Spruce Root 2022 Annual Report

2022 Annual Report

TABLE OF CONTENTS A Letter from the Director 5 Where We Work 6 How We Work 8 Workforce Development 10 Technical Assistance 11 Business Competition 12 CDFI & Loan Program 14 Community Facilitation 15 Sustainable Southeast Partnership 16 Seacoast Trust 18 Client Story 19 Income Statement 20 Statement of Financial Position 21 Meet Our Team & Board 22 Our Partners & Funders 23 CAPTIONS COVER PHOTO: Hoonah, Alaska.

LEFT: Sustainable Southeast Partnership regional catalysts spent the day harvesting, processing traditional foods and identifying intertidal creatures alongside youth in Hoonah in preparation for a community meal at Hoonah Culture Camp Haa Tóo Yéi Yatee.

Photos by Kaa Yahaayí Shkalneegi Muriel Reid

Vision

We amplify our Haida, Tlingit, and Tsimshian ancestral imperative to ensure Southeast Alaska thrives for future generations.

Mission

We are a driver of a regenerative economy across Southeast Alaska so communities can forge futures grounded in this uniquely Indigenous place.

Values

Balance

Reciprocity

Native Knowledge

Indigenous Stewardship

Progress over Perfection

Learning at the Speed of Trust

Equity

Abundance

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Letter from the Executive Director In 2022, Spruce Root celebrated its 10-year anniversary. As I look back on the last decade, it is clear to me that a small group of people can achieve great things. We started out as a lending institution, and through trials and the willingness to fail forward, we have become much more than that. We are a driver of a regenerative economy across Southeast Alaska.

Our team has grown significantly since 2012, expanding our capacity to deliver essential community and economic development services throughout the region. Collaboration has been key to our ability to grow. By developing relationships with local partners, we are better poised to effectively support community-identified priorities.

It is through our relationships that we received funding for important projects like Alaskan Youth Stewards and the community forest partnerships.

Spruce Root’s triple-bottom-line approach to economic development values profits, people and planet – equally. This work must center place.

Through having a true connection to the local ecosystem, we can better prioritize meaningful outcomes that will benefit generations to come.

As the world explores new ways of working, so does Spruce Root. In 2022, we centered the importance of wellness throughout the region and within our workplace. Beginning last year, Spruce Root implemented a wellness leave for employees to take necessary healing time to participate in activities that promote wellness, such as taking care of family or taking a week to devote to subsistence.

Our longest-running program, the Path to Prosperity Business Competition has been reimagined: we launched Path to Prosperity Business & Balance, a nine-week course for building community-centered businesses and thriving entrepreneurs.

This new course forms the centerpiece of our competition, and allows us to serve more participants with increased quality and an intentional focus on well-being. In addition, Spruce Root delivered more than 270 hours of support to entrepreneurs, the most cumulative hours of support we have ever delivered over the course of a year. We are seeing a surge of interest in new business ventures, in our region, across the state, and nationwide. To meet this demand, we continue to seek ways to improve our services and products offering to meet the unique needs of Southeast Alaska’s entrepreneurs.

We created a pilot program called Resilience

Photo by Bethany S. Goodrich Circles, a one-year program that supports the wellness of Indigenous entrepreneurs. Our goal is to enhance the vital role of Alaska Native enterprises in ecosystem guardianship, long-term economic resilience, comprehensive well-being and the mental health of Alaska Native communities.

One of our biggest endeavors yet, the Seacoast Trust represents a large-scale shift of investment and decision-making power from those who control the funding to the communities and peoples of Southeast Alaska. Grounded in Indigenous values, annual earnings from the Seacoast Trust will fund the projects and programs of the Sustainable Southeast Partnership in perpetuity. Having reached an initial milestone of raising $20 million in 2022, the Trust hopes to grow to $100 million so that we can expand programs already proven valuable in the region through the Sustainable Southeast Partnership.

Without trust and deep relationships, none of this work would be possible. I am deeply thankful to our Southeast communities, inspiring entrepreneurs, our hard-working team and our Board of Directors for their guidance and vision for a resilient Southeast Alaska.

