Ahtna, Inc. operates under the direction of a thirteen-member board. All board members are voted in by shareholders at the annual meeting.
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Nick Jackson, Chair
Seat A: At-Large (2014) |
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Karen Linnell, Vice-Chair
Seat D: Chistochina (2013) |
Angela Vermillion, Treasurer
Seat I: Gulkana (2015) |
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Eleanor Dementi, Secretary
Seat C: Cantwell (2014) |
Albert Fleury, Director
Seat A: At-Large (2013) |
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John E. Craig, Director
Seat G2: Copper Center (2015) |
Ken Johns, Director
Seat A: At Large (2015) |
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Elmer Marshall, Director
Seat J: Tazlina (2014) |
Roy J. Tansy, Sr., Director
Seat A: At-Large (2015) |
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Roy S. Ewan, Director
Seat A: At-Large (2013) |
Franklin John, Director
Seat H: Mentasta Lake (2015) |
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Jessica Edwin, Director
Seat G1: Copper Center (2014) |
Christopher Gene, Director
Seat F: Gakona (2013) |
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The
directors constituting the initial Board of Directors following the
merger of Village Corporations organized pursuant
to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act with and into the corporation
shall consist of eleven (11) directors as then seated. Such directors
must be over the age of eighteen (18). The directors constituting
the initial Board shall hold office until their successors are elected
and qualified at the first annual meeting of shareholders held pursuant
to Article II, Section 1 of these bylaws.
Except
as provided in subsection (a) hereof, all directors shall be shareholders
over the age of eighteen (18). Each director shall hold office until
his/her successor has been elected and qualified. No agent or employee
of the Corporation (excluding subsidiaries) may be a member of the Ahtna,
Incorporated Board of Directors. No Ahtna Incorporated Board of Director
shall be employed as President/CEO of any Ahtna, Inc., subsidiary.
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Nominations shall be made beginning the first day of January and ending the last day of February of each year:
1. For
the At Large seats each Successor Village Organization as provided
in the Articles of Merger may nominate two (2) persons; and ten
(10) shareholders may nominate one (1) person for that class; and
the Board of Directors may nominate five (5) persons.
2. For the designated seats elected by the holders of Classes C, D, F,
G, H, I and J of Ahtna common stock respectively, any stockholder
holding such shares may nominate one (1) director and a meeting for this
purpose shall be called.
The shareholders shall elect thirteen (13) directors, five being At Large and eight being designated seats elected by the holders
of Classes C, D, F, G, H, I and J Ahtna common stock respectively as provided for in the Articles of Merger.
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1. For the At Large seats, the five candidates receiving the most votes would be elected.
2. For the designated seats elected by the holders of Classes C, D, F, G, H, I, and J of Ahtna common stock respectively, the candidates receiving the most votes for each class of stock would be elected.
Directors shall serve three year terms, with one third of their number being
elected at any given year. After the regular 1990 elections, the five at large directorship shall be elected as follows: one
1991, and three in 1992; of the three directors elected in 1992, the one receiving the fewest votes shall serve a two year term. After the
1992 elections, the five at large directorships shall be elected to their three year terms as follows: one in 1993, two in 1994,
and two in 1995, with the same cycle repeating in subsequent years as the incumbent terms expire. The directors shall insure that the Election and Voting provisions of this Article conform to the staggered terms they have created.
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For a vacancy occurring in any particular designated seat elected by holders
of Classes C, D, F, G, H, I and J Ahtna common stock, the Successor Village Organization representing that class
of Ahtna common stock will fill the vacancy by forwarding a name
to the Ahtna, Inc. Board of Directors within thirty (30) days of
the date of the vacancy. The Board will then seat that individual at the next meeting.
Any other vacancy occurring in the Board of Directors including vacancies
not filled by the SVO may be filled by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors though less than a quorum
of the Board of Directors.
A director elected or designated to fill a vacancy shall be elected for the unexpired term of his predecessor in office.
Any directorship to be filled by reason of an increase in the number of directors may be filled by election by the Board of Directors for
a term of office continuing only until the next election of directors by the shareholders.
For more information contact:
Eileen Ewan, Shareholder Services Manager
eewan@ahtna-inc.com
Ahtna, Incorporated
PO Box 649
Glennallen, Alaska 99588
Office: (907) 822-3476
Fax: (907) 822-3495
