Sitka Tribe of Alaska To Present At Chamber Luncheon

Weekly luncheons are held every Wednesday at noon. Enjoy great food, dynamic speakers, and exciting networking opportunities. Chamber luncheons are open to the public. Chamber members receive special member-only pricing.

The Alaska Day Committee will be giving a brief overview of the exciting upcoming festivities at the beginning of this weeks luncheon!

Executive Lunch Sponsor
Sitka Community Hospital
Upgrade to the Executive Lunch and receive VIP treatment including cookies and special prize drawings.

Speaker
Lawrence SpottedBird, General Manager
Sitka Tribe of Alaska

Biography
Lawrence SpottedBird is the General Manager for the Sitka Tribe of Alaska – starting in this position on April 14, 2014.   He has almost thirty-five years in business development and consulting, including more than thirteen years in executive level management.   Except for four years working for a private IT company in the Seattle area, all his professional work has been with American Indian, Alaska Native and Tribal organizations.
 
Lawrence was born and reared in Southwest Oklahoma and is a member of the Kiowa Tribe of Oklahoma.  He entered college with a major in Architecture and participated in collegiate wrestling at the University of Oklahoma.   He eventually got married and left college for a stint in the U.S. Navy during the Viet Nam Era.   After the military, he used the G.I. Bill to acquire a Bachelors degree in Business Administration from the University of Central Oklahoma.

Prior to joining the STA as the General Manager, he owned his own consulting business – SpottedBird Development - with a focus on tribal economic development, business development, and federal contracting development.  Lawrence has lived in the Northwest for almost fifteen years and enjoys the cool, rainy environment.