Jonathan Mountain is an enrolled member of the Red Lake Nation.
After graduating from Red Lake High School in 1999, he enlisted in the U.S. Air Force. He served nine years, achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant. He earned two Associates Degrees from the Community College of the Air Force; one in Aviation Maintenance Technology and the other in Aviation Operations.
Jonathan returned home after his deployment and worked with the Red Lake Boys and Girls Club and Red Lake and the Department of Natural Resources.
He is currently the Director of Red Lake Water and Sewer/Public Works, a position he has held since 2017.
According to Jonathan, his own education pushed him to places that he may not have been without it and believes that, “Education is a stepping stone in bettering our people, our home, and our future.”
