RIGHT MOVES appointed vice president and named software solutions manager, and Michele Schuh was appointed vice president and named finance director. Crow is a graduate of First National’s management associate program which trains bank officers and teaches them leadership skills. Heinz also completed the management associate program and was named one of Alaska’s 2012 “Top Forty Under 40” business professionals. Hofeling effectively managed the enhancement and upgrade of online services with more improvements expected in the future. In 2011, Schuh was inducted into the Anchorage ATHENA Society, which celebrates professional excellence, commitment to community and encouragement of women’s leadership.
Anchorage Fur Rendezvous
Jennifer Harrington has been appointed the executive director of Anchorage Fur Rendezvous. With over 14 years of nonprofit experience in Alaska, Harrington has a strong background in nonprofit management.
SEARHC
SouthEast Alaska Regional Health Consortium SEARHC pediatric dentist Dr. Kim Hort, DMD, won a the C lini c a l E xc e ll e n c e Award for Dental Specialist 2012, a national award which honors performance while proHort viding clinical services, clinical consultations, program development, clinical presentations and contributions to continuing education.
Alyeska Resort
Alyeska Resort welcomes four new members to the management team: Director of Marketing Jessica Pezak, Director of Human resources Jaci Ohayon, Mountain Manager Eric Teixman,
Compiled by Mari Gallion and Director of Retail Sales and Guest Services Melissa LaRose. Pezak went to high school in New York state and graduated from Boston University with a B.S. in Communications. Ohayon graduated from Willamette University College of Law with a Juris Doctorate, and also has earned a Master of Arts in International Studies and a Bachelor of Arts in Social Science. Teixman comes to Girdwood from Big Sky, Mont., where he spent the past three years working as Lift Maintenance Manager for the Club at Spanish Peaks. Teixman is also a journeyman ironworker, crane and heavy equipment operator and is well versed in aerial tramway construction and maintenance. La Rose comes to her new position with a variety of experience in the resort industry, most recently arriving from Montana where she spent seven years as the Director of Retail, Rental, Human Resources, Technology and Procurement at Yellow Stone Mountain Club.
Alaska Legislature
Eloy Martinez, an associate director at the Alaska State Senate’s Democratic Steering and Outreach Committee, has been promoted to staff director. Martinez is a graduate of Texas Lutheran University.
Best Beginnings
Julie Varee, CFRE, has joined Best Beginnings as development manager. Varee earned her Master of Arts in Philanthropy and Development from St. Mary’s University in Minnesota, and was named 1998 Outstanding Fund Raising Professional in Varee Philanthropy by the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Alaska Chapter.
Alaska SeaLife Center
The Alaska SeaLife Center Board of Directors announces the appointment of Dr. Tara Riemer Jones as its new president and CEO. Jones holds a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering from the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
Jones
R&M Consultants Inc.
NANA WorleyParsons
Rock Hengen has been named president of NANA WorleyParsons. Hengen earned his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan in 1987, and served as the senior instrument engineer during the Hengen startup of BP Exploration (Alaska) Inc.’s Badami production facility on Alaska’s North Slope.
Turletes
Anderson
R&M Consultants Inc. hired Irene Turletes, EIT, and Kim Anderson, EIT, in May as staff engineers in R&M’s Civil Engineering Department. Turletes and Anderson are both recent graduates of the University of Alaska Anchorage, and have each earned a B.S. in Civil Engineering. Both are WAQTC qualified and have their E.I.T. certifications.
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