DENVER (October 26, 2007) - President Bush nominated and the U.S. Senate confirmed Holland & Hart LLP attorney Kristine M. Miller as a member of the Board of Trustees of the Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development (IAIA).
Miller is a partner in Holland & Hart's Boulder, Colo., office. She focuses her legal practice on trademark, copyright, and marketing and promotions law. She works closely with clients in the selection, clearance, registration, licensing, and enforcement of their marks worldwide. She also advises clients on protecting trade dress, licensing intellectual property, and marketing and promotions issues, including sweepstakes and contests.
Miller will serve on the Board of Trustees of IAIA for nearly three years with her term ending in May 2010. This 10-member board is responsible for the direction of the IAIA. The mission of the organization is to promote the preservation, study, creative application, contemporary expression, and development of American Indian and Alaska Native arts and culture through programs of education and outreach to students, tribal communities, and the public. The IAIA, located in Santa Fe, N.M., is the only educational institution in the world devoted solely to the study and practice of the artistic and cultural traditions of all American Indians. The student body represents more than 140 tribes. The IAIA museum hosts the 7,000-piece National Collection of Contemporary Indian Art and is the nation's leading exhibition facility for contemporary art by Indigenous artists.
For more information on IAIA and the Board of Trustees, visit www.iaia.edu.