Simone Gonyea is a Snipe clan member of the Onondaga Nation. She is a senior health project coordinator in the Pediatric Behavioral Department at the University of Rochester. Previously, she served the Onondaga Nation Community as the first Onondaga woman administrator of the Onondaga Nation School. Prior to administration, she was the kindergarten teacher of the Onondaga Nation School for 22 years. She is a member of the Transformative Educational Leadership (TEL) advisory committee.