Venida S. Chenault is an American Potawatomi government official and academic administrator who served as president of Haskell Indian Nations University (HINU) from 2014 to 2019.

[3] During that time, Chenault-White was a professor of social sciences (1994),[4] served as interim director of American Indian studies (June 1996 to July 1999); as acting associate dean for the Division of Instruction (December 1997 to June 1998); as acting director of the Institute for Distance Education (April to August 2003); and as co-director of a Ford Foundation grant that Haskell held in conjunction with the University of Kansas, exploring the Native American experience.

[3] Chenault's scholarship specializes on the violence and substance abuse activity and prevention within the American Indian community.

[3] While with the BIE, she helped lead key priority post-secondary education projects, including developing partnership agreements with tribal colleges and universities (TCUs) and working with the Bureau of Indian Affairs’ Office of Justice Services and the National Park Service to design professional development curriculum.

[7] In March 2019, Chenault took a program analyst position in the BIE office of research, policy, and post-secondary education.