Our Board of Directors
The YRDFA Board of Directors are from Yukon River communities and represent the various fishing districts.
The Board members and alternates together forms a thirty (30) member delegation representative of the diverse users of salmon in the Yukon River drainage. Salmon users in the drainage include those under the category of subsistence user, commercial user / small processor, sportfish user and large processor.
Board members are nominated and then YRDFA members vote to elect a board member for their district. To make decisions that affect the salmon fishery. Board members may also be appointed. YRDFA Board of Directors work by consensus.
Coastal Seat 1
Lester Wilde
Hopper Bay |Term 2024
Y-1 Seat 1
Stanley Pete
Nunam Iqua | Term 2024
Y1 Seat 2
John Strongheart
Y1 Seat 3
Paul Andrews
Emmonak | Term 2024
Y2 Seat 1
Bill Alstrom
St. Mary’s | Term 2024
Y-2 Seat 2
Mike Peters
Marshall | Term 2023
Y2 Seat 3
Stanislaus Sheppard
Mt. Village | Term 2024
Y3 Seat 1
Alfred Demientieff, Jr.
Holy Cross | Term 2024
Y4 Seat 1
Fred Huntington, Sr.
Galena | Term 2024
Y4 Seat 2
Robert Walker
Anvik | Term 2024
Y5 Seat 1
Charlie Wright
Tanana | Term 2024
Y5 Seat 2
Brooke Woods
Rampart| Term 2025
Y6 Seat 1
Dorothy Shockley
Manley Hot Springs | Term 2024
Y6 Seat 2
Victor Lord
Nenana | Term 2024
Koyukuk River
Darrell Vent
Allakaket | Term 2023
Flats, Seat 1
Jan Woodruff
Eagle | Term 2023
Canadian Seat 1
James MacDonald
Whitehorse, YT | Term 2023
Alternate Seats
Coastal Alt 1
Richard Tuluk
Chevak| Term 2025
Coastal Alt 2
Clifford Kaganak, Sr
Scammon Bay | Term 2024
Y1, Alt 1
Marvin Okitkun
Kotlik | Term 2024
Y1, Alt 2
Vacant
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Y2, Alt 1
Rex Nick
Pilot Station| Term 2024
Y2, Alt 2
William Riley, Jr
Pitka's Point | Term 2023
Y3, Alt 1
Basil Larson
Russian Mission | Term 2024
Y4, Alt 1
Tommy Kriska
Galena |
Y4, Alt 2
Vacant
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Y5, Alt 1
Vacant
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Y6, Alt 1
Phillip Titus
Minto| Term 2024
Y6, Alt 2
Kathleen Demientieff
Nenana | Term 2024
Koyukuk, Alt 1
Darrell Vent, Sr
Huslia | Term 2023
Flats, Alt 1
Rochelle Adams
Beaver/Ft. Yukon | Term 2023
Canadian Alternate 1
Carl Sidney
Teslin, YT | Term 2023
Young Fishers
Young Fisher Seat 1
Katlyn zuray
Tanana | Term 2023
Young Fisher Seat 2
Kerri Kelly
Pilot Station | Term 2023