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Andy Hunt is an enrolled member of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina and earned his M.S.W. from Portland State University in 1991. He served 30 years as a Commissioned Officer in the U.S. Public Health Service, retiring in 2021 as a Captain (O-6), and now works as a part-time consultant. His early career included Indian Health Service (IHS) placements at the Coquille Indian Tribe, Seattle Indian Health Board, Puyallup Tribal Health Authority, and the National Indian Child Welfare Association. His later career was spent at SAMHSA as a project officer for the Child Mental Health Initiative and Circles of Care programs. For the last two years of his career, he served as the Acting Deputy Director of the Division of Behavioral Health at IHS Headquarters. Andy is grateful to share his experience and knowledge and is committed to being an agent of change and advocate for American Indian/Alaska Native people.