RIG DOT&PF A new cabinet commissioner is in charge of the state Department of Transportation and Public Facilities (DOT&PF). Governor Anderson Mike Dunleavy appointed Ryan Anderson to the job, replacing John MacKinnon, who had been commissioner since December 2018. Anderson, a twentyyear veteran of the department, previously oversaw DOT&PF’s Northern Region. He has a bachelor’s degree in geological engineering from UAF.
ACDA He challenged, then endorsed, Dave Bronson in the race for mayor of Anchorage in April, and now Mike Robbins is working Robbins within the new administration. Robbins has been hired by the Anchorage Community Development Authority (ACDA) board of directors as its new Executive Director. He replaces Andrew Halcro, who resigned in March. A longtime local business owner himself, Robbins will oversee ACDA’s mission of economic revitalization, financial stability, and supporting development projects. “I have the utmost confidence in Mike Robbins to aggressively pursue economic expansion and diversification for our city,” says Mayor Bronson.
NOAA Fisheries NOAA Fisheries announced its hire of Bael Baldwin-Schaeffer as a new Tribal Research Coordinator in Anchorage. She joins the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s
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Communications Program to foster relationships with subsistence communities and fishing. Baldwin-Schaeffer has both a science background—a bachelor’s degree in sustainability studies and a master’s in environmental science from APU—as well as ties to local communities. In BaldwinSchaeffer her previous work, she led a collaborative study examining offshore gold mining and effects on structural habitat for juvenile red king crab in Norton Sound.
Sitnasuak Financial Services Sitnasuak Financial Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of Nome-based Sitnasuak Native Corporation, hired Sharon K. Elliott as President, Elliott overseeing the operations of both Fidelity Title Agency of Alaska and MatSu Title Agency. Elliott’s diverse financial background in Alaska and Washington state includes eighteen years in real estate, loan origination, and title and escrow closing. Most recently, Elliott was founder and president of Alaska Exchange Corporation, now Alaska Exchange Company, which opened in Anchorage in 1993.
KeyBank KeyBank is making moves in its Alaska commercial division. Tracy Morris has been promoted to the division’s Senior Vice President, where she works with large corporate businesses. Morris began her banking career more than eighteen years ago on the retail side while attending UAA, where she studied
business management as a student-athlete. Morris sits on the advisory board for Providence Hospital. KeyBank also brought in Morris Jake Askren as Commercial Analyst. He brings more than twenty years of experience as a small business banking specialist. In this role, he assists the commercial bank unit in approving loans by analyzing Askren financial statements to determine credit worthiness and identify known and unknown risks. Most recently he served as branch manager at the Benson branch.
Tlingit and Haida The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska brought aboard Misty Browne as Manager of the 477 Temporary Assistance Browne for Needy Families (TANF) department. Browne oversees daily management of the TANF program, which provides financial assistance to families while emphasizing work participation, education, family stability, and selfsufficiency for Alaska Natives in Southeast Alaska. Browne earned both associate’s and bachelor’s degrees in psychology.
R&M Some personnel at R&M Consultants are leveling up, while a former colleague returns. Andrea Story, Vice President of Marketing and Business Development at R&M Consultants, was named a Fellow by
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