SWAIA: Board of Directors

	"Whispers in the Morning Light" Sculpture by Cliff Fragua (Jemez Pueblo) Photo Courtesy Cliff Fragua

2008 SWAIA Board of Directors Chair: Fran Mullin Mullin is the founder and owner of Triumfo Property, LLC, a commercial property company that owns and operates seven buildings within or adjacent to the historic district of Santa Fe, NM. Mullin’s career background includes: Executive Vice-President and Director of the Dr. Pepper/Seven-Up Companies, Inc.; President and Chief Operating Officer of Seven-Up; Manager of CSM & Associates--a sales and marketing consulting business in Atlanta, GA; President and Chief Operating Officer of Tofutti Brands, Inc.; and various managing/directing positions while employed with RJR Nabisco's Del Monte Franchise Beverages. Mullin's education includes the University of Virginia and Seton Hall University. He serves on several New Mexico area boards including the Community Coffee Company, Thornburg Mortgage Company, Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, the Santa Fe Community Foundation, the National Dance Institute, and the College of Santa Fe. Vice Chair: Carole Sandoval (Ohkay Owingeh) Sandoval is the manager of the Oke Oweenge Crafts Co-op located at Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo. She is also the Vice President of the San Juan parent-teacher community organization, a regional board member of Face to Face, and the Chair of Ancient Story Tellers. She holds an Associate's Degree in Fine Arts (where she double majored in both ceramics and photography) from the Institute of American Indian Arts. Treasurer: Ardith Eicher Eicher comes to New Mexico after holding positions as former Vice President, Chief Innovation Officer and Vice President, International Marketing of Clairol, Inc. She now operates her own consulting firm in Santa Fe with a wide range of local and national clients. Eicher holds a master’s degree in management from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, in Evanston, IL and a bachelor's of psychology from Wellesley College. Secretary: Jenny Auger Maw Jenny Auger Maw returns to the SWAIA Board with a wealth of corporate and non-profit experience. A native of England, Jenny has lived in Santa Fe for over ten years. A former healthcare executive, Jenny held the position of Senior Vice President, Organization Development with Hillcrest Healthcare System in Tulsa, OK. Jenny holds a Doctor of Education degree from Oklahoma State University. She earned her B.S. and M.A. degrees from the University of Tulsa. An active community volunteer, Jenny has served on local, regional, and national boards. She recently served as President of the Santa Fe Symphony Orchestra Board and was Secretary of the Santa Fe Community College Board. Nocona J. Burgess (Comanche) Burgess is the great-great grandson of Chief Quanah Parker, and grew up in a family where art surrounded all parts of his life. He holds an Associate of Fine Arts degree from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma in Chickasha, OK, where he majored in studio painting and minored in Native American art history. Burgess is a regular participant and award winner at the Santa Fe Indian Market, Eiteljorg Indian Market and Heard Indian Fair. Other recent success includes a piece being chosen to grace the August '06 cover of the Santa Fean magazine. When not painting, he works as the Student Activities Coordinator at the Institute of American Indian Arts. Stephanie Pho-Poe Kiger (Santa Clara Pueblo) Stephanie Kiger (Santa Clara) is currently the General Counsel for the State of NM Indian Affairs Department (the only cabinet level Indian Affairs department in the country). She coordinates state policy with the 22 NM tribes and represents the state on a wide variety of legal issues related to Indian law. Prior to working for the state, Stephanie was an Associate at Roth, VanAmberg, Rogers, Ortiz, & Yepa in Santa Fe representing tribal clients and tribal organizations on numerous issues. She graduated with a B.A. from The American University in Washington, DC, with an M.A. from the University of Arizona, and graduated law school at the University of Washington in Seattle. Steve Wikviya LaRance (Hopi) LaRance is an artist, educator and consultant. He currently co-owns and operates Denipah-LaRance Fine Art with his wife, Marian. He has been an instructor at Coconino Community College in Flasgstaff, AZ, and has served on the board of directors of Flagstaff Cultural Partners. He is a current board member with the Arboretum/Transition Zone Horticultural Institute in Flagstaff, AZ. LaRance is from the Moencopi community on the Hopi Reservation, and has shown at the Santa Fe Indian Market and other art shows around the country for several years. Nora Naranjo-Morse (Santa Clara Pueblo) Nora Naranjo-Morse is an internationally-known sculptor from Santa Clara Pueblo. She hails from a family of ten children, many of whom are well-known artists and scholars, including sister Rina Swentzell and brother Michael Naranjo. In 1982, Nora received a SWAIA Fellowship, just one of many honors that she has earned throughout her career. She just completed a commissioned outdoor sculpture at the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington, DC entitled “Always Becoming,” consisting of five pieces made of organic material that will continuously change in the outdoor elements. She is the first Native American woman with an outdoor sculpture in Washington. In addition to NMAI, her work is part of the permanent collections of the Albuquerque Museum, the Heard Museum in Phoenix, the Minneapolis Institute of Art, and the Museum of Northern Arizona, among others. She graduated from Taos High School and the College of Santa Fe. Kim Seyesnem Obrzut (Hopi) Obrzut is a professional sculptor, well known for her abstract renditions of bronze Hopi maidens. She credits her grandfather, a Hopi Kachina doll carver, as instrumental in preparing her for her journey into the artist world. In 2000 the Southwest Museum in Los Angeles, CA, featured Kim and four other artists in the "American Indian Artists of the 21st Century" exhibit. A regular participant at shows across the country such as the Santa Fe Indian Market and Heard Museum Indian Market and Fair, Obrzut has also been featured in magazines such as Native Peoples and Southwest Art. Kim holds a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Art-Sculpture, Summa cum Laude at Northern Arizona University. Hilary Tompkins (Navajo) Tompkins currently serves as Chief Counsel to Governor Bill Richardson. Previously, Hilary was employed in Albuquerque, NM by the renowned Indian law firm of Sonosky, Chambers et al., and before that she served under the Clinton Administration in the U.S. Department of Justice. She received her bachelor's degree from Dartmouth College in 1990 and her law degree from Stanford University in 1996. Hilary is an enrolled member of the Navajo Nation. George Toya (Jemez Pueblo) Toya is an artist, small business owner, and talent manager. As a painter, Toya specializes in acrylic, oil and watercolor and has been the poster artist for both the American Indian Arts Alliance Show in Scottsdale, AZ, and the Albuquerque Indian Market. He has participated in art festivals such as the Santa Fe Indian Market, Pueblo Grande Museum Show, and the Eight Northern Pueblo's Indian Arts and Crafts Show. He is the owner and operator of Shades of the Southwest design and screen printing business, and also manages the Black Eagle drum group, recipients of the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Native American Music Album. Toya attended the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM.