Luana Reyes

Luana Reyes
Reyes in 2000
BornFebruary 20, 1933
Portland, Oregon
DiedNovember 5, 2001(2001-11-05) (aged 68)
OccupationHealth care administrator

Luana Reyes (February 20, 1933[1] – November 5, 2001[2]) was an American Indian health care administrator. As executive director of the Seattle Indian Health Board (SIHB) 1972–1982, she grew that institution from a staff of five to nearly 200 and made it a model for urban Indian institutions; subsequently, she worked for the federal Indian Health Service, eventually becoming deputy director of that 14,000-person institution.[3][4]

On October 10, 2001, shortly before her death from aplastic anemia at the age of 68, she received the Presidential Rank Meritorious Award.[5][6]

  1. ^ Date of birth as per the Social Security Death Index (SSDI)
  2. ^ "A Tribute…" 2002
  3. ^ Reyes 2002, pp. 185–86.
  4. ^ Reyes 2002 gives her title as "assistant director", but the July 1999 Final Report Archived 2006-12-01 at the Wayback Machine of the National Congress of American Indians National Policy Work Group on Contract Support Costs (accessed online March 11, 2007) gives it as Deputy Director, as does Summary Report for the “Mobilizing American Indian and Alaska Native Communities Workshop on Improving Cardiovascular Health”, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute — Indian Health Board Partnership Archived 2007-06-09 at the Wayback Machine, May 7–8, 2001 (accessed online March 11, 2007) and other similar official documents.
  5. ^ "A Tribute…" 2002; Reyes 2002, p. 186
  6. ^ Green 2001.