First Nations Community HealthSource volunteer Board of Directors are active participants in the Albuquerque community and representative of the clients which they serve. Any community members interested in serving on the board are invited to submit their resume for consideration to:

First Nations Community HealthSource
5608 Zuni Rd. SE
Albuquerque, NM 87108
505.262.2481

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Edward N. McKenzie, M.D. - President

Donna Tully - Vice President

Joycelyn Jackson - Treasurer
Ms. Joycelyn Pegues Jackson serves as the Treasurer of the First Nations Board of Directors and is currently the Coordinator of Multicultural Education with the Albuquerque Public Schools. Ms. Jackson was raised on the Navajo Indian Reservation near Kirtland, NM and after earning a Bachelor of Music Education degree from Eastern New Mexico University, she returned to teach in Shiprock, New Mexico. She has a Masters of Arts degree with an emphasis in Multicultural Education Curriculum and Instruction, and an Educational Specialist in Educational Leadership and Administration from the UNiversity of New Mexico. Ms. Jackson has been honored as an Outstanding Woman in New Mexico by the Govenor of New Mexico and also has been a YWCA "Woman on the Move" nominee in New Mexico. She serves as the Ecucational Chair for the Albuquerque Branch of the NAACP, Educational Chair Sub-Committee for Community Outreach for Kirtland Air Force Base, Albuquerque Public Schools Superintendent's Community Council on Equity and various other Boards and Committees. She has recently served on the Advisory Committee for the First Nations' All My Relations Project. She resides in Albuquerque.

Angelita Benally - Secretary
Angelita Benally is the Secretary of the First Nations Community HealthSource Board of Directors. Ms. Benally is a member of the Navajo Nation and has been a Board Member of First Nations for four years. She is currently employed with the Navajo Nation as a Legislative Advisor and received her B.A., A.M.A., and J.D. degrees from University of New Mexico. Ms. Benally has been a positive motivating force through her volunteer work with various organizations and has been an advocate for equality in education, state and federal legislation, and issues affecting American Indians. She currently resides in Gallup, NM.

Donna Christensen - Member
Donna M. Christensen is a member of the First Nations Community HealthSource Board of Directors. Ms. Christensen is a member of the Navajo Nation. She is a former Attorney General for the Navajo Nation and retired from the Office of Chief Counsel with the U.S. Department of Energy where she was also a manager of the Native American Employees Program. She received her B.A., M.A., and J.D. degrees from University of New Mexico. Ms. Christensen has served on the Boards of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology and the Navajo Education Foundation. She has served as a mentor in the Albuquerque Public Schools Focus program and has been a volunteer facilitator for the Juvenile Probation Family Circle in Gallup, NM.

Dr. Tassy Parker - Member
Tassy Parker, PhD, RN, is Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Co-Director, Mental and Behavioral Health, Center for Native American Health, at the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center – School of Medicine. Dr. Parker is also a research scientist with the UNM Center on Alcoholism, Substance Abuse, and Addictions. A medical sociologist and registered nurse, Dr. Parker is an enrolled member of the Seneca Nation and lived on her tribal Territories in Western New York for 40 years. Her research interests and expertise include integrative approaches to prevention and treatment of mental health conditions in primary care, including American Indian traditional healing and Western-based models for depression care and psychological distress. Her community-based efforts include developing mentoring and cultural programming for incarcerated American Indian youth, partnering to improve urban American Indian health, and promoting an American Indian lay mental and behavioral health provider model. Dr. Parker has two NIH-funded research to examine the role of psychological distress and other mental health problems as risk factors for American Indian maternal alcohol use and mental health risk factors associated with obesity in American Indian children and their families. Future research will examine culturally acceptable care for depression treatment in American Indian primary care. Previous NIMH-funded research includes an examination of the prevalence and correlates of mental disorders in American Indian primary care, research of historical trauma among American Indian elders, and investigating risk and protective factors associated with American Indian teens’ poor health perceptions. Dr. Parker is a founding member of the national Native Research Network and a current member of its Board of Directors.