Office of the President and Vice President

JONATHAN NEZ

Navajo Nation President

Áshįįhí (Salt People) born for Ta’neeszahnii (Tangle clan), maternal grandfather’s clan is Tódích’íi’nii (Bitter Water Clan), and paternal grandfather’s clan is Táchii’nii (Red-Running-Into-The-Water Clan)
Serving as your elected 2019 Navajo Nation President
Served three terms as Navajo Nation Council Delegate, representing the chapters of Shonto, Oljato, Tsah Bi Kin, and Navajo Mountain
Served two terms as Navajo County Board of Supervisors for District 1

Background

Jonathan Nez was born in Tuba City, Arizona and raised in Shonto, Arizona. He is married to Phefelia H. Nez and they have two children, Christopher and Alexander. He is the son of John H. Nez and Mabel H. Nez. His grandfather, H.T. Donald, was the former Navajo Nation Council Delegate for Shonto Chapter, and his grandmother was Mae Donald from Shonto.

Public Service

Nez began his public service after being elected as Shonto Chapter Vice President. He was later elected to serve three terms as a Navajo Nation Council Delegate, representing the chapters of Shonto, Oljato, Tsah Bi Kin, and Navajo Mountain. He was also elected as a Navajo County Board of Supervisor for District 1 and served two terms. In 2015, Nez was elected Navajo Nation Vice President.

Qualifications

Nez believes in education. He is currently a doctoral student in political science and completed research on local empowerment and mobilizing local communities of the Navajo Nation to reinstate their inherent local way of governance. His research focuses on the reduction of dependence on the central tribal government, upholding and enhancing the local inherent sovereignty of the chapter areas. He is an alumnus of Northland Pioneer College and Northern Arizona University. He earned a bachelor's degree in political science and a master's degree in public administration from NAU.

MYRON LIZER

Navajo Nation Vice President

Numunu (Comanche) born for Tó’áhání (Near-To-Water Clan), maternal grandfather’s clan is Numunu (Comanche), and paternal grandfather’s clan is Tł’ááshchí’í (Red Bottom People)
Serving as your elected 2019 Navajo Nation Vice President
28 years of retail management experience working for four Fortune 500 companies
Served private business boards, private school boards, guided congregations as a bi-vocational pastor, and participated in community concerns
Served qualifying entrepreneurs for business start-up loans and consideration for grants and capital investors

Background

Myron Lizer brings over 28 years of retail management experience working for four Fortune 500 companies. Mr. Lizer brings a wealth of knowledge in relational marketing and business development honed as an entrepreneur and accountant. Lizer served on private business boards, private school boards, guided congregations as a bi-vocational pastor, and participated in community concerns, founding Window Rock chapter of U.S. Junior Chamber of Commerce (Jaycees), and growing family business in expansion endeavors with a vision to create more jobs and give opportunity to employees and their growing families.

Public Service

Myron excels in the business arena with a pedigree in building relationships and promoting higher levels of professionalism and excellence in working with tribal entities, and in the private sector. Lizer also contributed to the 2012 Navajo Tribal team that promoted partnering with the Nation of Israel in advancing business and economic relationships and developing the understanding that Israel and the Navajo Nation share a lot of the same hardships and opportunities as a First Nations people. Mr. Lizer has contributed to his community by leading Financial Literacy course across the Navajo Reservation and Leading other future business owners in Indianpreneurship—helping other Native Americans write business plans thus qualifying participants for business start-up loans and consideration for grants and capital investors for aspiring entrepreneurs.

Qualifications

Before Lizer was President of Navajo Westerners Ace Hardware Stores and Lumber Yards, he was an accountant for the Southern Ute Growth Fund, the money-generating arm of the Southern Ute Indian Tribe in southwestern Colorado. Myron earned his Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business Administration from Fort Lewis College in Durango, CO in 2006.

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Phone: 928) 871-7000
Fax: (928) 871-4025

LOCATION

Nez-Lizer Administration
100 Parkway
Post Office Box 7440
Window Rock, AZ 86515