Grand Chief Stewart Phillip
President

In October 2008, concluded his fourth consecutive four year term as Chief of the Penticton Indian Band (PIB), Grand Chief Stewart Phillip has served the Band as Chief for a total of 14 years. In addition, he served as an elected Band Councilor for a 10-year period.

In October 2006, the Okanagan Nation, led by the Elders of the Penticton Indian Band, acknowledged his lifetime commitment to the defense of Indigenous Peoples' Title and Rights by bestowing on him and his family the rare honour of the title of Grand Chief.

Over the last 34 years, Grand Chief Stewart Phillip has worked within the Penticton Indian Band Administration holding a variety of positions such as, Band Administrator, Director of Land Management, Education Counselor, Economic Development Officer and Band Planner.

Aside from serving as a member of the PIB council for a total of 24 years, he is proud to be in his fourth three-year term as the President of the Union of BC Indian Chiefs.

He has taken an active role in the defense of Aboriginal Title and Rights by readily offering support to Native communities in need. He has taken a personal approach seeing first-hand the impact of fish farms in the Broughton Archipelago, lobbying on Parliament Hill to defeat the First Nations Governance Act, standing with Elders of Treaty 8 against oil and gas development in the Peace River, burning referendum ballots with fellow chiefs in protest and has stood on the steps of the Legislature with 3000 other people united under the Title and Rights Alliance banner.

Grand Chief Phillip has been married for twenty-four years to his wife Joan. They have four grown sons, two daughters, four granddaughters and four grandsons. He is currently enjoying his 21st year of sobriety. In this regard, he is a firm believer in leading by example.

Chief William Charlie
Vice-President
  

Chief Bob Chamberlin
Secretary-Treasurer