Navajo Developer of the Year

Begay-Platero state's Developer of the YearSharlene Begay-Platero is the proud new owner of a piece of Nambé ware etched with her name. The reason for her ownership? She is New Mexico IDEA's newest Developer of the Year.

Begay-Platero is staff member of the Project Development Department of the Navajo Nation's Division of Economic Development, a position she's held for the past decade and a half. Her primary responsibilities are the recruitment and retention of tenants as well as managing the Nation's eight industrial sites.