Lynn Trujillo

Lynn A. Trujillo is an American lawyer and government official serving as the senior counselor to the United States Secretary of the Interior since February 2023. She is the first Native American woman in the role. Trujillo was the secretary of the New Mexico Department of Indian Affairs from January 2019 to November 2022.

Life Trujillo is a citizen of the Sandia Pueblo and also associated with the Acoma and Taos Pueblos. She earned a bachelor's degree at Dartmouth College. She earned a University of New Mexico School of Law. She also worked with the Acoma and Taos Pueblos.

In January 2019, governor Michelle Lujan Grisham nominated Trujillo as the secretary of the New Mexico Department of Indian Affairs. She also collaborated with tribal leadership and legislators to enact legislation increasing funding of school districts in the state's Native American communities.