About Us
FALCON (First Americans Land grant Consortium) is a professional association of Tribal College & Universities administrators, faculty, extension educators, researchers and students who work on land grant programs.
Why FALCON?
Addressing Capacity Building Needs among the 1994 Land Grant Institutions.
FALCON was created in 2004 to help address the limited human capacity at the 1994 Land Grant Institutions (Tribal Colleges and Universities). It provides a peer-to-peer network that supports 1994 administrators, directors, faculty, extension educators and students in fulfilling their land grant mission. FALCON helps establish connections with partners who share common interests and goals and can leverage resources. Click on Our Programs to learn more.
Click here to see a list of the 1994 land grant institutions.
Click here to see an interactive map of the 1994s.
FALCON is sanctioned by the American Indian Higher Education Consortium (AIHEC) Board of Directors to provide technical assistance services to the 1994 land grants. Click here to see more information on AIHEC.
Our Leadership Team
Charlene Carr - President
Charlene Carr is the FALCON President and the Land Grant Programs Director at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Amber Marlow - Vice President
Amber Marlow is the Vice President of FALCON and the Dean of Continuing Education/Customized Training at Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwa Community College in Hayward, Wisconsin.
Yvonedda (Henry) Thompson - Treasurer
Yvonedda "Henry" Thompson is the FALCON Treasurer and the Extension Director at Chief Dull Knife College in Lame Deer, Montana.
Bryan Neztsosie - Secretary
Bryan Neztsosie is the Secretary of FALCON and the Project Coordinator at Land Grant Office, Dine College, in Tsaile, Arizona.
Latonna Old Elk - At Large
Latonna Old Elk is the Past President and At Large Board member of FALCON, and the Extension Director at Little Big Horn College in Crow Agency, Montana.
John Phillips - Executive Director
John Phillips is the FALCON Executive Director.