New National Center President/CEO - Jonathon (Jon) GreyEyes

MESA, AZ - May 6, 2009 - The National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) is pleased to announce that it has named former Boeing Company specialist Jonathon (Jon) GreyEyes as the new President/CEO of the organization. GreyEyes assumed the role of President / CEO on Monday, May 4, 2009.

“We are now seeing a new group of Native American Leadership across Indian Country, the next generation that comes from the Self-Determination era and at the National Center we are taking the next step of elevating economic self sufficiency. Jon GreyEyes is an excellent example of that kind of leadership,” said NCAIED Board of Directors Chairwoman Margo Gray-Proctor. “Jon GreyEyes brings a fresh perspective, new ideas, and is a top performer from Corporate America. We look forward to his leadership.”

GreyEyes, a member of the Navajo tribe, received his bachelor’s degree and MBA in business from Washington State University. GreyEyes hails from an accomplished family with his mother currently working as a physician’s assistant in Bisbee, AZ, and his late father, a member of the Red Running into the Water Clan, was the second Navajo to become a medical doctor.

GreyEyes said of his newly appointed position at The National Center, “I have great respect and appreciation for the leaders who have gone before me. I look forward to taking this organization to the next level and fulfilling the mission of increasing American Indian business opportunities nationwide.”

As the former supplier diversity specialist supporting Boeing’s Research & Technology Group in Washington, GreyEyes was responsible for creating and implementing strategies to achieve small business objectives in the research and development environment for his customers. Before working with Boeing, GreyEyes was in broadcasting and served as the program director and morning DJ of the #1 radio station in his market in the Washington area. He was also very active in his community in Washington where he was a member of the Golden Key National Honor Society and the Northwest Christian School Board as well the Treasurer of the Northwest Christian School Building Committee.

Founded in 1969, the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development is dedicated to developing American Indian economic selfsufficiency through business ownership. As a major economic resource in Indian Country, the NCAIED has helped tribes and Indian Businesses earn more than $4.5 billion in contracts and financing through its programs and services. NCAIED has assisted approximately 80% of all tribes in the United States and trained more than 10,000 tribal leaders in various aspects of business development.