Compiled by Tasha Anderson Chad Darcy graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2014 where he twice made dean’s list. Before entering law school, Chad spent nearly nine years serving in the US Marine Corps earning the rank of captain as a Cobra helicopter pilot and Chad Darcy joint terminal attack controller. Based out of Marine Corps Air Station New River and Camp Lejeune, he served overseas in Iraq, Afghanistan, Africa, and the Middle East. Elle Darcy graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 2014. Winner of the law school’s Susan McCrary Scholarship in 2013, Elle was also published in the South Carolina Journal of International Law Elle Darcy and Business that same year.
Sitnasuak Native Corporation
Sitnasuak Native Corporation announced that Lucille Sands has been promoted to Corporate Compliance Officer. Sands was originally hired in October of 2016 as a project administrator working primarily in contracts administration. She received a Sands Bachelor of Business Administration with a minor in Alaska Native Business Management from the University of Alaska in Anchorage.
First National Bank Alaska
First National Bank Alaska’s Board of Directors recently hired Loan Officer Zac Hays and announced his appointment to Vice President. A lifelong Alaskan, Hays has spent more than twenty years working as a banker in the state. At First National, he will work to provide comHays mercial banking opportunities and financial solutions to Alaska businesses.
Northrim Bank
Northrim BanCorp, Inc. announced the hiring of Michael Huston to serve as Executive Vice President and Chief Lending Officer of Northrim Bank. Huston will manage all loan production including commercial lending, commercial real estate, and residential construction lending for the bank as well as Northrim Funding Services. Huston earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Finance, gradu-
of Flight Operations for Katmai Air, and Suzanne Lohr has taken on the role of Accounting Analyst. Fullhart will review properties and assets and discern what services and amenities should be added to enhance BBAT’s customer experience. This will include a focus on how to make BBAT facilities more attractive for repeat visits. Petersen will oversee the eight aircraft in Katmai Air’s fleet, as well as pilot hiring and training. His institutional knowledge of lodge operations as well as his twentyplus seasons of flying in Katmai/Bristol Bay region make him uniquely qualified to oversee the day-to-day flight operations at Kulik, Grosvenor, and Brooks Lodge as well as the King Salmon flight terminal. Lohr will manage payroll and financial forecasting for all of the Katmai business units as well as Mission Lodge. She comes to BBAT from the Alaska Housing Finance Corporation where she was their Subsidiary and Trust Accountant.
ating Magna Cum Laude, with a President’s Scholarship from Arizona State University. He is also a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School.
PDC Engineers
PDC Engineers is pleased to announce promotions to their leadership team. Danny Rauchenstein, PE, has advanced to Principal with the firm. Rauchenstein has been with PDC since 2001 and is the companywide mechanical department head. He has Rauchenstein more than nineteen years of experience as a Mechanical Engineer and is also an Alaska registered Fire Protection Engineer. His expertise in mechanical engineering ranges from high-tech laboratories to maintenance shops to hospital operating rooms. Jake Horazdovsky, PE, is PDC’s newes t A ssociate. A s truc tural engineer in PDC’s Anchorage office, Horazdovsky has been with the firm since 2010. He is a graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering Horazdovsky with an emphasis in Struc tural Engineering. Horazdovsky’s attention to detail has earned him praise from clients as well as from fellow engineers.
RE/MAX Dynamic Properties
RE/MAX Dynamic Properties welcomes Perla Cruz to the team. Cruz was born and raised in Puerto Rico and moved to Anchorage at the end of 2009. She is currently attending UAA to earn a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administrative Management and Marketing, focusing on her long- Cruz term goal to become a philanthropist. The company also welcomes Stefan Hajdukovich, a lifelong Alaskan with family ties going back three generations. Hajdukovich was a collegiate cross-country skier at UAF and completed his Bachelors of Business Administration/Finance. Hajdukovich Hajdukovich has experience working in the insurance and financial industry and is pursuing a new career in real estate. Alaskan born and raised, Aurora Courtney has a Bachelor of Science degree in Natural Sciences from UAA. She previously worked as a project manager permitting, maintaining regulatory compliance, and securing right-of-way for more than Courtney 110 large-scale Alaskan projects. As a side venture, Courtney has been managing her own corporate rentals and working with friends to buy and sell real estate for fourteen years and recently left the oil and gas industry to pursue her passion in real estate full time. R
Rasmuson Foundation
A n g e l a Cox j o i n e d R a s m u s o n Foundation as Vice President of External Affairs on June 5. Previously, Cox served as Director of Foundation & Endowment Development for Arctic Slope Regional Corporation where she set up and served as Acting Director Cox for the Arctic Slope Community Foundation. Cox earned her MPA from New York University–Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service and a Bachelor of Arts in Communication with Honors from Washington State University–Edward R. Murrow School of Communication, where she served as a student member of the Board of Regents her final year.
Bristol Bay Alaska Tourism
Bristol Bay Alaska Tourism (BBAT) has bolstered an already strong team by filling three executive roles: Sarah Fullhart is adding to her responsibilities as General Manager of Mission Lodge and will now serve as Vice President of Guest Services for BBAT. Sean Petersen is the new Director
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