Below is a recap of the 2025 BBNC Annual Meeting of Shareholders and Career Fair. Thank you to everyone who joined us in person or tuned in to watch or listen!

BOARD MEMBERS ELECTED FOR THREE-YEAR TERMS:
Leslie Canavera
Michelle Ravenmoon
H. Robin Samuelsen Jr.
L. Tiel Smith

INITIATIVES APPROVED BY SHAREHOLDERS:
Shareholder Resolution 25-01: To enroll descendants and missed enrollees in the corporation
Ballot for the BBNC Settlement Trust: To issue additional trust units to descendants and missed enrollees to generally provide tax-free dividend distributions

Stay updated on descendant enrollment online here.

SHAREHOLDER OF THE YEAR AWARDS:
BBNC Elder of the Year: Mark Hiratsuka, originally from Ekuk and Clarks Point, AK
BBNC Citizen of the Year: Atkiq Michelle Ilutsik Snyder, originally from Aleknagik and Dillingham, AK
Marie Paul Student of the Year: Ariel Johnson, Anchorage and originally from Dillingham, AK
BBNC Small Business of the Year: Homer Fishing Addiction owned by Zane Millett, Milletts Point, AK

DOOR PRIZE WINNERS:
Early Bird Prize Winners:
$4,000 – John M. P Etuckmelra, Manokotak, AK
$3,000 – Alye S. Forbes, Togiak, AK
$2,000 – Jonathan D. Comfort, Anchorage, AK
$500 – Sally B. Martin, Goodnews Bay, AK
$500 – Avery P. Blair, Anchorage, AK
$500 – Erick M. Anderson, Phoenix, AZ
$500 – Elldon R. Blue, Togiak, AK
$500 – Franklin A. Cythlook, Fairbanks, AK
$500 – Elise A. Abraham, Togiak, AK
$500 – Alice S. Cakau, Togiak, AK
$500 – Cecil J. C. Sutton, Togiak, AK
$500 – Jason K. Shugak, Anchorage, AK
$500 – Nels A. Nukwak-King, Anchorage, AK

Online Voting Prize Winners:
$4,000 – Kara L. Ingram, Nikiski, AK
$3,000 – Ross K. P. Armstrong, Dillingham, AK
$2,000 – Martha M. Nelson, Anchorage, AK
$500 – Roy H. Wassily, Oakridge, OR
$500 – Evan J. McCloskey, Anchorage, AK
$500 –Ani V. White, Dillingham, AK
$500 – Summer J. DarcAngelo, Arlee, MT
$500 – Nicholas G. W. Byars, Palmer, AK
$500 – Sadie A. Spargur, Brookings, OR
$500 –Khloe E. Sandstrom, Anchorage, AK
$500 – Fritz A. Tommy Sr., Togiak, AK
$500 –Petla G. Nanalook, Manokotak, AK
$500 – Sirena M. Tennyson, Dillingham, AK

Annual Meeting Prize Winners:
$3,000 – Matthew S. Williamson, Old Hickory, TN
$2,500 – Elaina S. Contreras, Anchorage, AK
$2,000 – Gerald J. Anelon Sr., Anchorage, AK
$500 – Dorothy C. Greenley, Anchorage, AK
$500 – Emily V. Stone, Anchorage, AK
$500 – Henry R. Howard, Kwethluk, AK
$500 – Richard Hiratsuka, Dillingham, AK
$500 – Derick A. Bavilla, Togiak, AK
$500 – Kirsty S. Coghill, Iliamna, AK
$500 – Keith Andrew, Anchorage, AK
$500 – Lorena R. Blair, Anchorage, AK
$500 – Josephine J. Christopher, New Stuyahok, AK
$500 – Judy M. Moore, Dillingham, AK

Webcast Winners:
$100 – Ricky Delkittie
$100 – Christian Gloko
$100 – Rachel Whittington
$100 – Roger Wassillie
$100 – Kara Wassillie

Career Fair Raffle Winners:
$500 Costco gift card – Victoria Muncy
Seal skin gloves – Wanda Shade
$200 Visa gift card – Wolfe Decker
BBNC backpack – Jaxen Hurley

Bristol Bay Foundation Raffle Prize Winners:
Pack Your Bags for Paradise Package – Monica Wilkinson
Bristol Bay Family Flyaway Package – Erin Peters
Subsistence Superstar Package – Tina Mann
Indigenous Style Package – Amanda Roberts
Alaska Club Package – AlexAnna Salmon