Panitchiaq Tommy Ballot Sr.

Director, Selawik

    Panitchaq Tommy Ballot Sr. is a director from Selawik who was elected to the NANA board in 2021. He previously served on the board from 1997 to 2003.

    In addition to his NANA board duties, Panitchaq serves as a member of Northwest Arctic Borough’s joint school construction and maintenance committee and trustee of the NANA Elders’ Settlement Trust. He is a member of the Selawik Elders Council and the Regional Elders Council. He previously chaired the Selawik Elders Council and was an advisory school board member in Selawik for the Northwest Arctic Borough School District.

    Board committee assignments:

    Budget, audit and finance; ethics and rules; article VIII – 4