With gratitude, Gah Kith Tin Alana Peterson

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YAKUTAT

KLUKWAN Yakutat River Rangers

HAINES GUSTAVUS Costa Brava, 2022 Winner Path to Prosperity Business Competition

HOONAH PELICAN

SITKA

Hoonah Native Forest Partnership

Alaskan Youth Stewards Kake Crew

CRAIG HYDABURG Klawock Indigenous Stewards Forest Partnership

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SKAGWAY

Seasonal Workforce Orientation

JUNEAU

New Earth Fungi, 2022 Winner Path to Prosperity Business Competition

TENAKEE SPRINGS ANGOON

Beneficial Electrification

KAKE PETERSBURG WRANGELL

KLAWOCK THORNE BAY KASAAN KETCHIKAN

Where We Work Spruce Root’s work spans the entire region of Southeast Alaska, including 23 communities. In 2022, we directly supported individuals and projects in 16 unique communities throughout Southeast Alaska including Angoon, Craig, Haines, Hoonah, Hydaburg, Juneau, Kake, Kasaan, Ketchikan, Klawock, Klukwan, Metlakatla, Petersburg, Sitka, Skagway, Wrangell and Yakutat.

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How W Technical Assistance Our services for small businesses include one-on-one coaching, group workshops, and business planning. We provide access to education, networking, and funding so that regenerative businesses are equipped to fulfill their potential.

Workforce Development We provide customized career coaching and workshops that teach technical skills, financial planning, soft-skills, and leadership, supporting Southeast Alaskans in their education and career goals.

CDFI/Business Loan Program Community development financial institutions (CDFIs) are a different kind of lender. We are mission driven to provide small businesses with financing opportunities for asset growth to start-up capital for emerging entrepreneurs.

We provide responsible, affordable loans to people who are unable to get it from a traditional bank — as well as technical expertise to help them succeed.

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We Work Sustainable Southeast Partnership

The Sustainable Southeast Partnership is a dynamic collective uniting diverse skills and perspectives to strengthen cultural, ecological, and economic resilience across Southeast Alaska. Our network includes Tribal governments, community-minded organizations, local businesses, Native corporations and entities, culture bearers, educators, state and federal agencies, storytellers and more.

Seacoast Trust

Grounded in Indigenous values, annual earnings from the Seacoast Trust will fund a different kind of conservation: one that understands people and communities are inseparable components of a healthy environment. If we want thriving rivers and forests, we need mechanisms that shift power and resources to the people living here.

Community Facilitation We work with communities around Southeast Alaska to amplify their priorities. We offer strategic planning services, facilitation support, and community planning to nonprofits, Tribes, and local governments across Southeast Alaska.

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Workforce Development Workforce development programming saw the continued growth of our one-on-one career coaching service, which met its goal of supporting 10 individuals in 2022. Thus far the program has supported the career development of non-profit employees, contractors, cooperative owners, graphic designers, business managers, and SSP catalysts to name a few.

Our workforce development focus continues to support our rural communities and villages. Workforce development staff worked to support Indigenous forest partners in Kla- Michael Mausbach Workforce wock, Kake, and Hoonah Development in funding and scheduling Program Manager training opportunities, and also supported the professional development of Alaska Youth Stewards through end-of-season soft skills training, presentation supports, project mapping exercises, and a career panel discussion.

2022 was a banner year for youth workforce development. Staff worked to support over 100 Indigenous youth through Sealaska intern support and Sealaska Heritage Institute summer camps. Additionally, workforce development staff worked with the Sitka Tribe of Alaska on their youth employment program, which served seven youth over three months with a focus on work readiness, career navigation, and empowerment.

Reviews for this program were positive and will continue into summer 2023.

Photo by Lee House Kake Alaska Youth Stewards move rocks for the community clam bed garden project.

Workforce development of the SSP also has been a priority, and workforce development staff have supported the SSP administration in facilitating project planning and management sessions for catalysts during the fall retreat in Haines.

Additional workforce development projects included the completion of community needs assessments through the Rural Innovations Stronger Economies project, the facilitation of two community needs conversations in Yakutat and Hoonah, and the continued facilitation of monthly workforce development calls which have grown from an average of seven to 20 participants from across the region.

“I learned more about my employees, co-workers, and colleagues, and saw some of the younger participants really take something positive away from the training! Some spoke more than I have ever heard them speak, so clearly, they felt empowered and safe.”

— Participant from Soft Skills and Work Readiness Course 10

Photo by Connor Meyer NaMee Erickson, left, and Wooshkindeinda.aat. Lily Hope listen as Ricardo Worl speaks during a panel featuring Juneau business owners during the Path to Prosperity Business Basics Boot Camp.

