Lucas Bair

Region 10
Spokane Tribe

Email: [email protected]

Caleb Minthorn

Region 10 (Alt), NTAA Treasurer
Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation

Email: [email protected]

NTAA Staff:

Davina Whitethorne

NTAA Project Assistant

Email: [email protected]

Miranda O’Neill

NTAA Project Manager  

Email: [email protected]