Michael I. Collins is the President of IndigenousAF (IAF Inc.), is a registered nurse in the state of Nevada, and has roots with the Muscogee (Creek). Originally from Kansas City, Kansas, Michael is a conscientious veteran who served 7 years in the U.S. Army and has been an asset to many communities in Las Vegas. Collins holds a Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) and has practiced nursing for over four decades. As a nurse in the 1980s and 1990s, Collins fought on the frontlines of the HIV epidemic and courageously served many in the LGBTQ+ community during the height of the AIDs crisis. Although Collins retired from nursing in 2020, he still volunteers his time and expertise, most recently with the Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, with whom he was honored with the Charlotte Brody Award in 2024. He is an advocate for strengthening the health care systemand has pushed for many social justice issues over the years. Michael is also a respected elder and mentor to many within the African American and Native American communities of Las Vegas.

Tammi Tiger is an enrolled member of Choctaw Nation and a descendant of the Muscogee Nation (Bear Clan).  She is the Director of the San Manuel Band of Mission Indians’ Tribal Education Initiative with UNLV’s College of Hospitality. Tammi has over 25 years of public service experience, beginning with the Department of Public Works in Clark County, Nevada. She is a seasoned community organizer, serving with several Indigenous groups, including UNLV’s Native American Alumni Club, Native Organizers Alliance, and Native Voices Rising. Tammi is currently Vice President of IndigenousAF (IAF Inc.) and is also on the Nevada Indian Commission. She formerly served on the Board of Directors with the Las Vegas Indian Center and was recognized with the LVIC Community Service Award in 2004. The Board of Clark County Commissioners honored her in 2021 with "Tammi Tiger Day" on Indigenous Peoples Day, for her help designating the observance of the holiday. Tammi holds a Master's Degree in Public Administration, and is mom to Trevon, who is also a UNLV graduate.

Fawn Douglas is an artist, Secretary of IndigenousAF, and an enrolled member of the Las Vegas Paiute Tribe. She also has roots with the Moapa Paiute, Cheyenne, Creek, and Pawnee. Within Fawn's art-making she tells stories in order to remember the past and also to ensure that the stories of Indigenous peoples are heard in the present. Fawn is dedicated to the intersections of art, activism, community, education, culture, identity, place, and sovereignty. Her studio practice at Nuwu Art includes painting, weaving, sculpture, and performance. Fawn also does consulting through Nuwu Art, serves as an Arts Commissioner for the City of Las Vegas (Ward 3), and works as a Cultural Engagement Specialist with Meow Wolf. She earned a Master of Fine Arts with honors from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV). Fawn has taught a variety of classes, from community art workshops to Art Fundamentals in the Department of Art and American Indian Indigenous Studies at UNLV. She also organizes and participates in a number of community events, art exhibitions, performances, and projects.

Aaron (A.B.) Wilkinson is an associate professor of history at UNLV. He is a graduate of Dartmouth College, completed the Master of Arts Program in the Social Sciences (MAPSS) at the University of Chicago, and earned his PhD in History at the University of California, Berkeley. He teaches courses on Colonial North America and early U.S. History. He also has research and teaching interests in African American history, Native American history, Ethnic Studies, decolonial theory and critical race theory in the wider Americas and Caribbean. Professor Wilkinson specializes in studies of mixed-heritage peoples and ideas surrounding ethnoracial mixture in the wider Americas and the United States. His first book, Blurring the Lines of Race and Freedom: Mulattoes and Mixed Bloods in English Colonial America, explores the historical origins of U.S. mixed-race ideologies in the seventeenth and eighteenth-century colonial period.  Aside from his academic work, Wilkinson works to serve and support cultural preservation and revitalization programs.