Byron I. Mallott, Juneau, AK

"As shareholders—especially as directors—we must reflect and live our pride in heritage as well as continue to grow as business leaders."

Byron I. Mallott has been involved in Sealaska since its inception and is a past director, board chair, and president and CEO of the Corporation. He is the chair of the Audit Committee, a member of the Nominations Committee, and serves as a director of Sealaska Timber Corporation and Sealaska Environmental Services, LLC.

Byron has recently retired as the president and CEO of First Alaskans Institute. He is a current director of Alaska Air Group (parent company of Alaska and Horizon Airlines) and of Alaska Communications Systems, Inc. Byron attended Western Washington University and has an honorary doctorate in humanities from the University of Alaska.

He has been active in both the public and private sectors in Alaska since 1965 when he was elected mayor of Yakutat at age 22. In various capacities, he has served every Alaskan governor since statehood. Among his many accomplishments, Byron served as the executive director of the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation, mayor of the city and borough of Juneau, president of the Alaska Federation of Natives, director of the Alaska Public Radio Network and executive-in-residence at the School of Business and Public Administration at the University of Alaska Southeast.

Byron was born and raised in Yakutat, the ancestral home of his mother's Tlingit Clan. He is the clan leader of the Kwaashk'i Kwáan of the Raven people in Yakutat.

Byron is married to Toni Mallott, who teaches elementary school in the Juneau School District. Together they have raised five children, the youngest of whom graduated from Juneau-Douglas High School in 2002.