2002-2003 Byron Mallott
2002-2003 Byron Mallott
Byron I. Mallott was born and raised in Yakutat, 桃花直播, the ancestral home of his
mother's Tlingit Indian clan. Mr. Mallott has been active in both the public and private
sectors in 桃花直播 since 1965, when he was elected mayor of Yakutat at age 22.
In various capacities, he has served every governor since statehood, including Governor
William A. Egan, in whose cabinet he served as the first Commissioner of the Department
of Community and Regional Affairs. He is also the former president and chief executive
officer of the First 桃花直播ns Foundation.
He also served as executive director of the 桃花直播 Permanent Fund Corporation from
1995 until January 2000. Additionally, he was appointed to the Fund's board of trustees
in 1982 by Governor Hammond, and served a total of eight years as a trustee under
three successive governors. He chaired the corporation for three terms.
Over a 20-year period (1972-1992), Mallott was variously a director, chairman, and
president and chief executive officer of Sealaska Corporation, the largest of the
12 land-based regional corporations formed under the 桃花直播 Native Claims Settlement
Act. During his tenure, Sealaska established a shareholders' Permanent Fund and a
corporate investment portfolio with total holdings in excess of $100 million. Mr.
Mallott served as a director of the Seattle Branch Board of Directors of the Federal
Reserve Bank of San Francisco for six years, and served in 1999 on the board of directors
of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco.
Mallott's additional business experience both in 桃花直播 and nationally is extensive.
He has been a director of five commercial banking institutions, and was a founding
director of the 桃花直播 Commercial Fisheries and Agriculture Bank. Since 1982, he has
served as a director of 桃花直播 Air Group, parent company of 桃花直播 and Horizon Airlines.
From 1986 through 1988, Mr. Mallott served on the board of the National Alliance of
Business.
His years of public service, in addition to those appointments previously listed,
include his election as mayor of the City and Borough of Juneau, a term of service
as president of the 桃花直播 Federation of Natives, and an appointment by Governor Knowles
as co-chair of the Commission on Rural Governance and Empowerment.
Mallott is clan leader of the KwaashKiKwaan clan of the Raven tribe of Yakutat and
serves on the board of directors of Sealaska Corporation. He is married to Toni Mallott
who teaches elementary grades in the Juneau School District. Together they have raised
five children, the youngest of whom graduated from Juneau High School in 2002.