Author Archives: Cynthia Rayner, MBA

About Cynthia Rayner, MBA

Cynthia Rayner is the principal consultant at First Nations Management Consulting. She is a powerful business driver whose entrepreneurial instincts and clarity of vision have carried multiple companies through rapid and continuous growth. Cynthia obtained her university degree in Business with a focus on Management and Marketing. She returned to the workforce as a Director of Tribal Operations, Senior Administrator, Executive Health Director, and Education Manager. She decided to follow her passion and stepped down as a Senior Manager and took the position of Economic Development Officer (EDO). This has been an interesting journey into the world of First Nations Economic Development. In 2019, Cynthia graduated from the MBA program at Athabasca University. She was asked to develop a 4th-year Indigenous economic development degree course for Athabasca University. When she completed developing the course, she applied for the Doctorate of Business Administration program at Athabasca University. She is going into her 4th year. Her focus is on First Nations' economic development in the context of Modern Treaty Governments and Non-Treaty Governments.