CIRI — Our Corporation — Board of Directors

Cale V. Tolbert

Athabascan

Cale V. Tolbert serves as senior legal counsel for SoundHound AI, a global leader in voice and conversational intelligence. His professional background encompasses commercial fishing, engineering, law and corporate governance. He holds a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering and an MBA from Northern Arizona University and a Juris Doctor degree from the Santa Clara School of Law. Mr. Tolbert serves on the board of CITC Enterprises Inc., a for-profit subsidiary of Cook Inlet Tribal Council. He has served on the CIRI Board of Directors since 2025.
Cale Tolbert
About Cook Inlet Region, Inc.

What is CIRI?

Cook Inlet Region, Inc., also known as CIRI, is one of 12 land-based Alaska Native regional corporations created pursuant to the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA). CIRI’s regional boundaries roughly follow the traditional Dena’ina territory of Southcentral Alaska. CIRI was incorporated on June 8, 1972 and is owned today by a diverse group of nearly  9,300 Shareholders who live in Alaska and throughout the world.
 
ANCSA addressed the aboriginal claim to land by Alaska Native people by mandating the formation of for-profit corporations representing various regions of the state and by providing land and seed capital to those corporations. CIRI is one of those corporations, with regional boundaries that roughly follow the traditional Dena’ina territory of southcentral Alaska. CIRI was incorporated on June 8, 1972
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Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) is one of 12 regional corporations established in Alaska by the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of 1971. CIRI is owned by nearly 9,500 Shareholders, primarily of Athabascan, Southeast Indian, Inupiat, Yup’ik, Alutiiq/Sugpiaq and Aleut/Unangax descent.
SHAREHOLDERS + DESCENDANTS
OUR CORPORATION
BUSINESS SEGMENTS
CONTACT CIRI
Phone Numbers
TOLL FREE // (800) 764-2474 (CIRI)
Physical address
725 E. Fireweed Lane, Suite 800 Anchorage, AK 99503
Email address
info@ciri.com
Phone Numbers
Fax // (907) 279-8836
Dividend Hotline
Physical address
Mailing address
ATTN: CIRI Shareholder Relations
P.O. Box 93330, Anchorage, AK 99509-3330
Phone Numbers
TOLL FREE // (833) 263-5136
Physical address
Mailing address
ATTN: CIRI Probate
P.O. Box 93330, Anchorage, AK 99509-3330
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