Marissa Gishie

Marissa Gishie serves as a key procurement lead within the Navajo Area Indian Health Service, supporting the agency’s mission to deliver equitable, culturally competent healthcare to Indigenous communities across the Navajo Nation. She manages the acquisition of critical clinical and operational resources, with a primary focus on information technology services and digital health infrastructure. Her responsibilities include planning, soliciting, awarding, and administering contracts that enable diagnostic capabilities, telehealth systems, laboratory data management, and patient information platforms essential to remote healthcare delivery. Gishie’s work ensures that procurement aligns with federal health standards while addressing the unique logistical and cultural needs of tribal populations. Her primary contractor relationship is with Regency Consulting Inc., a trusted vendor providing specialized IT and health information systems support. Gishie consistently engages this partner for complex, mission-critical services requiring deep domain expertise in tribal health data interoperability and compliance with IHS technical frameworks. Her contracting patterns reflect a preference for established, high-performance vendors capable of delivering scalable, secure, and sustainable solutions tailored to underserved environments. Gishie’s procurement portfolio reflects a 100% non-set-aside orientation, with no utilization of 8(a), HUBZone, or SDVOSB preferences. This reflects a strategic emphasis on securing specialized technical capacity over socioeconomic targeting, prioritizing capability and reliability in environments where service continuity is a matter of public health. Her acquisitions are exclusively classified under NAICS 511210—Software Publishers—indicating a sharp focus on custom and commercial health software solutions, including electronic health record systems, diagnostic data platforms, and clinical workflow applications. Gishie’s expertise lies in procuring secure, interoperable health IT systems that integrate seamlessly with tribal health networks, ensuring compliance with HIPAA and IHS technical standards while supporting preventive care and operational efficiency in remote settings.