Council for Native American Farming and Ranching, Washington, D.C.
New to the council are John Berrey, chairman of Quapaw Tribe; Tawney Brunsch, executive director of Lakota Funds; Gilbert Harrison, rancher; Henry Holder, farmer/rancher for Choctaw; Derrick Lente, attorney and farmer/rancher for Sandia Pueblo; Jerry McPeak, farmer/rancher and state legislator, Muscogee Creek; Angela Sandstol, natural resources and conservation official, Native Village of Tyonek; Edward Soza, rancher/tribal council member, Soboba; Mary Thompson, farmer/rancher, Eastern Band of Cherokee; Sarah Vogel, civil rights attorney and former 2-term agricultural commissioner for North Dakota; Mark Wadsworth, natural resources/range management, Shoshone-Bannock. Four USDA officials were also appointed: Chris Beyerhelm, director, farm loan programs, Farm Service Agency; Val Dolcini, administrator, Farm Service Agency; Dr. Joe Leonard, assistant secretary for civil rights; and Leslie Wheelock, director, office of tribal relations.