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Lora Church, Term: 2008–2012
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 Ms. Lora M. Church is a member of the Navajo Nation, Bitterwater Clan born for the Black Streak Wood Clan. She is the Senior Program Manager for the Acoma-Canoncito (To’Hajiilee)-Laguna Teen Centers. These school-based health centers are associated with the University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center and serve youth and families who reside on three American Indian reservations and in two Hispanic communities west of Albuquerque. Her key responsibility is helping define the interface between the primary prevention program and clinical/behavioral health, focusing on prevention and early intervention. She has more than 23 years’ experience working in the health and human services field. In a previous position, she managed Native American Community Services, a nonprofit American Indian health and human services agency in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Ms. Church is a member of the To’Hajiilee Community Action Team and the Pueblo of Laguna Prevention Coalition. She serves as the principal investigator on three research protocols associated with the Navajo Nation Human Research Review Board. She also serves as a trainer/facilitator for J. Dalton Institute in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with a focus on supervisory professional development. She has spoken at several national conferences that address American Indian health and well-being.
Ms. Church has a B.S. from Northeastern State University and is a candidate for master’s degrees in public administration and health education at the University of New Mexico. She enjoys running (slow), sewing traditional clothing and pow-wow regalia, and baking bread. She lives with her husband, Casey Church (Pokagon Band of Potawatomi), and their five children in Albuquerque.
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