Meet Our Board
THRHA is governed by a five-member Board of Commissioners, which is appointed by the Executive Committee of the Central Council Indian Tribes of Alaska. Their role is to represent Southeast Alaska as a whole which includes the Housing Authority and meets quarterly to guide our organization by developing Housing Authority policies, procedure and vision. Each commissioner serves a three-year term of office.
Jacqueline Pata
President & CEO
Jacqueline Pata was appointed President & CEO of the Tlingit-Haida Regional Housing Authority in April 2019. Previously from 1989 to 1998, Ms. Pata was the Executive Director of THRHA and continued to serve THRHA in the role of Ex-Officio on the Board of Commissioners prior to her appointment as CEO.
Before returning to THRHA, Ms. Pata led for nearly 18 years, the National Congress of American Indians in Washington, DC as Executive Director. Prior to that, she served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Native American Programs for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development where she was responsible for the implementation of the Native American Housing Assistance and Self Determination Act. Additionally, she served as Chairwoman of the Native American Indian Housing Council where she led the charge to reform the Indian housing program and was a Board Member at Sealaska Corporation from 1999-2019.
Currently, Ms. Pata is the 2nd Vice President for the Central Council of the Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska and serves on a variety of national executive boards including as a Vice Chair for the Board of Directors of the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights and as a Board Member for the George Gustave Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian.
Clinton Cook
Chair
Ga’gwaath, is Eagle/Frog of Haida nation. He is the President of Craig Tribal Association. He is the second president of CCTHITA and lives in Craig. He has been on the THRHA board since 2015.
Victoria Demmert
Vice Chair
Kuduxeit, is Tlingit/Raven of the K’ineix-Kwaan from the Owl House. She is former President of the Yakutat Tlingit Tribe; the first Native woman to serve as the Mayor of Yakutat; THRHA board member since 2015.
Carol Martinez
Treasurer
Dasa Ka Ee, is Tlingit/Raven of the T’akdeintaan (Sea Pigeon) clan. She is the manager of the Tlingit & Haida Community Navigators and serves as President of the Petersburg Indian Association; THRHA Board member since 2017.
Karen Taug
Secretary
GunnaShaa, is Tlingit – Raven/L’uknax.adi (Coho). She serves on the board of Sealaska, was former CFO for CCTHITA and lives in Haines; HRHA Board member since 2019.
