RIGHT MOVES RISQ Consulting RISQ Consulting announced Colby Swenor has joined its team as a Strategy Consultant. Swenor works with both current and Swenor prospective clients, providing them with customized and comprehensive insurance programs to ensure that their risks are successfully managed. He joins RISQ following a successful fifteen-year career in the financial services industry and has held management positions with Wells Fargo and Key Bank, as well as a commercial loan officer position at Alaska USA Federal Credit Union. Prior to joining RISQ he was the CFO for a large Anchorage-based contracting company.
Northrim Bank Northrim Bank announced two new officers and a promotion: Jeffrey Sanford, VP – Loan Officer, Kodiak Loan Production Office; Asanya Lloyd, Assistant Branch Manager, Jewel Lake Branch; and Michelle Lozano, Special Credits Associate Officer. Sanford joins Northrim Bank with more than twenty years of commercial banking experience. He specializes in Alaska’s commercial fishing Sanford and seafood industry, helping customers from the Bering Sea to the Gulf of Alaska. He holds a bachelor’s from the University of Wisconsin, Eau Claire. Lloyd comes to Northrim with six years of experience in finance, investments, and lending. She holds a bachelor’s from the University Lloyd of Technology, Jamaica.
Lloyd volunteers with the Food Bank of Alaska, Financial Education Seminars, and the Out of the Darkness 5K run. Lozano started at Northrim in January 2019 and has twenty-five years of experience in banking and financial services. She has Lozano worked at a variety of Alaska financial and title institutions throughout her career. Lozano enjoys spending time with her family, getting outdoors in Alaska, and traveling.
Doyon Foundation Tiffany Simmons is Doyon Foundation’s new Executive Director. A Doyon shareholder, Simmons is Central Koyukon Athabascan and was raised in Simmons the Yukon River communities of Koyukuk and Galena. Simmons graduated from the Galena City High School and earned a bachelor’s in business administration from UAF. She has extensive experience working with tribal members and tribal governments in various management and senior leadership positions. In her free time, Simmons enjoys beading, sewing, teaching others to bead and sew, and getting out on the rivers and land.
EDBG Elliott Bay Design Group (EBDG) announced changes to its executive leadership team. John Reeves has been promoted to Principal in Charge. As a Principal, Reeves oversees technical projects and provides direction and engineering support to ensure project success. He maintains his current duties and responsibilities as director of
business development to grow EBDG's maritime industry leadership position. Michael Complita has been promoted to Vice President Reeves of Strategic Expansion. In his new role, Complita leads the expansion of EBDG's service offerings both inside and outside of the marine industry. His initial focus will support EBDG's strategic goal to create an avenue to effectively plan, research, explore, develop, and execute business opportunities that will Complita expand the reach of EBDG and its family of companies.
Toast of the Town Toast of the Town announced Martha Keele is the organization’s new Chief Operating Officer and Co-owner. Keele previously served as the managing director at Toast of the Town, producing more than eighty virtual events last year. Keele joined Toast of The Town in 2020 with more than fifteen years of hospitality and event experience. She is responsible for organizational growth, overseeing the event logistics team, and strategic fundraising consulting. She has extensive nonprofit and government advocacy experience at Keele both the local and national level and has organized events ranging from 20-person fly-in conferences to 1,500-person award-winning galas. Keele also created and championed fundraising development plans and executed successful advocacy campaigns that increased both awareness and capital.
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Keeping Alaska Open for Business 92 | August 2021
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