Julius M. Rexford serves on Arctic Slope Regional Corporation’s board of directors, holding the director seat for Point Lay. Point Lay is located on the Chukchi Sea coast, protected from the ocean by the Kasugaluk Lagoon.
Julius is a tribal citizen of the Native Village of Point Lay and the Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope as well as a shareholder of ASRC and Ukpeaġvik Iñupiat Corporation, the Alaska Native village corporation for Utqiaġvik. His Iñupiaq name is Kullak.
Julius currently represents Point Lay as a commissioner on the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission, where he was previously treasurer. He is also a former member of the North Slope Borough Fish and Wildlife Committee.
Julius previously worked for the North Slope Borough as a village services supervisor. He has spent more than 20 years serving his community in jobs ranging from laborer, to truck driver, to power plant operator.
Julius currently resides in Point Lay and is the whaling captain of the Atkaan Crew, which made history in 2008 by landing the first whale in Point Lay in 73 years. With his late wife, Marie, Julius has eight children and thirty-one grandchildren.