Meet our Board Members and Advisors

  David Jackson is an enrolled member of the Gila River Indian Community (paternal) and ancestral ties to the Tohono O'odham Nation(maternal) in Southern Arizona. Mr. Jackson is a United States Marine Corps veteran who is an active member in his local American Legion Haskell Osife Antone Post 51.

After serving his country he went to work for his tribal community in the Tribal Building Safety Department. As an inspector,  He worked on  both commercial and residential projects for the Gila River Indian Community. One of his largest projects was a multi-million-dollar commercial expansion of the Gila River Casinos and Resort. He has worked with the EPA as the tribal point of contact for the case study on Code Adoption in Indian Country. As well as the tribal liaison for Arizona State University’s Tribal Community Indigenous Design Concepts for Housing.

He is an ICC preferred Education Provider. His training and education include being selected as the first Native American to become an ICC Board Shadow to Director Mike Savage of the International Code Council.  Currently Mr. Jackson is the Founder and Owner of the Code Advisory Group, a consulting and education firm that advocates for code adoption in Tribal Communities.

 Matthew Beaudet is an enrolled citizen and Elder of the Montauk Tribe of Indians. He is the co-founder and past president of the Illinois Native American Bar Association, served on the faculty of the Native American Educational Services (NAES) College and the National Judicial College's Tribal Judicial Center, and was elected as a delegate to the 2008 Democratic National Convention serving in both the Illinois Delegation and the Native American Caucus. He received the Illinois State Bar Association’s Community Service Award in recognition of his legal advocacy for the Native American community. He is the former building commissioner (code official) for the City of Chicago and became the first Native American to lead a City of Chicago department or agency. As first deputy building commissioner and continuing as building commissioner, he led Chicago's adoption of the ICC codes as well as reforming the permitting and inspection processes and dramatically reducing the time to permit and time to inspection. Crain's Chicago Business named him to Crain's Notable Executives of Color in Construction and Real Estate in 2022 and the Building Owners and Managers Association awarded him the inaugural Civic Partner Award in 2023.  He has held numerous senior positions in state and local government over the past thirty-five years under four Chicago mayors, two Cook County board presidents, and three Illinois governors.  He has been in private consulting since retiring form public service in 2024. Mr. Beaudet received his bachelor’s degree from Loyola University of Chicago, his Law degree from the John Marshall Law School, and has done numerous post-graduate course work including at the University of Oxford and the U.S. Emergency Management Institute. 

 Patti Daul is the Division Chief/Fire Marshal for the Pechanga Band of Indians fire department, with over 30 years of experience in the fire service. Her extensive career includes expertise in fire prevention, emergency response, and safety education. At Pechanga, Patti oversees the Fire Prevention Division of the fire department, which aims to provide comprehensive fire prevention services to protect lives, property, cultural resources, infrastructure, the environment, and economic development. Patti's dedication and leadership are crucial in maintaining a safe and resilient environment on the reservation. Additionally, she serves as the 2nd Vice President of the California Fire Prevention Officers (CFPO) Southern Division ICC Chapter, is a past president of the San Diego Fire Prevention Officers ICC Chapter, and holds an ICC Fire Inspector II certification, among others.