Staff

Claudia E. Nelson, Director
tel: 520.626.9181
fax: 520.626.1819
email: cen@email.arizona.edu

Ms. Nelson, Director of NPTAO, has worked in the field of American Indian economic and community development for over 20 years, first as legal assistant to the attorney for the White Mountain Apache Tribe's insurance defense litigation counsel office, and later as Program Coordinator Sr., for the UA's American Indian Studies Programs Office of Community Development. Ms. Nelson received a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration in 1993 and a Master of Arts in American Indian Studies in 2004, both degrees from The University of Arizona. She has resided in Tucson, Arizona, for the past 37 years and happily considers Tucson her home.