Montoya Whiteman is an enrolled member of the Cheyenne and Arapaho Tribes of Oklahoma. She is a senior program officer who joined First Nations in 2007.  Her varied career includes aspects of communications, resource development, membership, group facilitation, event planning, and board management.

 

For over twenty years Montoya has worked with individuals and organizations in the government, private, and nonprofit sectors.  She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration from Regis University.  Since 2010 she has served on the Editorial Board of the American Indian Science and Engineering Society’s Winds of Change Magazine.

 

At First Nations she currently supports the Strengthening Native American Nonprofit Program through technical assistance, training, site visits, institutes, and webinars for improving nonprofit capacity and organizational effectiveness.  She implements several Department of Justice Office on Violence Against Women grants, as well the Housing and Urban Development One CPD Technical Assistance grant.

Montoya has developed an exceptional background in training and project management and a professional style based on excellent interpersonal communication.  When not working, Montoya enjoys photography and the physical and mental challenges of yoga and half-marathon running.