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����Ӱ�� Dalee Sambo Dorough

Dalee Sambo Dorough (Inuit-����Ӱ��) is the former International Chair of the Inuit Circumpolar Council, a non-governmental organization that represents Inuit from the Russian Far East, ����Ӱ��, Canada, and Greenland. She specializes in ����Ӱ�� Native self-determination and has extensive experience in the administration, management, and coordination of statewide, national, and international organizations. She served as an Assistant Professor of International Relations within the Department of Political Science at the University of ����Ӱ�� Anchorage from 2008 to 2018; former Chairperson (2014) and Expert Member of the UN Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (2010 to 2016); and Co-Chair of the International Law Association (ILA) Committee on Implementation of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Dorough has a long history of direct involvement in the discussion, debate, and negotiation of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). She actively participated in this work from 1984 up to the adoption of the UNDRIP by the UN General Assembly on September 13, 2007. Dorough also participated in the two-year revision process of International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention No. 107, which resulted in the adoption of C169 Concerning Indigenous and Tribal Peoples in Independent Countries by the ILO in 1989 by the ILO. Her recent publications include a chapter co-authored with Federico Lenzerini entitled “The World Heritage Convention and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples” in the Oxford Commentaries in International Law and a commentary entitled “Perspective on Convention 169, its significance to Inuit and some troubling developments,” in The International Journal of Human Rights Volume 24. Dorough holds a PhD from the University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law and a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy from The Fletcher School at Tufts University.

����Ӱ�� Valerie Davidson

Valerie Davidson previously served as President/CEO of the ����Ӱ�� Native Tribal Health Consortium. Formerly she was the President of ����Ӱ�� Pacific University, as well as the Lt. Governor and the Commissioner for the State of ����Ӱ��, Department of Health and Social Services. She served as chair of the Tribal Technical Advisory Group to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services, a member of the ����Ӱ�� Department of Health and Social Services/Tribal Health Medicaid Task Force, the Foraker Group Governance Board, and a member of the Medicaid Commission. Valerie also worked for Yukon-Kuskokwim Health Corporation, where she served as executive vice president and as general counsel and as a legislative aide to the state Senate Finance Committee for former state Senator John Binkley. Valerie has served in various roles to advance tribal health and self-governance throughout her career. These include serving as co-lead negotiator for the ����Ӱ�� Tribal Health Compact, and as a member of the Title V Negotiated Rulemaking Committee. She was also a former president of the ����Ӱ�� Federation of Natives Youth Council.

Valerie earned a bachelor's degree in elementary education with a minor in bilingual education from the University of ����Ӱ�� Southeast and a Juris Doctorate with Certificate in Indian Law from the University of New Mexico School of Law.