MARGARET L. BROWN

President and Chief Executive Officer

Margie Brown became president and chief executive officer of CIRI on Jan. 1, 2005. She is a CIRI shareholder, Yup'ik and originally from Takotna, Alaska. She first joined CIRI in 1976 as an assistant land planner and rose through the ranks and became vice president of land and resources from 1978 to 1983; vice president of oil and gas from 1989 to 1992; and senior vice president from 1993 to 1995. She served on CIRI's Board of Directors from 2002 to 2005 and from 1984 to 1987.

Early in her career at CIRI, Brown was instrumental in implementing the Cook Inlet Land Exchange. She also managed CIRI's resources operations when oil and gas businesses made significant contributions to the Company's annual income.

Brown currently serves on the national board of The Trust for Public Land, the board of the Anchorage Museum Foundation, the Alaska Federation of Natives board, the Alaska Native Heritage Center board and is a member of the board of trustees for the Nature Conservancy in Alaska. She also serves on advisory boards for Alaska Airlines and the University of Alaska Anchorage Honors College. Brown is a 2007 Athena Award recipient, a 2008 fDi Magazine business personality of the year and a 2009 Alaska Business Hall of Fame laureate. She received her bachelor's degree in biology from the University of Oregon and her master's in business administration from the University of Colorado.