Margo Gray-Proctor
President of Horizon Engineering Services Co.
Margo Gray-Proctor is a member of the Osage Nation, Deer Clan, and President
of Horizon Engineering Services Co., an award-winning, Native American, woman-owned
civil engineering firm. The firm provides civil engineering consulting and design
for gaming developments, hotels, hospitals, airports, transportation planning
and infrastructure, as well as project management for projects all over the country.
She began two other businesses under the umbrella of The Horizon Companies: New
Horizon Enterprises a drug & alcohol screening and background Check Company
and a New Horizons Entertainment Company to further meet the needs of tribal
communities in the gaming and entertainment industry.
She received her education at the Tuck School of Business, Dartmouth College,
Hanover, NH and Northeastern State University, Tahlequah, OK. In addition to
many state and local activities, she currently serves as the Chair of the National
Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED) and is a Board member
for the National American Indian Chamber of Commerce and an American Indian Business
Network Board Member for National Indian Gaming Association (NIGA). She also
is as a member of the National Congress of American Indians, National Indian
Gaming Association, Intertribal Transportation Association, Women Impacting Public
Policy, and Women Empowering Women for Indian Nations. She has been keynote
speaker for numerous conferences across the U.S.
Gray-Proctor is proud Osage business woman who has built a profitable business
in a traditionally male industry. Her leadership and determination has won her
numerous awards and most recently she has 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, the 2004 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 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
in her Native American church, a high honor for a woman in her culture. A s a
strong competitor in “Corporate America”, she encourages Indian entrepreneurs
to pursue their dreams, and counsels tribal leaders to create government and
legal environments that will enable Indian businesses to thrive.
She married to Adam Proctor and resides in Tulsa, Oklahoma. She is very proud
of her 3 sons and 7 grandchildren. |
