RIGHT MOVES Sealaska
Richard Rinehart Jr. has been selected to fill an open seat on the Sealaska board. Rinehart has a Master of Business Administration from Portland State University.
Thompson & Co. Public Relations
Thompson & Co. Public Relations welcomes Megan Metcalf and Emily Kurn as Account Coordinators. Metcalf holds a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and Public Relations from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Kurn holds a Bachelor of Arts in Theatre Arts from Brandeis University in Boston, Massachusetts, and is pursuing a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
Northwest Strategies
Northwest Strategies has promoted Amber Lee to Director of Advertising. Lee has a Bachelor of Liberal Arts from University of Alaska Southeast with an emphasis in communications and a Master of Fine Arts from University of Alaska Anchorage. Lee
RIM Design
Compiled by Mari Gallion in Interior Design from Savannah College of Art and Design and celebrates her tenth anniversary with RIM Design in August.
Bradley Reid + Associates
Ed Bennett has joined Bradley Reid + Associates, Inc. as a Copywriter and Editor. He holds a Bachelor of Arts in Communications and a Master of Business Administration with an emphasis in telecommunications management, b o t h f r o m A l a s k a Bennett Pacific University. He is accredited in public relations by the Public Relations Society of America.
World Trade Center Alaska
The Board of Directors of the World Trade Center Alaska announces the appointment of Gregory Galik to the position of Board Chairman. Galik’s appointment follows the resignation and completion of term by past Board Chairman, Rick Pollock. Galik
Doyon Foundation
Lierman
Schmidt
RIM Design announces that Natasha Schmidt and Megan Lierman have become Principals in the firm. Lierman holds a Bachelor of Arts in Interior Design from Seattle Pacific University and has been with RIM Design ten and a half years. Schmidt holds a cum laude Bachelor of Fine Art
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Doyon Foundation recently hired Malinda Chase as its new language revitalization program director. Chase has a Bachelor of Arts in American Studies from Wellesley College in Massachutes and a Master of Arts in Cross-Cultural Studies from the University Chase of Alaska Fairbanks.
Alaska Republican Party
Peter S. Goldberg, formerly Vice-Chair, became the Alaska Republican Party State Chairman.
Bristol Bay Resource Solutions LLC
Terri Bozkaya serves as President and CEO of Bristol Bay Resource Solutions, a newly-formed subsidiary of Bristol Bay Native Corp. Bozkaya has worked in executive administrative positions for more than twenty-five years and is an attorney licensed to Bozkaya practice in the states of Alaska, Tennessee, Virginia, and Washington.
Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union
T.J. Alinen was promoted to Assistant Vice President of Human Resources at Denali Alaskan Federal Credit Union. Alinen is a graduate of Wayland Baptist University and holds a Master of Business Administration. He is also a certified Alinen Senior Professional in Human Resources through the Human Resources Certification Institute.
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Two new principals will lead elementary schools at the start of the 2013-2014 school year. The school district named Barbara Sperl Principal of Crawford Elementary and Mark Winford Principal of North Pole Elementary. Sperl is fourth grade teacher at Ticasuk Brown Elementary and brings seventeen years of educational experience to her new role at Crawford Elementary. Winford began his teaching career in 1998 in Oak Harbor, Washington, and serves today as the Assistant Principal of West Valley High School. He has been with the school district since 2008. ď ’
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