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 Donald
G. Sampson is the Executive Director of the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation
located in northeastern Oregon, a position he has
held since June of 2003. As Executive Director,
he is responsible for more than 1,000 employees
and a $97 million operating budget. The CTUIR is
the government of the Cayuse, Umatilla and Walla
Walla Tribes — a confederation formed by Treaty
in 1855.
Prior to becoming CTUIR's top staff person, Mr.
Sampson was Executive Director of the Columbia River
Inter-Tribal Fish Commission for 4 years and served
as Watershed Manager at CRITFC for 2 years. The
Commission was established by the Yakama, Warm Springs,
Umatilla, and Nez Perce Indian tribes in 1977 and
assists these tribes with gravel-to-gravel management
of the Columbia Basin's salmon resources.
Before joining the CRITFC staff, Mr. Sampson was
Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Confederated
Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation, an elected
position he held from 1993 to 1997. He is an enrolled
member of the CTUIR with Walla Walla tribal heritage.
Mr. Sampson graduated from the University of Idaho
with a Bachelors degree in Fisheries Resource Management.
He has held numerous advisory and elected board
positions including the Earth Conservation Corps
Board, Spirit of the Salmon Fund, Oregon Chapter
of the American Leadership Forum, Bonneville Environmental
Fund, American Heritage Rivers Initiative Advisory
Committee, and Columbia Basin Fish and Wildlife
Authority Chair.
In 2002, the Ford Foundation named Mr. Sampson as
a recipient of the Leadership for a Changing World
award (2002-04), a program that recognizes up to
20 community leaders throughout the nation.
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