Karlin Itchoak is Alaska State Director of The Wilderness Society. He is Inupiat and grew up in Nome with family from Utqiaqvik and upstate New York. He graduated from UAF and earned his law degree from Gonzaga University. Professional experience includes working for Ukpeagvik Inupiat Native Corporation, the Institute of the North, and the Berkowitz gubernatorial campaign, clerking for the Chief Justice of the Alaska Supreme Court, and conducting economic development plans for the Bering Strait region. He co-founded a consulting company focused on Arctic business relations, partnerships, and diplomacy. He currently serves on the boards of the Alaska Center and Alaska Institute of Justice, and previously served as elected President of the Nome Eskimo Community Council. Karlin is passionate about defending Native subsistence rights, climate adaptation issues in the Arctic, circumpolar policymaking, and preserving Alaska Native cultures.