Dan Kohoko is a member of the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan First Nation at Golden Lake in Ontario. Prior to being elected, he worked as Pikwakanagan’s Executive Director for 4 years.

Since 1970 he has accumulated a great deal of experience and knowledge working in both Public and Private Sector organizations; eighteen years of which have been at the executive level.

Between 1970 and 1982 Dan worked in government for several departments at both the headquarters and local offices. In 1982 he took on the Executive Director position with the National Association of Friendship Centres, staying for two years before moving into management consulting. His main client base included First Nation Governments as well as the Federal and Provincial levels. In 1992, Dan signed on as one of three negotiators in the Algonquins of Pikwakanagan comprehensive claim to the Ottawa Valley. He became the Director of Negotiations before leaving in 1996 to take on a special project with INAC as Director of Special Projects.

He has been active with the Ohwista Capital Corp. serving as director before becoming president; more th