Board of Advisers


American University of Sovereign Nations (AUSN) is primarily based in Thailand, Japan, the Philippines and USA, but operates in more than a dozen countries around the world. AUSN is also a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation registered in Delaware, USA, since 2013, and it continues to develop innovative research programs in all continents to guide nations towards more sustainable and ethical policy. The Board of Advisers is a group of highly respected national and international thought-leaders, community leaders, scholars, academicians and business leaders, who are mainly Native-American and Indigenous Peoples. These highly esteemed Advisers have significantly contributed to the advancement and embetterment of the Native American community and of all Indigenous Peoples. Their significant, profound, and continual contributions to people throughout the world set the bar for all true leaders to follow. Members advise the President and Faculty of AUSN, as well as our other Boards and Leadership Committees, as to pertinent issues and topics relating to Native American and Indigenous People’s culture, traditions, and customs. They provide vital and critical information as to how to best incorporate such values into the teaching of our future leaders, and identifying important gaps in our knowledge in order to construct better policy.

 

Hon. Cheryl Andrews-Maltais

Chairwoman, The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah), Cultural and Historic Commissioner & Former Tribal Historic Preservation Officer, The Wampanoag Tribe of Gay Head (Aquinnah)

Former Senior Advisor to the Assistant Secretary on Indian Affairs, USA.

Hon. Margaret Austin, D.Sc.

Former Minister of Internal Affairs, New Zealand; Former Minister of Arts and Culture, New Zealand; Former Minister of Research, Science and Technology, New Zealand; Former Chancellor of Lincoln University, Christchurch, New Zealand; Former Vice-President – Education of the Royal Society of New Zealand;

Former Chair of the National Commission for UNESCO in New Zealand; Former Chair of the Presidents of National Commissions to UNESCO

Karen Marie Hardenbrook

Omaha Nation;

Curator, Dr. Susan La Flesche Picotte Memorial Hospital & Museum,
Walthill, Nebraska, USA

Professor Hassan Omari Kaya, Ph.D.

AUSN Visiting Professor of Indigenous Knowledge Systems (IKS)

Professor, University of Kwazulu-Natal (UKZN), P/Bag X 54001, Durban 4000, South Africa

Director, Department  of Science and Technology – National Research Foundation, Centre in Indigenous Knowledge Systems, UKZN, Durban, South Africa

Dolma Lama, M.A., MBGPH

General Secretary, Tamang Society of North America;

Former President, Rural Community Development Center (RCDC) Nepal

Hon. James Roger Madalena

Jemez Pueblo Tribe;

Congressman, New Mexico State House of Representatives, New Mexico, USA

Professor George Mentz, M.B.A., J.D.

AUSN Professor of Ethics, Philosophy, Healthcare Management and Finance

Chairman & Chief Executive Officer, American Academy of Financial Management; General Counsel, American Academy of Financial Management; General Counsel, International Board of Standards; Professor, Thomas Jefferson School of Law, San Diego, California, USA

Darva Randolph

Director of Education, ACOMA, New Mexico;

Chairman of the Board, Southwest Polytechnic Indian Institute, Albuquerque, New Mexico

Professor Cyril H. Wecht, M.D., J.D., B.S.

AUSN Professor of Pathology and Forensic Medicine, Healthcare Management and Health Law; Clinical Professor of Pathology, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Distinguished Professor of Anatomy, Carlow University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA; Adjunct Professor, Duquesne University, PA, USA; Chairman, Advisory Board, Cyril H. Wecht Institute of Forensic Science and Law, Duquesne University School of Law; Former President, American College of Legal Medicine; Former President, American Academy of Forensic Sciences; Former Chairman, Board of Trustees, American Board of Legal Medicine; Former Chairman, Board of Trustees, American College of Legal Medicine Foundation