Renee Wardlaw serves as Vice President, Corporate Compliance and Administration for Bristol Bay Native Corporation (BBNC). In her current capacity, Renee oversees the corporate compliance and ethics program, which includes implementing various policies and procedures, creating interactive and engaging training, and determining and implementing the strategic direction of BBNC’s Annual Leadership and Compliance Conference. She is also charged with managing the Board of Directors governance with a focus on board and committee meeting management. Additionally, Renee oversees BBNC’s contract management program, export compliance program, records and information management program, and user implementation of technology resources.

She earned her bachelor’s degree in history and political science from Stony Brook University and her law degree and MBA from American University. Renee previously served as an Associate Attorney for Baxter, Bruce & Sullivan, P.C. in Juneau, Alaska and as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Alaska Division of Banking and Securities.

Renee is a member of several community service organizations, including the NAACP, Jack and Jill of America, and the Rasmuson Foundation, Black in Alaska Advisory Committee. She is also the Alaska State Coordinator for Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc, the largest African American sorority in the world.

Renee currently serves as the Communications Chair for the Anchorage Association of Women Lawyers and as Co-chair of the Alaska Bar Association Diversity Commission, a Commission dedicated to increasing the number of BIPOC lawyers in Alaska. In 2021, Renee was selected as one of Alaska’s Top Forty under 40 and was elected to the Board of Directors for the Alaska Humanities Forum.

Renee is a proud daughter of immigrants as her family hails from Jamaica, West Indies. She enjoys shopping, reading, spinning/cycling and spending time with her friends and family.