Ms. Quanah Crossland Stamps is the Commissioner of the Administration for Native Americans (ANA). Appointed by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the United States Senate in November 2002, Commissioner Stamps provides the executive leadership for ANA. She effectively manages, administers and implements a $45 million discretionary program; oversees numerous multi-million dollar IT and training and technical assistance contracts; administers a multi-million national grant portfolio with over 305 community based projects; and runs three national programs that provide American Indians, Alaska Natives, Native Hawaiians, and other Native American Pacific Islanders with project funding for community-based Social and Economic Development activities.

Prior to her confirmation, Commissioner Stamps was the Assistant Administrator for Native American Affairs at the U.S. Small Business Administration, and a private consultant working with Tribal and foreign owned companies on competitive business strategies. Commissioner Stamps has worked on projects in the Russian Far East and in the Former Republic of Macedonia.

Commissioner Stamps is an enrolled member of the Cherokee Nation in Tahlequah, Oklahoma. She holds a Masters Degree in International Commerce and Public Policy from George Mason University, and she lives in Arlington, Virginia with her husband Col. Robert F. Stamps, and their daughter Sequoyah.