Commission Terms & Bios

View Commission Terms and Biographies for members of the Commission on American Indian & Alaska Native Affairs.

Seat	Term	Current Member	Council District
Education	-	-	-
Health	-	-	-
Workforce / Employment	10/01/2025	Ms. Raven Begay	6
Environment	10/01/2024	Ms. Marissa Naranjo	2
Government	-	-	-
Culture	10/01/2023	Mr. Lorenzo Jim	Non-City Resident
At-Large	10/01/2022	Mr. Kyle Tapaha	1
At-Large	10/01/2023	Ms. Kim Benally	2
At-Large	10/01/2022	Ms. Kim Gleason	Non-City Resident
Sandia	-	-	-
Isleta	At pleasure	Mr. Ron Looking Elk	Non-City Resident
Santa Ana	-	-	-
Laguna	At pleasure	Ms. Thelma Antonio	Non-City Resident
Tohajiilee	At pleasure	Mr. Jimmy Secatero	Non-City Resident
All Pueblo Council of Governors	-	-	-

Member Bios

	Commission Secretary Thelma Antonio is from the Pueblo of Laguna who enjoys working with tribes in advocacy and environmental issues. Her educational background is in Environmental and Architecture & Community Planning with certification in historic preservation. Current employment involves hazard mitigation, drought planning, and construction monitoring with a women-owned, Native-owned environmental services company serving Pueblo tribes. Previous work in Laguna involved water/wastewater compliance and renewable energy studies. Other prior work was with HUD housing and in tribal engineering. She is involved with an ad hoc committee to bring awareness of the impacts of climate change, tribal resiliency, promoting renewable energy and TEK (traditional ecological knowledge). As a member of the NM Historic Society she is conducting an independent research project regarding the socio-economic impact of the early century unwritten “Flower of Friendship Agreement” that involved Laguna people working for the railroad and living in Laguna colonies in Gallup, NM; Winslow, Arizona; Barstow and Richmond, California. She is also involved with her community in traditional building and agriculture projects, an artist and a gardener experimenting with drought tolerant plants.