Board of Directors

Seattle Indian Health Board is governed by a 15 member Board of Directors, the majority of whom are of American Indian or Alaska
Native heritage.

Name/Address

Profession

Employer

Term

Tribe

Rosalee Walz
President

P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114

Human
Resources

Retired 2/92
12/12
S'Klallam

Howard Hansen
Vice President

P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114

Teacher

Community
colleges, senior
citizen centers, etc.
4/97
12/12
Quileute
Mervyn Chambers
Secretary

P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Operations Coordinator Therapeutic Health Services 8/01
12/10
Cornelius Van Niel, MD
Treasurer
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Physician Sea Mar Medical Clinic 6/97
12/12
J. Roger Lee
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Consultant 4/95
12/10
Shaquita Bell, MD
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Physician  Seattle Children's Hospital 2/10
12/13
Cherokee
Eveline Takahashi
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Pharmacist Semi-Retired 1976/
12/10
Orville Seschillie
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Physician's Assistant Semi-Retired 3/89
12/10
Navajo
Sharyne Shiu-Thornton, PH.D.
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Executive Director International District Housing Alliance 8/93
12/11
Cherokee
Juleann C. Gandara, MD
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Physician Group Health Cooperative & Imaging Assoc. 4/97
12/12
Cherokee
Rita Stewart
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Constituent Liaison Congressman McDermott 8/00
12/12
Yakama/
Cherokee
Polly Olsen
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Indigenous Wellness Research U of Washington 5/04
12/10
Yakama
Jacob Cabuag, Jr.
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Electrical Contractor Self Employed - Red Cedar Electric 12/06
12/12
Tlingit
Joyce T Willson
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Artist/Carver Self Employed 01/07
12/10
Tsimshiam
Lee Willson
P.O. Box 3364
Seattle, WA 98114
Air Traffic Controller Retired 01/07
12/10
Abenaki/St Francis Band Swanton



Directors Emeritus

Mildred Bassett
Terrence Danysh
Adeline Garcia (Haida)
Jill Marsden
R. Dale Walker, M.D. (Cherokee)