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

      Mechelle Aitson-Roessler (Kiowa/Cherokee)

    • Immediate Past President

      Jeff Hargrave

      (Muscogee Creek/Choctaw)

    • President Elect

      Virgil M. Harry III

      (Choctaw)

    • Secretary

      Dr. Carl J. Rubenstein

    • Treasurer

      Christy Alcox

    Board Members

    • Lona Barrick (Chickasaw)

      Patricia Berryhill

      Paula Cagigal (Cherokee)

      Mary Chisholm

      Crosby Dyke

    • Jack Fowler

      Paige Fruits (Cherokee)

      Yonavea Hawkins (Caddo)

      Kari King

    • Ryan McCaleb (Chickasaw)

      Richard McMahon (Kiowa)

      Vickie Norick (Chairman Emeritus)

      Teri Stanek

    Advisory Board

    • Governor Bill Anoatubby (Chickasaw)

      Leslie Blair

      Carleen Burger (Cherokee)

      Carrie Blumert

      Freda Deskin PhD (Cherokee)

      Janet Dyke

      Shannon Edwards (Osage)

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

      Deborah Goodman PhD (Caddo)

      John R. Hargrave

      Cathy Jameson

      John Jameson DDS

      Margaret Knight (Laguna Pueblo)

    • Barby Jobe Myers

      David Orme (Comanche)

      Dr. Cornel Pewewardy 

      (Comanche/Kiowa)

      Harvey Pratt (Cheyenne & Arapaho)

      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