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Personal Details

Education

  • JD, College of Law, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1988-1989
  • BS, Business, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1987
  • Attended, Business, Colorado College, 1982-1983

Professional Experience

  • JD, College of Law, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1988-1989
  • BS, Business, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1987
  • Attended, Business, Colorado College, 1982-1983
  • Vice President, Business Development, Notah Begay III Consulting, 2009-present
  • Former Employee, American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
  • President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Pueblo Insurance Agency, 2013-2015
  • Cabinet Secretary, Department of Indian Affairs, New Mexico, 2004-2007
  • Senior Manager of Native American Programs, University of New Mexico, 1997-2004
  • Co-Founder, San Diego Riverside Charter School, Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, 1999
  • Assistant Dean of Students/Native American Programs, Standford University, 1994 -1997
  • Coordinator, The University of Colorado Upward Bound Program, 1989-1990

Political Experience

  • JD, College of Law, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1988-1989
  • BS, Business, University of Colorado at Boulder, 1987
  • Attended, Business, Colorado College, 1982-1983
  • Vice President, Business Development, Notah Begay III Consulting, 2009-present
  • Former Employee, American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES)
  • President/Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Pueblo Insurance Agency, 2013-2015
  • Cabinet Secretary, Department of Indian Affairs, New Mexico, 2004-2007
  • Senior Manager of Native American Programs, University of New Mexico, 1997-2004
  • Co-Founder, San Diego Riverside Charter School, Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico, 1999
  • Assistant Dean of Students/Native American Programs, Standford University, 1994 -1997
  • Coordinator, The University of Colorado Upward Bound Program, 1989-1990
  • Senator, New Mexico State Senate, District 22, 2013-present
  • Candidate, New Mexico State Senate, District 22, 2020
  • First Lieutenant Governor, Pueblo of Jemez, 2002, 2009
  • Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 3, 2008
  • Second Lieutenant Governor, Pueblo of Jemez, 1998

Current Legislative Committees

Vice Chair, Corporations & Transportation

Chair, Economic and Rural Development

Member, Indian Affairs

Member, Indian & Cultural Affairs

Member, Public School Capital Outlay Oversight Task Force

Member, Water & Natural Resources

Other Info

— Awards:

  • The Mary G. Ross Award from Council of Energy Resource Tribes (CERT, 2004), Fellow of W.K. Kellogg National Leadership Program (1997), The National Center for American Indian Enterprises Development's (NCAIED) Public Advocate Award (2007)

  • Benny Shendo, SR

  • Margaret Shendo

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