Technical Assistance The Technical Assistance team experienced significant growth and delivered several new services to the region in 2022. Spruce Root partnered with Sealaska Heritage Institute to develop the curriculum for the Business Basics for Artists program, where we served Alaska Native artists and Sealaska shareholders and also delivered two workshops to inmates at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center.

Spruce Root partnered with the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska on their startup grant program, delivering Business Basics to Tlingit & Haida citizens to pair education with grant funding.

Spruce Root crafted and piloted Business & Balance in 2022, and wove it into our Business Competition, becoming a more efficient and equitable version of Business Boot Camp. We accomplished all this while continuing to deliver our Business Basics, Business Competition, and Business Coaching programs.

In sum, our business programs for entrepreneurs served 250 clients, delivering 272 hours of assistance, resulting in more than 60 completed business plans and unlocking $125,000 in external grant funds for entrepreneurs.

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Ashley Snookes Technical Assistance Program Director

Business Competition In 2022, the Path to Prosperity Business Competition received 23 applications from eight communities across Southeast Alaska. Twelve finalists were selected, and were brought together for the first in-person Business Boot Camp since 2019. At Boot Camp, finalists received more than 26 hours of training and technical assistance, connecting with Izzy Haywood one another and more than 14 mentors. In the words of Program Manager for Events and one finalist, “I have thorFacilitation oughly enjoyed every part of this. It was the perfect mix of interactive and sit down sessions, foundational value work with

Photo by Connor Meyer Aaron Angerman, a Path to Prosperity Business Competition finalist, listens in a workshop during the 2022 Business bootcamp.

Angerman’s proposal was for a business that would rent electric scooters in Wrangell. practical skills, and sightseeing with networking. I loved it all, even the hard parts. One big thing on my mind is that there will always be uncomfortable moments in starting and running a business, but to lean into those and learn from them.”

Photo by Connor Meyer Path to Prosperity Business Competition participants and mentors gather to celebrate the program.

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Photo by Marc Wheeler Rebecca Kameika, left, of Costa Brava, Bakery & Pâtisserie and Alannah Johnson of New Earth Fungi after winning the 2022 Path to Prosperity Competition.

Photo by Tripp J Crouse

Photo by Connor Meyer ABOVE: Caitlyn Way talks with Joseph Oesterling of SEAK Expeditions during the “speed dating” portion of the annual Path to Prosperity Business Competition Boot Camp.

During the “speed dating” the finalists had an opportunity to ask questions and receive feedback from mentors.

LEFT: Michael Mausbach leads a session on leadership and team building during the Business Competition.

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CDFI & Loan Program In 2022, we deployed nearly $350,000 in loan capital to four Alaska small businesses marking a lift of 482 percent over the prior year.

Since our inception, we have disbursed $2.1 million in loan capital to entrepreneurs in nine communities. Spruce Root has redoubled our efforts to aid Southeast Alaska Native people to access patient capital not only implementing it’s “Fast Start Small Business Loan” program, but also through Michael Ching expanding its one-on-one CDFI Director Photo provided by The Cozy Chilkat business coaching and forging new partnerships The Cozy Chilkat, a Spruce Root Fast Start and new sources of funding capital. loan recipient and Alaska Native-owned and Thus far over $2 million in new lending capital -operated, is a cozy tiny home rental a few has been committed to be available to Southeast minutes away from downtown Haines.

Alaska resients in 2023.

Photo provided by Wilderness Island Tours Wilderness Island Tours, a Spruce Root loan recipient and Alaska Native-owned and -operated, provides three-hour driving tours in Hoonah, which include the possibility to see Chichagof Island wildlife, such as eagles or bears.

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Photo by Mel G Photography Julia Hnilicka, center, the Alaska State Director of Rural Development for the U.S. Department of Agriculture talks with Spruce Root Executive Director Alana Peterson and Izzy Haywood, the Program Manager for Events and Facilitation during the Confluence AK Summit in Deishu (Haines) in 2022.

Community Facilitation We offer strategic planning services, community facilitation, facilitation support, and community planning to nonprofits, Tribes, and local governments.

In 2022, we wrapped up our project with the Sitka Tribe of Alaska to develop a five-year strategic plan and shifted to supporting the Tribe in implementing the plan.

