Sealaska Seeks Board Youth Advisor
Thursday, January 2, 2020

Sealaska seeks the next Board Youth Advisor and is accepting applications for 2019-2020 term. Each year, Sealaska directors select a non-voting youth advisor to the board to provide input, gain board membership training and gain knowledge of Sealaska’s operations.
Sealaska Director Morgan Howard and 2019-2020 Board Youth Advisor Maka Monture, both of Yakutat, AK.
Key eligibility requirements:
  • Be at least 18 years of age but not older than 25 years of age upon date of submission;
  • Be a holder of at least one share of Class A, B or C Settlement Common Stock and/or Class D Descendants’ Life Estate Stock of the Corporation; and
  • Have completed a minimum of two years of college at an accredited community college, junior college, or university; or two years of comparable work experience; or two years of military service.
The deadline to submit completed applications, supporting documents, and all required letters of recommendation is March 23, 2020. Download and print the application. If you have any questions, please contact the Corporate Secretary office via email at corpsec@sealaska.com or call 907.586.1512. Sealaska Board Youth Advisors

2009 -– 2010 Megan Gregory 2010 –- 2011 Barbara Blake 2011 — 2012 Ralph Wolfe 2012 — 2013 Madeline Soboleff-Levy 2013 — 2014 Alysha Guthrie 2014 — 2015 Alyssa London 2015 –- 2016 Barbara Dude 2106 –- 2017 David Russell-Jensen 2017 –- 2018 Nicole George 2018 — 2019 Aidan Hellen

2019 –- 2020 Maka Monture Päki

 

 

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Posted 2/22/2024
Posted 2/22/2024
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Posted 2/15/2024
Posted 2/15/2024
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Posted 3/10/2023
Posted 3/10/2023
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Posted 2/10/2023
Posted 2/10/2023
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Posted 11/7/2022
Posted 11/7/2022
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Posted 3/8/2022
Posted 3/8/2022
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Posted 2/10/2022
Posted 2/10/2022
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Posted 2/12/2021
Posted 2/12/2021
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Posted 2/9/2021
Posted 2/9/2021
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Posted 2/4/2021
Posted 2/4/2021
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Posted 2/21/2020
Posted 2/21/2020
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Posted 2/13/2020
Posted 2/13/2020
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Posted 2/7/2019
Posted 2/7/2019

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Posted 2/1/2019
Posted 2/1/2019

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Posted 12/13/2018
Posted 12/13/2018

Sealaska seeks the next Board Youth Advisor and is accepting applications for 2019-2020 term. Each year, Sealaska directors select a non-voting youth advisor to the board to provide input, gain board membership training and gain knowledge of Sealaska’s operations. Key eligibility requirements: Be at least 18 years of age but not older than 25 years …


Posted 9/13/2018
Posted 9/13/2018

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