Jodi Archambault Gillette, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, made her first public appearance as a White House aide on Monday.

Gillette started her job as an associate director at the Office of Intergovernmental Affairs last week. She promised to be responsive to tribal needs in her new position.

"The OGA is the front door at the White House," Gillette told the United South and Eastern Tribes. "My primary role is to listen and to hear what you say."

Gillette served as the Native Vote director in North Dakota for the campaign of President Barack Obama. Her efforts were praised by Keith Harper, a member of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma who served on Obama's transition team.

"She's from Indian Country [and] has great extraordinary ties to her community," Harper told tribal leaders.

Gillette urged tribes to re-submit any documents they may have sent to the transition team to the White House.

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