Theresa A. Pasqual is a member of Acoma Pueblo and former director of Acoma’s Historic Preservation Office. Theresa has extensive experience in protecting the cultural, archaeological, and historical resources of Acoma Pueblo, both on and off the reservation, including service as the Historic Site Director for the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Her recent work focused on the protection of cultural landscapes, expansion of traditional ecological knowledge in scientific study, academic research, and policy based in equity, social justice, and inclusion. The result of a four year project led to the formation and leadership of the Chaco Heritage Tribal Association—a tribally led, congressionally appropriated ethnographic study by five Pueblo tribes on the Greater Chaco Landscape.
Theresa is a 2014 W. K. Kellogg Fellow and was appointed as regent to the Museum of New Mexico Board of Regents. She also served as an Appointee to the Department of Interior Office of Water and Science, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, where she was the primary contact between the Secretary’s Designee and Tribes associated with the Glen Canyon Dam Adaptive Management Program.
Theresa served on Crow Canyon’s Board of Trustees from 2023–2024.