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Board of Directors

Bill Martin
Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

Bill Martin was born in Petersberg, Alaska. He is Tlingit and Tsaagweidi, Eagle/Killerwhale. He is married to Lorraine Martin and they have four children and nine grandchildren.

Mr. Martin currently serves as the president of the Central Council Tlingit & Haida Tribes. Prior to serving as president, he was the Central Council Vice President, and participated in the Alaska State Suicide Prevention Council (Chair 2005-2006), served as President of the Juneau Tlingit & Haida Community, and a Chairman of ITMA. Mr. Martin worked as an Operations Manager for Tlingit Haida Technology Industries, a programmer for MVS mainframe systems, IBM and Affiliated Computer Corporation and a customer service representative for hardware systems at IBM.

Mr. Martin volunteers at a bowling center coaching kids 5-18 and served on the Selection Committee for Youth Olympics Event, Headway Tech 2002. He is a committed family and believes that "[i]n issues which come up, the grandchildren, and their generation, must be the first consideration."

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