Jefferson Lee Begay

Background

Begay, Jefferson Lee was born on May 22, 1943 in Kayenta, Arizona, United States. Son of Harold Navajo and Stella Rose (Begay) Drake.

Education

Associate of Arts in Engineering Sciences, Phoenix College, l97l; Bachelor of Science in Construction, Arizona State University, l974.

Career

Community planner and developer, Navajo Tribe, l974-76, 83-84; estimator, field engineer, Kitchell Contractors, Inc., l976-77; instructor constitution contracting and materialslab., Northern Arizona U., l978; in charge technical assistance and training programs, Indian Development District Arizona, l978-79; field supervisor structural steel design, construction and inspection, M.M. Sundt Construction Company, l979-80; with, Hemley Lee Associations, l980; project engineer, Terra Grande Constructors, Inc., l980-82; project engineer, Chanen Construction Company, l982-83; project engineer, estimator, Fisher Contracting Company, l98l-82; president, Amerind Construction, Inc., Tempe, 1985-1992; construction consultant, 1983-1984, 93-95; construction manager, Gila River Indian Cmty., since 1996. Special assistant to Navajo tribal chairman Peterson Zah, Navajo-Hopi-Indian land dispute.

Achievements

• Jefferson Lee Begay has been listed as a noteworthy General contracting company executive by Marquis Who's Who.

Membership

Past board directors Utah Navajo Development Council. Member Governor's Commision on Ariz.Environ., l974-76. Member finance committee Jenny Norton for State Republican, Tempe, l986.

Member National Conference of Christians and Jews, since 1988. Member Veterans of Foreign Wars, Vietnam, 1967-1968. Member of advisory coun.Rough Rock Community School, since 1991.

Board directors Urban Coalition West, Phoenix, l987-89, National Conference of Christians and Jews, since 1988. Sergeant United States Army, l966-68, Vietnam. Member American Society Professional Estimators, American Institute Constructors, Arizona State University Alumni Association (president 1989-1990).

Interests

• Avocations: reading, golf, native American art.

Connections

Married Judith Ann Begay, November 23, l966 (divorced October l983). Children: Allison Marie, Tanabah Zahnie. Married Ella C. Jackson, Sep.

Father:

Harold Navajo Drake

Mother:

Stella Rose (Begay) Drake

Spouse:

Judith Ann Begay

Spouse:

Ella C. Jackson

child:

Allison Marie Begay

child:

Tanabah Zahnie Begay