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March 14, 2012 – Kotzebue, Alaska - On March 12, 2012, NANA Regional Corporation, Inc. (NANA) held its 2012 Annual Meeting of Shareholders in Selawik, Alaska. During the meeting, the following board members were elected to serve 3-year terms on the NANA board:
Seat |
Board Member Name |
At-Large |
Luke Sampson |
Kiana |
Charlie Curtis |
Kivalina |
Mary F. Sage |
Kobuk |
Henry Horner, Sr. |
Noatak |
Joseph Luther |
Noorvik |
Robert “Dad-Dad” Sampson |
Selawik |
Allen Ticket, Sr. |
Shungnak |
Frederick Sun |
The following board members are continuing directors: Harvey B. Vestal (At-Large); Gladys Jones (Ambler); Nellie Sheldon (Ambler); Tony Jones, Jr. (Buckland); Alice Moore (Buckland); Emerson Moto (Deering); Ronald Moto, Sr. (Deering); Janice Westlake-Reich (Kiana); Lowell Sage, Jr. (Kivalina); Pearl Gomez (Kobuk); Dood Lincoln (Kotzebue); Frank Adams, Sr. (Noatak); Donald G. Sheldon (Noorvik); Diana Ramoth (Selawik); Linda Lee (Shungnak). Levi Cleveland continues to serve the board as an elder advisor.
Mikunda Cottrell was the ballot tabulator and reported the following results:
NANA Regional Corporation, Inc.
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
March 12, 2012
Selawik, Alaska
Election Results
Seat |
Name |
Total Votes Received |
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Kiana |
Charlie A. Curtis |
498,629 |
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Kivalina |
Mary F. Sage |
375,196 |
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Myra Wesley |
298,370 |
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Kobuk |
Henry Horner, Sr. |
399,766 |
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Wanda Custer |
342,729 |
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Noatak |
Joseph Luther |
383,461 |
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Noorvik |
Robert "Dad-Dad" Sampson |
577,910 |
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Lonnie Tebbits, Sr. |
419,185 |
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Selawik |
Allen Ticket, Sr. |
513,469 |
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Tommy Ballot, Sr. |
430,256 |
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Shungnak |
Michael Tickett |
293,529 |
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Frederick Sun |
316,814 |
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At-Large |
Luke Sampson |
745,677 |
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Leonard Barger |
173,442 |
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Millie Hawley |
257,478 |
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Roberta Bernhardt Jackson |
265,845 |
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Frankie Jones, Jr. |
162,317 |
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Lawrence "Larry" Jones |
557,335 |
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Christopher Maxwell |
36,953 |
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Chad Nordlum |
235,828 |
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Margaret "Midge" Schaeffer |
118,866 |