The following members comprise the Arts of the Americas Institute's Advisory Board:

Greg Cajete, Director
Native American Studies
University of New Mexico

Tobías Duran, Director
Center for Regional Studies
University of New Mexico

Gloria Emerson, Artist & Educator
New Mexico Arts Commission

Charlotte Heth, Professor Emeritus
Department of Ethnomusicology
University of California at Los Angeles

Michael Keleher, Attorney & Historian
The Guadalupe Institute

Cheech Marin, Art Collector, Writer, Actor & Musician

Gabriel Melendez, Chairperson
American Studies
University of New Mexico

Judy Mitoma, Director
Center for Intercultural Performance
Department of World Arts & Cultures
University of California at Los Angeles

Raul Perez, Senior Vice President of Music
Sony Pictures

Aida Scorza, Executive Coordinator
National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences

Daniel Sheehy, Director
Smithsonian Folkways Recordings

Jerry Velasco, President
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