WHO WE ARE

The Board


  • Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

    Errol D. Crow Ghost

    Chairman

    Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

    Director of Water Resources Department

  • Oglala Sioux Tribe

    Reno Red Cloud Sr.

    Vice-Chairman

    Oglala Sioux Tribe

    Director of Water Resources Department

  • Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

    Mary J. Gourneau

    Treasurer

    Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

    Director of Environmental Protection Office

  • Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe

    Elizabeth Wakeman

    Secretary

    Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe

    Brownfields Program Coordinator

  • Syed Huq

    Board Member

    Rosebud Sioux Tribe

    Director of Water Resources Department

  • Robert "Bob" Walters

    Board Member

    Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

    CRST Vice-Chairman

  • Issabelle Provost

    Board Member

    Yankton Sioux Tribe

    CWA Section 106 Water Quality Coordinator

Staff


  • Reinique Beck

    Administrator

  • Kynser Wahwahsuck

    Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison

  • Janna Black

    Tribal Climate Resilience Liaison

  • Azmal Hossan

    Intern

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Members of the board are appointed by Tribal Resolution of the governing body of each respective Tribal Nation, residing within the Great Plains Region (Nebraska, North Dakota, and South Dakota). 

The officers of the board are:

  • Chairman: Doug Crow Ghost, Standing Rock Sioux Tribe

  • Vice-Chairman: Reno Red Cloud Sr., Oglala Sioux Tribe

  • Treasurer: Mary J Gourneau, Lower Brule Sioux Tribe

  • Secretary: Elizabeth Wakeman, Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe

  • Member: Syed Huq, Rosebud Sioux Tribe

  • Member: Robert “Bob” Walters, Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe

  • Member: Issabelle Provost, Yankton Sioux Tribe

Pictured left to right: Syed Huq, RST, Reno Red Cloud, Sr., OST, Gay Kingman, Executive Director-Great Plains Tribal Chairman’s Association, Doug Crow Ghost, SRST, & Elizabeth Wakeman, FSST.