Also in 2022, the City and Borough of Yakutat began a process to update Yakutat’s comprehensive community plan, and Spruce Aaron Ferguson Root is grateful to be Spruce Root leading the facilitation of Deputy Director the process in partnership

with the Planning Commission. Ecotrust’s Alaska-based team and work has been expanding, and Spruce Root facilitated a two-day strategic planning workshop for their team.

Photo by Tripp J Crouse In 2022, the City and Borough of Yakutat began a process to update its comprehensive community plan. Spruce Root is leading the facilitation of the process in partnership with the Planning Commission.

We are hopeful, through activities like these, that we are creating spaces for more effective community collaboration throughout the region.

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In 2022

108 hrs The Sustainable Southeast Partnership spent 108 hours building relationships in online hangouts and in-person retreats.

Sustainable Southeast Partnership Photo by Shaelene Grace Moler Alaskan Youth Stewards plant Tlingit potatoes for the Kake, Alaska, community.

Photo by Bethany S Goodrich

In 2022, the Sustainable Southeast Partnership continued to grow throughout the region by increasing our presence in communities with our regional and community catalysts.

Our catalysts collaborated with partners from across the region to advance projects in areas ranging from habitat restoration, to food security, Marina Anderson energy independence, and SSP more.

As a program of Spruce Program Director Root, the SSP is doing our part to make sure that Southeast Alaska thrives for future generations by supporting community-led projects that lead to a regenerative economy.

LEFT: The previous Sustainable Southeast Partnership program director Ralph Wolfe leads a group of Alaska Youth Stewards during a canoe trip at Haa Tóo Yéi Yatee (Hoonah Culture Camp).

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$400K+

communities SSP served 12 communities across the region

The SSP paid more than $400,000 on catalyst salaries in the region.

Photo by Lione Clare ABOVE: Sustainable Southeast Partnership regional catalysts visit the Sitka Sound Science Center’s touch tank and the various undersea creatures that live there as part of the 2022 SSP retreat.

Photos by Kaa Yahaayí Shkalneegi Muriel Reid

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LEFT: Alaskan Youth Stewards process kelp for pickling as part of Hoonah Culture Camp.

Photo by Bethany S Goodrich Carvers and Hoonah community leaders dance and sing with youth during Hoonah’s Haa Tóo Yéi Yatee Culture Camp. Regional catalysts of the Sustainable Southeast Partnership, campers, carvers, and community members visited Xunaa Shuká Hít Huna’s Tribal House in Glacier Bay to open a week of cultural activities in 2022.

Seacoast Trust In 2022, the Seacoast Trust achieved our initial $20 million fundraising goal with thanks to Sealaska, The Nature Conservancy, Rasmuson Foundation, Hewlett Foundation, Edgerton Foundation, Chorus Foundation and Wilburforce Foundation for helping us reach this goal. Through this work, we hope to grow the fund to Marina Anderson $100 million dollars — the SSP next goal to amplify our impact.

Program Director To help direct and manage the Trust investment portfolio, the Spruce Root Board of Directors appointed committee members who are Alaska Native with strong ties to Southeast Alaska.

Through this work, Spruce Root will be able to hire a development director to increase fundraising capacity to Spruce Root, but also manage the development of the Seacoast Trust.

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“The Seacoast Trust is proof that we are in this together for the long haul. If our grandchildren aren’t here, caring for these lands and waters the way their grandparents did, then what are we doing here? The Seacoast Trust is shaping our future by embracing ancient wisdom and working together to tackle local problems and address systemic issues.”

— Joe Nelson, Spruce Root Board of Directors, SSP Steering Commitee

CLIENT STORY

Pet supply store owner credits Spruce Root with support A new pet supply store in Sitka features high-quality treats and toys for cats and dogs. For the owner, starting a business in her hometown didn’t seem possible at first. But through training and support coaching from Spruce Root, pet owners have a new place to buy treats for their pets.

Julia Bovee grew up in Sitka, Alaska. She moved back and forth between Washington state, before returning to her home town.

“I could never start a business anywhere else because I have all this support and love, and people know me here and want me to succeed,” Julia said.

In fall 2021, she participated in Path to Prosperity Business Basics, one of several workshop offerings of Spruce Root, a Native community development fiTripp J Crouse nancial institution, that offers Spruce Root small business lending and Communications technical assistance to curSpecialist rent and prospective small business owners in Southeast Alaska.

