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Home > Our Lands > The Vision of Our Lands > Timber Operations > Sealaska Tribal Member Shareholder to Serve on Marine Mammal Commission President Barack Obama has appointed Sealaska tribal member shareholder Dr. Michael F. Tillman to the Marine Mammal Commission. The commission consists of three members who focus their duties on the protection and conservation of marine mammals and maintenance of the health and stability of their ecosystems.“I am greatly honored to have been selected by President Obama and confirmed by the Senate,” said Dr. Tillman. “This appointment provides a wonderful opportunity to apply my past professional experience to the conservation of marine mammals and to continue my public service to this great nation.” Dr. Tillman is a non-resident research associate working on marine wildlife conservation issues at the Center for Marine Biodiversity and Conservation in the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. He is a former career senior executive with the National Marine Fisheries Service, having served as the agency’s first chief scientist, its deputy director, and as director of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center in La Jolla, California. His extensive experience in international marine conservation includes appointments by President Clinton as Deputy U.S. Commissioner to the International Whaling Commission and as U.S. Commissioner to the Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission. Among Dr. Tillman’s numerous career awards are the Presidential Rank Award of Meritorious Service for sustained excellence in supporting U.S. goals of protecting whales internationally and recovering protected species domestically, and the prestigious Animal Welfare Institute’s Albert Schweitzer Medal for whale conservation efforts. During his career, he has published over 40 papers and articles on the status of fisheries resources, marine mammals and other protected species. Dr. Tillman is a Vietnam era veteran and a member of the Tlingit Indian Tribe of Southeast Alaska. He received his Ph.D. in fisheries science in 1972, his M.S. in 1968, and a B.S. in fisheries science in 1965, all from the University of Washington. He and his wife, Jennifer, currently reside in Encinitas, California. He is the son of Margaret Roberts Tillman, member of the Roberts/Peratrovich families of Klawock, Eagle moiety, Flicker clan. His Tlingit name is Skan.
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