About: Brooke Gondara

Brookney Claire Boston Gondara (Northern Cheyenne) is an American academic administrator, activist, and advocate for women and minorities in higher education. She is associate dean of professional studies and education at Santa Fe Community College. Gondara served as president of Iḷisaġvik College, the only tribal college in Alaska, from 2010 to 2011. In 2005 she became the first Northern Cheyenne woman to earn a PhD, earning one in education at Portland State University. She had served as the dean of student affairs at Chief Dull Knife College from 2000 to 2003.