The Tribal Technical Advisory Committee helps build and maintain SAMHSA’s government-to-government relationship with American Indian and Alaska Native tribes. In 2008, in recognition of Presidential executive orders and memoranda on tribal consultation, SAMHSA formed the Tribal Technical Advisory Committee (TTAC) to enhance the government-to-government relationship and honor the federal trust responsibilities and obligations to tribes and American Indian and Alaska Native people. The SAMHSA TTAC membership, made up of 14 elected tribal leaders from federally recognized tribes, provides a venue where tribal leadership and SAMHSA staff can exchange information about public health issues, identify urgent mental health and substance abuse needs, and discuss collaborative approaches to addressing behavioral health needs. TTAC Member Roster Alaska Area Primary Delegate Alternate Delegate Lisa Wade Chickaloon Village Traditional Council Jennifer Showalter Yeoman Council Member Kenaitze Indian Tribe Albuquerque Area (NM, CO, TX) Primary Delegate Alternate Delegate Joseph A. Garcia,TTAC Co-Chair Head Councilman Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo Vacant Bemidji Area (IN, MN, MI, WI) Primary Delegate Alternate Delegate Phyllis Davis Tribal Council Match-E-Be-Nash-She-Wish Band of Pottawatomi Indians Keith Massaway Treasurer Sault Ste. Marie Band of Chippewa Indians Billings Area (MT, WY) Primary Delegate Alternate Delegate Pending Pending California Area Primary Delegate Alternate Delegate Juana Majel-Dixon Legislative Council Pauma Band of Mission Indians Alesia Reed Tribal Council Secretary Torres Martinez Desert Cahuilla Indians Great Plains Area (ND, SD, IA, NE) Primary Delegate Alternate Delegate Pending Harold Frazier Chairman Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe Nashville Area (Eastern US) Primary Delegate Alternate Delegate Cheryl Andrews-Maltais Chairwoman Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah) Vacant Navajo Area (AZ, NM, UT) Primary Delegate Alternate Delegate Jonathan Nez Vice President Navajo Nation Amber Kanazbah Crotty Council Delegate Navajo Nation Oklahoma Area Primary Delegate Alternate Delegate Jack Austin, Jr. Assistant Chief Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Vacant Phoenix Area (AZ, CA, NV, UT) Primary Delegate Alternate Delegate Pending Pending Portland Area (ID, OR, WA) Primary Delegate Alternate Delegate Vacant Nickolaus Dee Lewis Jr. "Jutskadim" Lummi Indian Business Council Tucson Area (Southern AZ) Primary Delegate Alternate Delegate Pending Anthony J. Francisco, Jr. Legislative Representative Tohono O’odham Nation At-Large Primary Delegate Andy Joseph, Jr.,TTAC Chair Tribal Council Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation Aaron Payment, MPA, MEd, EdD Chairperson Sault Ste. Marie Tribe of Chippewa Indians