Alaska Native Corporations and OPM

The new Office of Personnel Management chief of staff, Elizabeth Montoya, has a long record of public service. Among other things, she's been, according to OPM's announcement: "Deputy Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Energy, as Associate Deputy Administrator for the Small Business Administration, and Associate Director of Presidential Personnel and Special Assistant to the President. Most recently, Montoya served on the President's transition team for the U.S. Department of Energy as a member of the Natural Resources and Energy work group." It's interesting to see her move from reviewing energy policy to reviewing personnel policy, but she's done personnel work before.

One interesting note, though. Montoya comes to OPM from an Alaska Native Corporation, whose fate Rob Brodsky has chronicled in a series of articles. Sounds like it might have been a good time for her to get out.