Mark Podlasly

Mark (Cook’s Ferry Indian Band, Nlaka’pamux Nation) is the Director, Economic Policy and Initiatives to the First Nations Major Projects Coalition, a national 70+ Indigenous nation collective seeking ownership of major projects such as pipelines and electric infrastructure. Mark owns Brookmere Management Group (BMG), through which he is engaged as the Chair of the First Nations Limited Partnership (Pipelines), a 16-First Nations $1 billion commercial partnership with Chevron’s Kitimat LNG project.

In addition, Mark informs Indigenous governments on the establishment of sovereign wealth funds/trusts to capture and invest revenue from resource extraction activities. He currently manages an eight-figure fund shared by eight communities.