Benny Shendo Jr. - Power Voter

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

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

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

— 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)

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