Jon Panamaroff

Jon Panamaroff is the Chief Executive Officer of Command Holdings. WWC Global is an operating firm of Command Holdings. He is a member of the Sun’aq tribe of Kodiak, Alaska.

Formerly, he was the Chief Compliance & Business Integration Officer of Koniag Government Services (KGS), President of the Koniag Education Foundation, and CEO of the Kodiak Brown Bear Center, all subsidiaries/affiliates of Koniag, Inc. While under Jon's leadership, KGS grew 40% year over year for the five years he was at the company going from $48M to nearly $338M in revenue.

Before his time at Koniag, Jon had spent his professional career in finance and Native American economic development working with/for Native-owned corporations, community development financial institutions, the federal government, and banks.

He was the former President and CEO of Colville Tribal Solutions Corporation, Willapa Bay Enterprises Corporation, and First Nations Oweesta Corporation (CDFI), and Northwest Zone Credit Manager for the Office of Indian Energy and Economic Development- Division of Capital Investments at the Department of the Interior.

Jon has been directly involved in managing and/or generating over $600 million of investment capital for Native Communities.

While at the Office of Indian Energy and Economic, Development Jon set himself apart by providing nearly $60 Million of loan guaranties in 2009 to tribal enterprises. Because of this, Jon was selected for the Department of Interior's Indian Affairs Leadership Development Program.

Jon holds a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology with departmental honors in both disciplines from Eastern Washington University (EWU). Jon also graduated with a Master of Public Administration from EWU.

He has completed industry-focused programs at the University of Washington, the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado, and Harvard Business School. He is currently completing his Ph.D. at the Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver.