Valentin Lopez has served as Chair of the Amah Mutsun Tribal Band since 2003, and as President of the Amah Mutsun Land Trust since its inception. A Native American Advisor to the University of California’s Office of the President on issues related to repatriation, Valentin is also a Native American Advisor to the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) and the Phoebe Hearst Museum of Anthropology. He is actively involved in efforts to restore tribal Indigenous knowledge and ensure that his people’s history is accurately told.