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WHCNAA Interagency Points of Contact

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation

Ashley Fry
Director, Office of Tribal and Indigenous Peoples
afry@achp.gov

Department of Agriculture

Betsy Rakola
Acting Director, Office of Tribal Relations
betsy.rakola@usda.gov 

Department of Commerce

TBD 

Department of Defense

Ronald Tickle
Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Defense for Environmental Management & Restoration 
ronald.e.tickle4.civ@mail.mil

Alicia M. Sylvester
Senior Advisor and Liaison for Native American Affairs Office of the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense (Environment & Energy Resilience)
Alicia.m.sylvester2.civ@mail.mil 

Department of Education

TBD

Department of Energy

David Conrad
Deputy Director, Office of Indian Energy Policy and Programs
David.conrad@hq.doe.gov 

Environmental Protection Agency

Felicia Wright
Deputy Director, American Indian Environmental Office
wright.felicia@epa.gov

Health and Human Services

Devin Delrow
Acting Principal Advisor for Indian Affairs
devin.delrow@hhs.gov

Michelle Sauve
Executive Director Intertribal Council for Native American Affairs
michelle.sauve@acf.hhs.gov 

Patrice Kunesh
Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans, Administration for Children and Families
patrice.kunesh@acf.hhs.gov                              

Department of Homeland Security

Rodney Lockett
Tribal Affairs
rodney.lockett@hq.dhs.gov

Housing and Urban Development

Heidi J. Frechette
Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs
heidi.j.frechette@hud.gov

Jad Atallah
Director, Performance and Planning, Office of Native American Programs
jad.k.atallah@hud.gov  

Department of the Interior

Rachel Brown
Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary – Policy, Management, and Budget
rachel_brown@ios.doi.gov

Anthony Morgan Rodman
Executive Director, White House Council on Native American Affairs
anthony.rodman@bia.gov

Thomas Garcia
Special Assistant, White House Council on Native American Affairs
thomas.garcia@bia.gov  

Department of Justice

Daron Carreiro
Acting Director, Office of Tribal Justice
daron.carreiro@usdoj.gov

Department of Labor

TBD

United States Social Security Administration

Renee Ferguson
Director, Office of Native American Partnerships
renee.ferguson@ssa.gov 

United States Small Business Association

Star Wilbraham
Assistant Administrator (Acting)
star.wilbraham@sba.gov

 

Department of State

TBD

United States Trade Representative

Roberto Soberanis
Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intergovernmental Affairs and Public Engagement

Jamila Thompson
Senior Advisor to the U.S. Trade Representative  
TribalConsultation@ustr.eop.gov 

Department of Transportation

Milo Booth
Director, Office of Tribal Government Affairs
milo.booth@dot.gov

Arlando Teller
Assistant Secretary, Office of Tribal Government Affairs
arlando.teller@dot.gov 

Department of the Treasury

Fatima Abbas
Director, Office of Tribal and Native Affairs
fatima.abbas@treasury.gov 

Department of Veterans Affairs

Dr. Christie Prairie Chicken
Director, Office of Tribal Health
christie.prairiechicken@va.gov 

Contact Us

White House Council on Native American Affairs
1849 C Street NW, MS – 4146 – MIB
Washington,, DC 20240
Open 8:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday.

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