The Obama administration has named Sharon Pinto as director of the Navajo Regional Office for the Bureau of Indian Affairs.

Pinto is a member of the Navajo Nation. She previously served as deputy director of the office and was acting director following the retirement of her predecessor earlier this year.

“Sharon Pinto is a proven and capable senior federal manager, and her commitment to the welfare of the Navajo people makes her an outstanding choice for regional director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Navajo Regional Office,” Michael S. Black, the director of the BIA, said in a press release. “I have every confidence in her ability to successfully lead the office in carrying out the BIA’s mission to serve the Navajo Nation.”

The office is located in Gallup, New Mexico.

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