Stephanie Autut is the Executive Director of the Nunavut Water Board. She received her B.A from Wilfrid Laurier University and her Environmental Protection Technology certification from Centennial College, both in Ontario. Stephanie moved north in 1997 after accepting a 6 month teaching position with Nunavut Arctic College and that is when she was bit by the northern bug. After fulfilling short term contracts with the Nunavut Impact Review Board, the Kitikmeot Inuit Association and Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated, Stephanie accepted the position of Executive Director with the NIRB in 2000, a position she held for 11 years. Stephanie left Nunavut in 2011 to pursue new opportunities related to water management directly within the mining industry and regulatory affairs. Stephanie moved back to Nunavut in August 2015.

Raymond Quqshuun SR was born and raised in Gjoa Haven. Raymond is fluent in both Inuktitut and English. Previously, Raymond has worked with the Department of Education (NWT) in various teaching capacities for more than seven years. He has also previously worked as a manager for the local Housing Association for five years and for the NWT Housing Corporation district office in Cambridge Bay, as the regional Programs Manager responsible for the Eastern Kitikmeot Region. Raymond worked as Manager of Finance for Gjoa Haven Education Council and 21 years with the Hamlet of Gjoa Haven as its Senior Executive Officer and Finance Accountant.

Raymond also serves on various boards and regional organisations in the NWT and Nunavut, as a member or chairperson. His experience includes chairing the Nunavut Liquor Licensing Board, being a member on the Kitikmeot Corporation Board of Directors, and on the International Polar Year Organization. Locally, Raymond also serves voluntarily various local organizations including the District Education Authority, the local Co-op Board of Directors and the local Housing Authority.

Raymond received various training through the NWT Arctic College and Territorial Government, including Executive Leadership Training with the Northern Leadership Centre (in partnership with Queens University, School of Business and Cornell University in the state of New York).