Quil Ceda Village Council

Artist's watercolor rendering of the clock tower area of Quil Ceda Village

8802 - 27th Avenue N.E., Tulalip, Washington 98271

360-716-5000

Meet the Quil Ceda Village Council

Marlin Fryberg Jr.
President

Marlin Fryberg presently serves as President of the Quil Ceda Village Council, Services Committee Chairman on the Tulalip Tribes Board, on the Tulalip Boys and Girls Club Sub-committee, and as a delegate for the National Congress of American Indians and on the National Indian Gaming Association. Mr. Fryberg's accomplishments include serving on the Tulalip Housing Commission for 7 years and being promoted to detective after 4 years with the Tulalip Police Department. His special interests are protecting tribal rights, tribal culture, education, recreation, health and safety, and continuing to support the tribe's youth and elders.

Glen Gobin
Council Member

Glen Gobin has served on the Quil Ceda Village Council for many years. Dedicated to the community he grew up in, Glen is also a member of the Tulalip Tribes Board of Directors, appointed to the Joint Everett/Tulalip Water Board, a member of the Marysville School District Oversight Committee, and the chairman of the Tulalip Business Committee, which oversees all business, economic development for the Tribes. Active in many community and cultural activities, Glen has served as master of ceremonies for the Annual Salmon Ceremony. Prior to the Board, Glen has served on the Tribal Gaming Commission, the Tulalip Planning Commission, and has owned and operated a successful trucking and excavation business since 1981 that played a role in the construction of the Tulalip Casino and outlet mall in the Tribes' Quil Ceda Village. This innovative joint venture between a national general contracting firm and a local Tulalip business gave American Indian-owned businesses an opportunity to show their abilities on a complex major project. Of the 201 craft workers on the site July 1, there were 91 Tulalip tribal members, members of tribal families or other American Indians. With his time on the board, Glen hopes to improve the lives of future generations and represent everybody fairly and equally to ensure stability and that the values of today and yesterday are the ones that are passed onto future generations. Glen, a lifetime commercial fisherman, lives in Tulalip and enjoys family time with his wife and four children.

Marie Zackuse
Council Member

Bio Coming Soon

Chuck James
Treasurer

Elected in March 2005, Chuck James serves the membership as Treasurer on the Tulalip Tribes Board of Directors. His focus is on growing the Tribes' financial base through a long term approach: keeping tribal business vibrant and innovative, finding new revenue and stability, and improving education, health and social services to open the door for tomorrow's tribal managers and business leaders.

Prior to returning home to Tulalip, Mr. James acquired 35 years of senior leadership, engineering, manufacturing sales and training experience in America's steel industry. The rise and fall of the American steel business taught Chuck to stay focused on strengths, reasonable goals and avoiding complacency.

Mr. James emerged from a short-lived retirement between May of 2000 and October 2003 to help create business practices in Tulalip's emerging gaming businesses. Chief Operations Officer for Tulalip Casino and Bingo operations, James empowered Tribal employees with business practices and management skills, driving revenue from $40 million to $168 million in three years with the expansion of gaming in Washington state.

In 2005, as a new board member, Chuck James joined fellow board and staff in a collective effort to elevate gaming into a broader-based and more profitable resort destination. By developing a resort hotel and spa around the casino, entertainment and shopping core, and enhancing unique architecture and landscaping to showcase Tribal culture, history and art, the team is providing a new venue to attract an expanded base of gaming/nightlife, wedding, reception and convention clientele.

Into the future, James will continue to work at diversifying the Tribal economy and improving conditions for Tulalip's people - believing economic support, quality family life, education, health and social services are key to increasing the prospects for youth and thus building a strong foundation for Tulalip's future. Chuck and his wife, Ilene, reside in West Seattle. They have two children and four grandchildren.

Deborah Parker
Ex-Officio

Bio coming soon

Melvin Sheldon, Jr.
Ex-Officio

Melvin Sheldon Jr., has served many years on the Tulalip Tribes Board of Directors and is currently Chairman. He is also a member of the NICS Advisory Board, Citizens Committee for Marysville Schools ($100 Million bond for new schools), and CO-chair of the Boys and Girls Club Yearly Auction. Mr. Sheldon's accomplishments include helping to get Medicine Wheel tracking, contributing to the business park and new casino development, and expanding the Veterans Center. He has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Washington, is a Viet Nam veteran, and has worked as a commercial fisherman in Puget Sound and Bristol Bay, Alaska. Mr. Sheldon's long term goals include building a new health care center, bringing a 4-year college campus to the Reservation, and helping the tribe meet the challenges of Retrocession.

Theresa Sheldon
Ex-Officio

Bio Coming Soon

Steve Gobin
Village General Manager

Steve Gobin, a lifelong resident of Tulalip, has served Quil Ceda Village since its inception in 2001.

Steve began his career in health care, working for the US Hospital Corps as a surgical technician, then for Providence Hospital and the Everett Clinic before going to work for the Tulalip Tribes in 1993. He became involved with welfare reform and as a result he joined the Governor’s sub cabinet for implementing the TANF Act and helped write the state’s welfare plan and developed the process for the Tribes to run their own TANF program. It was during this process he recognized that in order for families to successfully transition from poverty into self sufficiency they needed jobs. In order for Tribal members to find jobs there would need to be economic growth. This interest lead to him working on the business side of the Tribes and in economic development.

His passion for economic development continues in his position as General Manager and he enjoys supporting Quil Ceda Village and its employees.

A dedicated family man, Steve is happiest when surrounded by his grandchildren. Steve and his wife Karen reside in Tulalip.