Thomas Napageak Jr. serves as third vice president on Arctic Slope Regional Corporation’s board of directors, holding the director seat for Nuiqsut. Nuiqsut is located on the banks of the Colville River Delta and is within the National Petroleum Reserve in Alaska (NPR-A).
Thomas is a tribal citizen of the Native Village of Nuiqsut and the Iñupiat Community of the Arctic Slope. Thomas is a shareholder of ASRC and Kuukpik Corporation, the Alaska Native village corporation for Nuiqsut. His Iñupiaq name is Kupa.
Thomas holds a number of other community positions. He currently serves as vice president for Nanuq, Inc., a heavy civil construction contractor performing large-scale projects across the North Slope. Thomas is an elected member of the North Slope Borough Assembly, representing Nuiqsut. His love of whaling led him to serve as a commissioner of the Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission.
Thomas graduated from Nuiqsut Trapper School and currently resides in Nuiqsut with his wife, Maryanne, and their four children.