Tony Skrelanus is the Executive Director of the Division of Economic Development, Navajo Nation, where he has played a pivotal role in the lease delegation from Congress, creation of the sales tax, development of Antelope Point Marina, Monument valley hotel, Native American bank, and more. He has also served as an entrepreneur launching economic planning work with tribes, a utility scale renewable energy company, and served as a non profit director for 14 years, focusing on tourism development and protection of culture and lands.  

In addition to economics, Skrelunas is driven to save our old food systems and improve our health and longevity. He is also a national writer and speaker on transition economics off fossil fuel dependent economies. He is a founder of the Arizona Tourism Association, Native American business association at Northern Arizona University, First president of the Navajo Shopping Centers Inc., and served as a board member for several change making organizations.

Skrelunas is leading an economic transition for a resource extractive dependent Nation to one that focuses on the culture, time tested food systems, communal commerce, respectful trade, and keeping the knowledge of the land and climate for future humans. He leads a life/community balance blog, Tribe Awaken.