Lydia Scheer has worked with ITEP since July 1998, when she started out as a student assistant while completing her BA in Anthropology at Northern Arizona University. She was hired to join ITEP's regular staff in 1999 to support the American Indian Air Quality Training Program. As a Program Manager, she is currently responsible for coordinating the National Tribal Forum on Air Quality as well as supporting tribes with the National Environmental Information Exchange Network (NEIEN) effort, and is involved in various collaborative planning efforts for other ITEP projects. In 2015, Lydia was awarded the Cal Seciwa Award for Outstanding Staff, presented by Northern Arizona University’s Commission on Native Americans.