“I remember just thinking I was going to do a gift store,” she said. “By the end of that (Business Basics) session, I realized ‘Oh I really need to do some kind of pet supply store,’ and working with the coaches ... really helped me not only think about what I wanted to do but what might be successful and marketable in Sitka.”

Julia modeled the store off her favorite specialty pet supply stores in Seattle.

“I knew that I wanted really high-quality treats, toys and supplies for dogs and cats. The goal is to just get the best products out there.”

Julia wanted to focus on local customers year-round and carry things they would want, but also didn’t want to miss out on the opportunity to capture tourist or visitor sales, like carrying Alaskan-made salmon treats or bandanas: “Lots of

Photo provided by Julia Bovee Kanga Bay is a pet store in Sitka, Alska, that carries high-quality treats, toys and supplies for cats and dogs. fun accessories and gifts that are a little bit more unique and not mass-produced things that might be in other tourist stores.”

Julia says Spruce Root’s lending services helped her figure out the financial piece.

“I wasn’t going to be eligible for any sort of traditional bank loan, so just being able to access funding through Spruce Root along with that coaching piece – I don’t think I’d be here without it,” she said. “I am super thankful for all the help Spruce Root gave me along the way and I think this model of the business coaching and the help with the business plan up front all the way through ideation and financing and all that, worked super well for me.”

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For the year ended December 31, December 2022 For the year ended 31, 2022

2022 Income Statement

Spruce Seacoast Eliminating ConsolidatedConsolida Spruce Seacoast Eliminating ge in netChange assets without donor restrictions: Root, Inc. Root, Trust, Entries Total in net assets without donor restrictions: Inc.LLC Trust, LLC Entries Total port and revenue: Support and revenue: rants $ 1,979,780$ $ 1,979,780- $ $ 1,979,780 Grants -$$ $ 1,979, ontributionsContributions 430,573 430,573 430,573-430, ontract revenue 146,611 146,611 Contract revenue 146,611-146 -kind contributions 70,853 In-kind contributions 70,853--70,853 70, rogram and other income 82,911 Program and other income 82,911--82,911 82 rovision for loan recovery (28,087) (28,087) Provision for (loss) loan recovery (loss) (28,087)-(28, et assets released from restrictions: Net assets released from restrictions: Satisfaction ofSatisfaction purpose restrictions 421,773 421,773 of purpose restrictions 421,773-421 Total support Total and revenue 3,104,414 3,104,414 support and revenue 3,104,414-3,104,

penses: Expenses: rogram services Program services Management and general and general Management undraising Fundraising Total expensesTotal expenses

2,235,213 597,432 151,596 2,984,241

2,235,213597,432151,5962,984,241-

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2,235,213 597,432 151,596 2,984,241 -

2,235 597, 151, 2,984,

hange in net Change assets without donorwithout restrictions 120,173 in net assets donor restrictions

120,173-

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120,173 -

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ge in netChange assets with in netdonor assetsrestrictions: with donor restrictions: enue: Revenue: ontributionsContributions 60,000 et assets released from restrictions: Net assets released from restrictions: Satisfaction ofSatisfaction purpose restrictions (421,773) of purpose restrictions hange in net Change assets with donor restrictions (361,773) in net assets with donor restrictions

18,125,667 60,000

18,125,667

18,185,667 -

18,185,

(421,773)18,125,667 (361,773)

-18,125,667

(421,773) 17,763,894 -

(421 17,763,

hange in net Change assets in net assets

(241,600)

18,125,667 (241,600)

18,125,667

17,884,067 -

17,884,

ssets - beginning of -year Net assets beginning of year

1,326,230

1,326,230-

1,326,230 -

1,326,

19,210,297 $

19,210,

ssets - end ofassets year - end of year Net

$

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1,084,630$ $ 1,084,630 18,125,667$ $18,125,667 -

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31, 2022 December 31,December 2022

Statement of Financial Position Spruce Root, Inc.

