National Advisory Board Members

Mr. Perry M. Martinez is from the Pueblo de San Ildefonso, New Mexico, and is a lifelong resident . He is currently a tribal council representative and has previously served in tribal leadership as a three-term Pueblo Governor. He is the program director of the Eight Northern Indian Pueblos Council Inc. Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservation (FDPIR) as has been with the program for 42 years. Formerly president of the Southwest Indian Food for Tribes (SWIFT), composed of FDPIR program in Arizona, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, and Utah, President of the National Association of Food Distribution Programs on Indian Reservations, comprising 130 program throughout the United States that provided services to 250 Pueblos, Tribes and Nations. Mr. Martinez was appointed to serval state of New Mexico commission including the New Mexico State Tribal Infrastructure Board as the Pueblo Representative by New Mexico Governor Susana Martinez. Other Professional positions included the Los Alamos National Laboratory Small Business Procurement Task Force, Co-Chairman of the New Mexico Native America Petroleum Coalition, and Chairman of the 19 Pueblo District Oversight Commission. Mr. Martinez is a avid hunter and hike. He advocates for Native rights, policy equity and parity, and socioeconomic justice for Pueblos, Tribes and Nations.