Lindsey Quam was born and raised and is a member of Zuni Pueblo and is currently married and resides on Santa Clara Pueblo in Northern NM. He has a BS Degree in Forestry from Northern Arizona University and has worked in numerous positions throughout his 21 year career. First starting as a project forester at Los Alamos National Laboratory, then moving to state government as a forester with the NM Forestry Division, then serving as the Assistant State Fire Management Officer for NM, establishing and managing the Forestry Division’s Returning Heroes Program; moving to a Tribal setting as the Santa Clara Pueblo Forestry Director and recently, back to state government as the Deputy Director of Forests/Tribal Liaison for the NM Forestry Division.