Iriqtaq Pearl Gomez is a director from Kobuk who was elected to the NANA board in 2023.

In addition to her NANA board duties, Iriqtaq is a site monitor for Ambler Metals. She previously worked as an administrative assistant for the NANA Trespass Program. She also worked as a laborer for Alaska Native Renewable Energies Inc., a relief administrative assistant for Maniilaq Association, a temporary secretary for the Northwest Arctic Borough School District and as a laborer for the Northwest Inupiat Housing Authority.

Iriqtaq previously served as a director of NANA from 2008 to 2017.

Board Committee Assignments

Budget, audit and finance; economic development and sustainability; article VIII – 3; alternate, Upper Kobuk Minerals Project