Chief & Council

Penelakut Tribe has Council elections every four years, which allows for 9 Council members and 1 Chief Council. First, there is a community meeting that gives people the opportunity to nominate potential candidates; furthermore, this list of nominees are used for the election ballots.
Penelakut Tribe had their last election in 2020 and the following Penelakut Community Members are the current elected Council:
- Chief Joan Brown
- Mark Brown Sr.
- Roger Charlie
- Sharon Cross
- Denny Jack
- Pam Jack
- Joshua James
- Freddy Mitchell Jr.
- Mike Sam
- Ken Thomas