Rob A. Sanderson Jr. has been a Tlingit & Haida Delegate since 2000 and was re-elected to serve a two-year term on Tlingit & Haida’s Executive Council in 2024.

Rob’s Haida names are Gu’usuwaa and Gúusaaw Xilaats and he is of the Eagle moiety, Sdaasd’as Clan. He was born in Ketchikan and raised in Hydaburg, Alaska. He is the son of Romay D. (Edenshaw) Sanderson and Robert A. Sanderson Sr. His maternal grandparents are the late James and Bertha (Lee) Edenshaw; paternal grandparents are the late Edward and Helen B. Sanderson; and biological paternal grandfather is the late Robert A. Cogo, Sr. He worked as a longshoreman for 17 years, is a lifelong fisherman, and enjoys playing basketball, fishing, and working with children and elders.