Board & Staff

    Red Earth, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization that promotes the rich knowledge of Indigenous and Native American arts, cultures and traditions through education, a premier festival, museum collections and fine art markets.

    Executive Board

    • Chairman of the Board

      Shane Lindstrom

    • President

      Jeff Hargrave

      (Muscogee Creek/Choctaw)

    • President Elect

      Mechelle Aitson-Roessler (Kiowa/Cherokee)

    • Immediate Past President

      Yonavea Hawkins 

      (Caddo)

    • Secretary

      Dr. Carl J. Rubenstein

    • Treasurer

      Christy Alcox

    Board Members

    • Lona Barrick (Chickasaw)

      Patricia Berryhill

      Paula Cagigal (Cherokee)

      Mary Chisholm

      Carly Dyer (Absentee Shawnee Tribe of Oklahoma)

      Crosby Dyke

      Jack Fowler

    • Randy Frazier (Prairie Band Potawatomi/Choctaw/Shawnee)

      Paige Fruits (Cherokee)

      Virgil M. Harry III (Choctaw)

      Kari King

      Ryan McCaleb (Chickasaw)

      Richard McMahon (Kiowa)

      Vickie Norick

      Chairman Emeritus

    • LaRenda Morgan (Cheyenne & Arapaho Tribes)

      Dr. Cornel Pewewardy (Comanche/Kiowa)

      Harvey Pratt (Cheyenne & Arapaho)

      Teri Stanek

      Amanda Williams (Cheyenne & Arapaho)

    Advisory Board

    • Governor Bill Anoatubby (Chickasaw)

      Leslie Blair

      Carleen Burger (Cherokee)

      Commissioner Carrie Blumert

      Freda Deskin PhD (Cherokee)

      Janet Dyke

    • Shannon Edwards (Osage)

      Deborah Goodman PhD (Caddo)

      John R. Hargrave

      Cathy Jameson

      John Jameson DDS

    • Margaret Knight (Laguna Pueblo)

      Barby Jobe Myers

      David Orme (Comanche)

      G. Calvin Sharp (Seminole)

      Kimber Shoop

    Elders Council

    • Jap Blankenship

      Ken Bonds (Cherokee)

      Terry Brown (Cherokee)

      Dee Jerome (Choctaw)

    • Justice Yvonne Kauger

      Jonna D. Kauger Kirschner

      Phil Lujan (Kiowa/Taos Pueblo)

      Louise Painter (Cherokee)

    • Lela Sullivan

      Ken Vanderslice

      Mary Jo Watson PhD (Seminole)

      Larry Wilson (Cherokee)

    Staff

    • Chelsey Curry

      (Tlingit)

      Executive Director

      Interview with The Journal Record 

    • Danny Sands

      (Seminole Nation of Oklahoma)

      Art Education Program Manager

    • Jennifer Winton

      Art Gallery Manager