John Witte has lived and worked in Alaska for nearly 25 years and has been married to Mary Sholton Witte, a lifetime Alaskan, for nearly 19 years. John is the Chairman and CEO of Naniq Global Logistics an Alaskan based corporation with offices throughout the United States. The Witte’s are an avid outdoor family that count snowmobiling as their favorite wintertime activity. In discussing their 2012 philanthropic plan, John and Mary decided to merge his desire to run the race and with their desire to raise money for charities. That’s all that he needed to advance, a selfless reason!