Reno Charette, MA, BA | Sheryl Bahe Livingston, MA, LPCC | Jeanie Ringelberg, MD, MPH

Reno Charette currently serves the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) as the Project Director for the Aseto’ne Networking Project (ANP) funded by the National Institute of Health.  AIHEC serves 37 tribal college/universities encompassing 20,000 students.  The APN seeks to inspire tribal college students to pursue a biomedical career in research. Ms. Charette holds a Master of Arts degree in History with a specialty in the American West supported by a bachelor’s degree in Liberal Studies with an emphasis in Native American Studies.  Ms. Charette is a member of the Ties in the Bundle clan of the Crow Nation and a descendent of the Turtle Mountain Chippewa. Ms. Charette has eleven years of experience in teaching Native American Studies and serving as the Native American Achievement Center Director at Montana State University Billings (MSUB).  Former positions she has held include the Coordinator of Indian Affairs Governor for Brian Schweitzer’s administration, Project Director for Big Horn Teacher Projects funded by the U.S. Department of Education at MSUB, Program Assistant for the Circles of Care project funded by SAMHSA at In-Care Network in Billings, MT,  Project Coordinator for the Health Careers Opportunity Program in the School of Pharmacy at the University of Montana (UM) as well as an academic advisor for the TRiO funded Educational Opportunity Program at UM. Ms. Charette has served on many boards in the Billings community, but currently focuses on being a grandmother for 22 grandchildren.

Sheryl Bahe Livingston was born and raised on the Dine reservation, outside of the Gallup, NM city limits. Sheryl is of the Towering House clan, born for the Meadow People. She is licensed as a Professional Clinical Mental Health Counselor (LPCC) in the state of New Mexico. Sheryl currently works at Gallup Indian Medical Center (IHS). At GIMC, she facilitates SBIRT sessions with patients referred by the Emergency Department. Sheryl received her Masters Degree in Counseling from the University of New Mexico and a Bachelors Degree in Sociology with an emphasis in Gerontology and Medical Care from Northern Arizona Univeristy. She has taught special education, early intervention with birth to 5 children, and has worked with New Mexico State Probation and Parole in providing clinical counseling for clients reintegrating into their community. Sheryl shares one of her favorite quotes “Your mental health is everything- prioritize it. Make the time like your life depends on it, because it does.” – Mel Robbins.

Jeanie Ringelberg, MD, MPH, is the Director of the Emergency Department at the Northern Navajo Medical Center.