Desmond W. Bruguier

Executive Director

Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes

Desmond Bruguier is an enrolled member of the Ft. Peck Assiniboine and Sioux and an honorably discharged U.S. Navy veteran. He earned his BBA in Finance from CUNY Baruch in Manhattan, NY and his MBA from the University of Colorado-Boulder. His experience includes working with Tribes and Tribal organizations in energy development and project management from his time as a contractor with the BIA’s Division of Energy and Mineral Development (DEMD) as well as Tribal project finance as an AVP Business Development Officer at Native American Bank. Desmond also brings portfolio management and federal lending experience through his work at the U.S. Department of Energy Loans Program Office (LPO), where he supported large scale energy investments and infrastructure development.

Having grown up on the reservation, Desmond is personally aware of the systemic barriers to housing and opportunity in Native communities. He is driven by a vision of Native self-determination, where Natives have the financial knowledge, business acumen, and access to resources needed to thrive.