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
Y-1 Seat 1
Stanley Pete
Y1 Seat 2
Allen Hansen
Y1 Seat 3
Michael James
Y2 Seat 1
Bill Alstrom
Y-2 Seat 2
Mike Peters
Y2 Seat 3
Nick Andrew, Sr.
Y3 Seat 1
Alfred Demientieff, Jr.
Y4 Seat 1
Fred Huntington, Sr.
Galena | Term 2021
Y4 Seat 2
Richard Burnham
Kaltag | Term 2022
Y5 Seat 1
Charlie Wright
Tanana | Term 2021
Y5 Seat 2
Stan Zuray
Tanana | Term 2021
Y6 Seat 1
Tim McManus
Nenana | Term 2021
Y6 Seat 2
Victor Lord
Nenana | Term 2022
Koyukuk River
Pollock Simon, Sr.
Allakaket | Term 2021
Flats, Seat 1
Andrew Firmin
Fort Yukon | Term 2021
Canadian Seat 1
Al Von Finster
Alternate Seats
Coastal Alt 1
Clifford Kaganak, Sr.
Coastal Alt 2
Richard Tuluk
Y1, Alt 1
Paul Andrews
Y1, Alt 2
Camille Augline
Y2, Alt 1
Michelle Peterson
Y2, Alt 2
Duane Thompson
Y3, Alt 1
Basil Larson
Russian Mission | Term 2021
Y4, Alt 1
Dick Evans
Galena | Term 2021