ASSETS ASSETS and cashCash equivalents and cash equivalents icted cash Restricted cash ts receivable Grants receivable unts receivable Accounts receivable aid expenses Prepaid and expenses other assets and other assets s receivable, Loans netreceivable, net

TAL ASSETS TOTAL ASSETS

Spruce Seacoast Seacoast Eliminating Eliminating ConsolidatedConsolidat Root, Inc.LLC Trust, Trust, Entries LLC Entries Total Total

$

659,828$ $ 659,828 - $ $ -812,005 812,005 18,125,667 18,125,667 714,065 714,065 -30,153 30,153 -11,151 11,151 -680,774 680,774 --

$$

$ 659,828 18,937,672 714,065 -30,153 - 11,151 680,774 -

659,8 18,937,6 714,0 30, 11, 680,7

$

2,907,976$ $ 2,907,976 18,125,667$ $18,125,667 -

$$

21,033,643 $

21,033,6

$$

275,637 $ - 4,559 538,401 1,004,749 1,823,346 -

275,6 4,5 538,4 1,004,7 1,823,3

720,253 18,490,044 19,210,297 -

720,2 18,490,0 19,210,2

21,033,643 $

21,033,6

LIABILITIESLIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS AND NET ASSETS lities: Liabilities: counts payable Accounts and accrued payableexpenses and accrued expenses $ 275,637$ $ 275,637 - $ $ erest payable Interest payable 4,559 4,559 undable advances Refundable advances 538,401 538,401 tes payableNotes payable 1,004,749 1,004,749 al liabilities Total liabilities 1,823,346 1,823,346 -

ssets: Net assets: thout donor Without restrictions donor restrictions th donor restrictions With donor restrictions otal net assets Total net assets

720,253 364,377 1,084,630

720,253 364,377 18,125,667 1,084,630 18,125,667

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TAL LIABILITIES TOTAL LIABILITIES AND NET ASSETS AND NET ASSETS $ 2,907,976$ $ 2,907,976 18,125,667$ $18,125,667 -

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Photo by Shaelene Grace Moler

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Meet Our Team and Board of Directors

From back, left to right, Tripp J Crouse, Aaron Ferguson, third row: Ashley Snookes, Aldyn Brudie, Laurel Stark, Marina Anderson, Abbey Janes; second row: Marc Wheeler, Elle Weberling, Alana Peterson, Leslie Jackson, Autumn Shotridge, Izzy Haywood; front row: Michael Ching, Ralph Wolfe, Michael Mausbach.

Our Board:

Kaaxúxgu Joe Nelson, Board Member

Leslie Isaacs, Chairman of the Board

Gunnuk’ Anthony Mallott, Board Member

La quen náay Liz Medicine Crow, Board Member

Chris Perez, Board Member

Aanshawatk’i Sarah Dybdahl, Board Member

Norman Cohen, Board Member

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Our Partners and Funders

We take pride in our work and are grateful to work in and serve the region to build collaborative and sustainable solutions to economic development. Alone, we will not succeed. Thank you to our partners and funders for continuing to support our mission!

Gunalchéesh, Hàw’aa, Nt’oyaxsn, Thank You! AEL&P Alaska Brewing Alaska Litho Alaska Community Foundation Alaska Conservation Foundation Alaska Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development Alaska Outdoor Alliance Alaska Venture Fund Allen Marine Alaska Native Heritage Center Avista Foundation CDFI Fund Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Chorus Foundation City and Borough of Yakutat Coeur Alaska Kensington Mine Credit Builder’s Alliance Ecotrust Edgerton Foundation Elgee Rehfeld Evergreen Business Capital Foundation Farragut Farm First Alaskans Institute Hewlett Foundation Hoonah Indian Association JumpScale Klawock Cooperative Association Launch Alaska M. J. Murdock Charitable Trust Margaret A. Cargill Philanthropies

McKinley Research Group McKinley Alaska Growth Capital Native American Agriculture Fund Native Conservancy The Nature Conservancy NDN Collective Opportunity Finance Network Oweesta Corporation Rasmuson Foundation Rain Coast Data Rural LISC Sealaska Sealaska Heritage Institute Simpson, Tillinghast, Sheehan & Araujo, P.C. Sitka Conservation Society Sitka Homeless Coalition Sitka Tribe of Alaska Southeast Conference Sustainable Southeast Partnership Tongass Federal Credit Union Tyree Charitable Trust United States Department of Agriculture United States Economic Development Administration United States Forest Service University of Alaska Center for Economic Development Wilburforce Foundation W. K. Kellogg Foundation Wells Fargo Foundation Wostman Associates Wrangell Coopertive Association

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