Board of Directors

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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Public Notice: Board of Director's Notice of Meetings

December 19, 2009
Board of Directors Meeting
Location: 5608 Zuni Road SE, Front Conference Room
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

February 20, 2010
Board of Directors Meeting
Location: 5608 Zuni Road SE, Front Conference Room
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

March 20, 2010
Board of Directors Meeting
Location: 5608 Zuni Road SE, Front Conference Room
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

April 17, 2010
Board of Directors Meeting
Location: 5608 Zuni Road SE, Front Conference Room
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

May 15, 2010
Board of Directors Meeting
Location: 5608 Zuni Road SE, Front Conference Room
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

June 19, 2010
Board of Directors Meeting
Location: 5608 Zuni Road SE, Front Conference Room
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

July 17, 2010
Board of Directors Meeting
Location: 5608 Zuni Road SE, Front Conference Room
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

August 21, 2010
Board of Directors Meeting
Location: 5608 Zuni Road SE, Front Conference Room
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

September 18, 2010
Board of Directors Meeting
Location: 5608 Zuni Road SE, Front Conference Room
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

October 16, 2010
Board of Directors Meeting
Location: 5608 Zuni Road SE, Front Conference Room
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

November 20, 2010
Board of Directors Meeting
Location: 5608 Zuni Road SE, Front Conference Room
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

December 18, 2010
Board of Directors Meeting
Location: 5608 Zuni Road SE, Front Conference Room
Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm

 

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Angelita Benally - President 
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.

Dr. Tassy Parker - Vice President 
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.

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Anthony Reyna - Treasurer

Stephanie Baca - Secretary

Edward N. McKenzie, M.D. - Member

John Silversmith - Member

Heather Pillman - Member

Billie Jo Kipp - Member

Mechem Slim - Member

Billie Jo Kipp - Member

Joyce Hudson - Member