Margo Gray

Margo Gray is President of Margo Gray & Associates. She received her education at Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK and the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH. In addition to many state and local activities, she currently serves as a Board member for the American Indian Business Network Board Member for National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA). She also an active member of Women Empowering Women for Indian Nations. Margo has been keynote speaker for numerous conferences across the U.S, advocating for Native American businesses.

Gray is proud Osage business woman who has built a profitable business in a traditionally male industry. Her leadership and determination has won her numerous prestigious honors and awards and including been selected as The Journal Record’s “50 Making a Difference” recognizing Oklahoma’s leading Women. Ms. Proctor also received the “Badger Award for Tenacity and Perseverance in Business” by the American Indian Business Leaders Association and the “Georgeann Robinson Humanitarian Award” presented by the Oklahoma Federation of Indian Women. Her flagship company, Horizon Engineering Services Co., was the 2007 recipient of the “State Business of the Year” award bestowed by the American Indian Chamber of Commerce of Oklahoma, 2005 recipient of the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development’s Indian Business Owner of the Year award, the2004 recipient of the National Indian Business Association’s Outstanding National Native American Woman‐Owned Business award and many other honors, and has been featured in http://www.workingwomen.com and “Smart Women Take Risks,” a book by Helene Learner.

Her background includes many years in tribal law enforcement and tribal government services. She is active in her Osage culture and holds the position of Head Cook at the “Jenny Gray Chapter” of the Native American church, a high honor for a woman in her Osage culture.