Maggie George

Early life George was raised in Red Valley, Arizona. Her family is part of the Táchiiʼnii clan, born for the Naakaii Dine clan. George worked as a K-12 educator and counselor for the Bureau of Indian Affairs and contract schools in New Mexico. She completed a Ph.D. in higher education policy and leadership at University of Kansas. Her doctoral studies investigated bilingual and bicultural teacher preparation at Diné College. She researched the importance of having teachers of a similar social and ethnic background to their pupils Her results indicated that Navajo teachers who were bilingual and bicultural in regards to language, cultural traditions, and clan relationships yielded more results in the classroom.

Career George served as executive director of the White House Initiative on Tribal Colleges and Universities. She was a faculty member and dean of the school of education at Haskell Indian Nations University. She returned in to Diné College as the chair administrator of the Center for Diné Studies in March 2011. In August 2011, she was named president. In January 2016, George resigned as president of Diné College. She was succeeded by Martín Ahumada. She is the owner and operator of the education consulting firm, Indigenous Research Associates, and a leadership coach for Achieving the Dream.

Awards and honors George won a Fulbright–Hays Fellowship.