Gregorio Kishketon
Board Director
Mr. Gregorio E. O. Kishketon is a resident of Chevy Chase, Maryland and serves as the Contracting Officer at U.S. Dept. of Interior, Staff Advisor to the Secretary of the VA at the Department of Veterans Affairs, and Native American/Alaskan Native Liaison to the Secretary of the VA OSVA at US Department of Veterans Affairs Central Office – Washington, D.C.
Mr. Kishketon previously worked in Washington DC with the Dept. of the Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs for the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs. He recently received an award from the Dept. of Justice for “Improvement for IT for VA.”
Mr. Kishketon served in the United States Marine Corps. He is a graduate of the University of Oklahoma, The University of Texas, Oklahoma City Community College (Hall of Fame 2018) and The Dept. of Defense Contracting Officers School – Boston. He received in 2014 the VA/NCA/DAV employee of the year/National Commanders Award. Mr. Kishketon has worked twenty-two years in the Federal Government, five years with the nonprofit, and twelve years in the private sector as an Assistant Director and subsequently a director with Med-Net.
Gregorio E. Kishketon is a Tribal Elder with the Water Clan – Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma. He is a board member of The Buffy Red Feather Foundation and also serves on the Board of Trustees for Saint Augustine University.