Gunaatsk (Tsimshian Hereditary name) - Matt Vickers has been entrenched in his Indigenous tradition and has been a top-notch business leader for the past forty-four (44) years. He has built several successful businesses in a variety of sectors including First Nations artwork, technology, and management consulting. He has worked with Royal Bank Financial Group as a Senior Manager developing their Aboriginal Banking program, a Partner with MNP (Meyers Norris Penny) a national chartered accounting and management consulting firm, a Partner & CEO of Generating for 7 Generations – a $27 billion 1600 mile, a proposed, new, purpose built, rail project from Fort MacMurray Alberta to Alaska, and is now the Chairman and CEO of NorthernNations Cooperative, a federally registered entity designed to bring all Indigenous entities in Canada together. He was recently honored by the University of Vancouver Island and University Canada West with an Honorary Doctorates degree.