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Hear from All the 2018 Sealaska Board Candidates
Monday, May 21, 2018

Sealaska is meeting with communities during May. During the community meetings, shareholders have the opportunity to hear from board endorsed candidates as well as independents who are present at the meeting. At the Juneau community meeting, all board candidates gave their statements. 

 Video from the Juneau community meeting on May 16, 2018

You can read more about candidates, and proxy materials on MySealaska.com > Election Connection.

Click on the candidate’s name to hear his/her presentation.

Sealaska Endorsed Nominees

Barbara Cadiente-Nelson

Albert Kookesh

J.Tate London

Joe Nelson

William “Bill” Thomas

Independent Candidates

Nicole Hallingstad

Edwell John, Jr.

Karen Taug


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Shareholder Proxy Update

Pinned - Posted 5/12/2025

Shareholders, an error occurred when printing proxy cards regarding the number of shares you own and votes you have in the top right corner of your proxy card. This error does not affect the validity of your paper proxy, nor does it affect voting on MySealaska.com through the Election Connection portal



Early Bird Deadline Extended

Pinned - Posted 5/12/2025

After considering the recently announced U.S. Postal Service delays to First-Class Mail in conjunction with a paper proxy error leading shareholders who wish to vote by mail to potentially wait for their regularly scheduled second proxy mailing, we have made the decision to extend the early bird deadline to June 6. We are listening to shareholders and want to give everyone the best chance to qualify as an early bird. Thank you for understanding and thank you for voting.



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