Patuk Glenn

Patuk Glenn is the Executive Director of the Arctic Slope Community Foundation (ASCF). She is the daughter of Richard and Arlene Glenn, granddaughter of Alice Kannik and Robert Glenn and the late Jeanette and Frankie Akpik. She is married to William Martin, Jr. and together they have 4 children.

Patuk has a Bachelor’s Degree in Rural Development from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and is currently studying for her Master’s Degree in Mass Communications at South Dakota State University.

Over the years Patuk has worked to help promote and preserve Inupiat way of life in various capacities. She has worked as Museum Curator for the Inupiat Heritage Center and served as a Project Manager for the Arctic Slope Regional Corporation in Community Economic Development. She believes her greatest achievements to date are the relationships she has developed with community members of the Arctic Slope region. In her capacity as ASCF Executive Director she hopes to continue the vision of the ASCF Board of Directors to work hard and help support positive development in the Arctic Slope region of Alaska.

In early 2020, at the realization of the life changing world pandemic, Patuk began creating cultural, educational and generally fun short video productions for TikTok. Seemingly overnight the videos went viral. One video in particular, a short one minute video created about her families’ ice cellar used to store subsistence foods such as bowhead whale, caribou, and seal was featured on national media sites that created a following of over 120,000.  Patuk uses her influence to uplift Inupiaq culture, and teach the world about the beauty and challenges of life in the Arctic.