WNMU Alum Becomes New Chief Operating Officer of Navajo Nation Shopping Centers
DuWaine Boone (MBA ’05) has become the new Chief Operating Officer of Navajo Nation Shopping Centers, Inc. (NNSCI). NNSCI operates nine shopping centers across the Navajo Nation. The shopping centers are home to businesses from outside the Navajo Nation, such as Bashas’ grocery stores, as well as Navajo-owned businesses. Boone, who is originally from Monument Valley, AZ, has worked for the past two years as the tribal administrator for the Fort Bidwell Gidutikad Band of Paiutes in northern California. He sought his new position because he wanted to return home. “Two years is a long time to be away from Navajo Country,” he said. Boone has spent his first few weeks on the job getting to know the staff, becoming familiar with the policies of the organization, and learning more about shopping center operations. As Chief Operating Officer, Boone will oversee a number of areas within NNSCI. “We have a board of directors, and they respond to the Navajo Nation Tribal...