Governance
“Seacoast Trust will allow people in the region who are working across our collective impact network to self-determine how we spend money to fund the projects that are most crucial for our future generations."
— Gah Kith Tin Alana Peterson, Executive Director of Spruce Root Inc.
Grounded in our original guardians’ values, the earnings of the Seacoast Trust support a different kind of conservation: one that recognizes healthy people and communities as inseparable from nature. Working across divides caused by more than a century of exploitation — of our lands, resources and people — we have done the hard work to identify shared goals and priorities to reconnect in service of our children and grandchildren.
The Seacoast Trust is overseen by committees and positions appointed by the Spruce Root board of directors, which also oversees the Sustainable Southeast Partnership’s present-day funding from other sources.
The Seacoast Trust is a perpetual funding source for Sustainable Southeast Partnership programs and community benefits. The Sustainable Southeast Partnership is a Spruce Root program, and Spruce Root governs the Seacoast Trust.
Meet the Seacoast Trust Investment Committee
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Leilani Wilson Walkush
Ka Kugesh Leilani Wilson Walkush, Managing Partner & Chief Compliance Officer for Breakwater Investment Group; Goldbelt Board of Directors Secretary; Goldbelt Heritage Foundation Board Vice President.
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Matthew Vanderpool
Tin’aa Keet Matthew Lindholm Vanderpool, Principal, ML Vanderpool; Board of Directors for Young Professionals in Energy NYC (YPE NYC)
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Barbara Blake
'Wáahlaal Gíidaak Barbara Blake, Alaska Native Policy Center Director for First Alaskans Institute; Sealaska Board of Directors; Native Peoples Action Board of Directors; City and Borough of Juneau Assembly.
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Laird Jones
Chi’cut Laird Jones, Kavilco Incorporated Board of Directors, Kasaan Haida Heritage Foundation Board of Directors.
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Anthony Mallott
Gunnuk’ Anthony Mallott, Former Sealaska President and Chief Executive Officer; ANCSA Regional Association member and Treasurer; Spruce Root Board of Directors; SSP Steering Committee.
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Kevin O'Neal-Smith
Yaa sh kanda.ets' Kevin O'Neal-Smith, Impact Strategist for Adasina Social Capital, Haa Yakaawu Financial Corporation Board of Directors, X'aaká Hít Point House Revitalization Advisory Board
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Micah S. McNeil
Watsdáa Micah S. McNeil, Corporate Counsel, Goldbelt Inc.
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Alana Peterson
Gah Kith Tin Alana Peterson (ex officio), Spruce Root Executive Director; Sitka Sound Science Center Board of Directors; Outer Coast Board of Trustees.
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Our Mission
We support the communities of Southeast Alaska in achieving their goals for collective well-being, sustainable economic prosperity, environmental stewardship and natural resource management.
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Our Vision
The Seacoast Trust envisions a new economic model for Southeast Alaska, in which access to capital and a strong foundation of Indigenous values is the basis for healthy communities and the conservation of natural resources for the benefit of future generations.
