Major General Jacob Lestenkof, USA (Ret)

General Lestenkof served in the Army National Guard, as Adjutant General of Alaska. He was also the Federal Regional Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for Alaska, in addition to the Deputy Commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Regional and Community Affairs.

General Lestenkof is noted as highest ranking military officer of Native heritage and is a retired member of the Federal Senior Executive Service.

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Partial history:

• Graduated Mt. Edgecumbe High School in Sitka.
• 1959-1974: US Army National Guard, achieved the rank of Colonel (service includes posting as Staff Assistant for the Alaska Department of Military Affairs, and 2-1/2 years as Alaska Representative for the Alaska Command/Joint Chiefs of Staff worldwide exercises; awarded Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Alaska State Commendation Medal, and the Korean Presi­dential Unit Citation; training included U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the U.S. Army War College)
• 1977 - : Executive Director of the Cook Inlet Native Association. (Also served with U.S. Public Health Service at Mt. Edgecumbe, Alaska; board of directors of the Alaska Children's Services; United Way of Alaska; Hope Cottage; and advisory board member for Northern TV
• 1981, May 15: Appointed Bureau of Indian Affairs' area director for Alaska)

Source: http://www.bia.gov/cs/groups/public/documents/text/idc-023161.pdf

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From the Aleut Management Services (AMS) Board Members website (circa 2012)

http://www.aleutmgt.com/index.php/about-us/ams-board-members/

Major General (Ret.) Jacob “Jake” Lestenkof has been a member of the AMS Board since 2005 and serves as the Vice Chairman of the Board. In addition to his military service, Jake served as Alaska’s Adjutant General and as Commissioner of the Department of Military and Veterans Affairs for four years.

Mr. Lestenkof has served as the Federal Regional Director of the Bureau of Indian Affairs for Alaska. He also served as the Deputy Commissioner of Alaska’s Department of Regional and Community Affairs. He is a retired member of the Federal Senior Executive Service.

He resides in Anchorage, Alaska with his wife, Sherry Valentine.