Timothy Ballew II is an enrolled member of the Lummi Nation and has lived within the Lummi Indian Reservation his whole life. A lifelong commercial fisherman, he holds a BA in Psychology from Western Washington University and has served on the Lummi Commercial Company Board of Directors, Lummi Nation Housing Authority Commission and the Lummi Nation Education Board. In 2012, he was elected to serve as Tribal Chairman of the Lummi Indian Business Council.