Charlinda Haudley

Dr. Charlinda Haudley is a member of the Navajo Nation, from Chinle, Arizona. She is the Stakeholder Outreach Coordinator with the Central Arizona Project as the tribal liaison. Prior, she was the Deputy Scheduling Director for U.S. Senator Mark Kelly, and the Assistant to the State Director at the United States Senate. She recently participated in the Advance Native Political Leadership Arizona-based training and Arizona State University’s American Indian Policy Institute’s Indigenous Leadership Academy.

She serves on the Native American Advisory Council for the University of Arizona. She serves on the Emerging Leaders Council with the Chamber of Southern Arizona. She is also a 2022 Flinn-Brown Fellow. She was a previous board member with the American Indian Alumni Association and Greater Tucson Leadership. Her recognitions include Tucson’s 40 under 40 award in 2020, the 2021 Special Contributions to Indian Education Award and the 2019 Maria Teresa Velez Diversity Leadership Award. She is an alumnus of the UA’s Arizona Assurance Program, the McNair Achievement Program, and UCLA’s Graduate Opportunity Fellowship Program.