Byron I. Mallott

Byron I. Mallott was born and raised in Yakutat, Alaska, the ancestral home of his mother’s Tlingit Indian Raven clan. For some forty years Mr. Mallott has been active in both the public and private sectors in Alaska, the Pacific North West, and nationally.

Byron I. Mallott nació y creció en Yakutat, Alaska, hogar ancestral del clan Tlingit de la Nación Indígena Raven, al cual pertenece su señora madre. Por cerca de 40 años, el Sr. Mallott ha estado activo en los sectores público y privado de Alaska, la Región Noroeste del Pacífico y en el ámbito nacional.

Byron was most recently the founding President, now retired, and is currently a Trustee of the First Alaskans Institute, and is a Senior Fellow of the Institute’s Alaska Native Policy Center.

He has served as President of the Alaska Federation of Natives, President, CEO and Chairman of Sealaska Corporation, Trustee and Executive Director/CEO of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, Cabinet Commissioner of the State of Alaska Department of Community and Regional Affairs, Mayor of Juneau, and Mayor of his hometown, Yakutat. He has served on numerous corporate and non profit boards, including Alaska Communications System, Bank of America Alaska, Seattle First National Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, the Alaska Native Brotherhood, The Nature Conservancy of Alaska, The Foraker Group and the Alaska Public Radio Network.

He is currently a corporate director of Alaska Air Group, Alaska Communications Systems, Inc., Native American Bank, and Sealaska Corporation. He is a Trustee of the Institute of the North, the Polynesian Voyaging Society, the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian and Philanthropy Northwest.

Mr. Mallott is Clan Leader of the KwaashKiKwaan clan of the Raven People of Yakutat. He and his wife Toni, retired from teaching elementary grades in the Yakutat and Juneau School Districts, have five grown children. They maintain homes in Yakutat and Juneau.

En fechas más recientes, Byron fue Presidente Fundador, hoy retirado, del Instituto de los Primeros Alasqueños (First Alaskans Institute), del cual sigue siendo Fideicomisario, y es, asimismo, Asociado Decano del Centro de Políticas Nativas de Alaska, adscrito al mismo instituto.

Ha fungido como Presidente de la Federación de Nativos Alasqueños; Presidente, Director Ejecutivo y Presidente del Consejo de Sealaska Corporation; Fideicomisario y Director Ejecutivo/CEO de Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation; Comisionado de Gabinete del Departamento de Asuntos Comunitarios y Regionales del Estado de Alaska; Alcalde de Juneau; y Alcalde de su ciudad natal, Yakutat. Ha sido miembro de muchos consejos corporativos y altruistas, como los de Alaska Communications System, Bank of America Alaska, Seattle First National Bank, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco, Alaska Native Brotherhood, The Nature Conservancy of Alaska, The Foraker Group y Alaska Public Radio Network.

Actualmente, es uno de los directores corporativos de Alaska Air Group, Alaska Communications Systems, Inc., Native American Bank y Sealaska Corporation. También es Fideicomisario de Institute of the North, Polynesian Voyaging Society, Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian y Philanthropy Northwest.

El Sr. Mallott es Líder del Clan KwaashKiKwaan de la Nación Raven de Yakutat. Él y su esposa Toni, profesora jubilada de las escuelas primarias de los Distritos Escolares de Yakutat y Juneau, tienen cinco hijos adultos. Todos viven en Yakutat y Juneau.