The Alaska Native corporation for the village of Saxman, Cape Fox Corporation, hired Jason Brown as Senior Vice President of Construction Services. In that position, he leads the Cape Fox Corporation construction team and business lines for Cape Fox Federal Contracting Group. Brown most recently served as chief strategy officer for Bristol Bay Construction Holdings and as vice president of corporate development for Panhandle Power Solutions, both subsidiaries of Bristol Bay Native Corporation. Brown has an MBA in finance and marketing from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.
Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) promoted attorney Jenna Krohn to Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, leading compliance strategy for the Nome-based regional corporation and its subsidiaries. Krohn is a BSNC shareholder and an enrolled tribal member of the Native Village of Koyuk. She grew up in Anchorage and graduated from UAA with a bachelor’s degree in justice. Krohn earned her law degree from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota. Krohn began practicing at private firms in Anchorage, primarily in family law, employment law, and insurance defense. She joined BSNC as corporate counsel in 2021.
Alaska Legal Services Corporation (ALSC) welcomed Maggie Humm as Executive Director in April. She had been holding the position on an interim basis for six months prior. ALSC is a private, nonprofit law firm that provides free civil legal aid to Alaskans who cannot afford it. Humm has worked with ALSC for more than twenty years, as an intern, staff attorney, supervising attorney, and deputy director before serving as interim executive director. In her practice, she has advocated for victims of violence and sexual assault and for underserved families and youth.
The Peak Trust Company brand of affiliated federally and state-chartered estate planning firms appointed Anchorage attorney Abigail “Abby” O’Connor as its Chief Fiduciary Officer. In this position, O’Connor works with Peak Trust partners and referral sources, contributing to the company’s trust administration processes and growth strategy. She also serves as Alaska chair of the American College of Trust and Estate Counsel, collaborating with legal professionals around the country on wills, trusts, and gift tax law. O’Connor leads her own private legal practice, O’Connor Law, dedicated to estate and business succession planning. Jason Criqui is now Executive Vice President, Chief Banking Officer. Criqui has been with Northrim since 2014. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Emporia State University and graduated from Pacific Coast Banking School.
Melody Charlton was hired as Senior Vice President, Compliance Director in January. Her thirty-eight years of experience includes time as a compliance examiner for the Federal Reserve Bank of Cleveland and an attorney for KeyBank. She holds a law degree from Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.
Gerard Diemer started with Northrim in February as Vice President, Lending Systems Operations Manager with more than thirty-seven years of experience in the financial industry. A longtime Alaskan, he holds a bachelor’s degree in economics from Gonzaga University.
Kendra Loges is promoted to Vice President, Business Applications Manager. Loges has been with Northrim for a total of sixteen years. She is a certified project management professional.
Stephanie Love is now Vice President, Marketing & Sales Manager. Love has been with Northrim since 2016 and has more than twenty years of experience in the financial industry. She holds a bachelor’s degree in English from the University of Maine.
Dorothy MacKenzie becomes Vice President, Commercial Loan Portfolio Manager. MacKenzie started at Northrim 2019 as a credit analyst. She has a degree in economics and art history from Smith College in Massachusetts and an MBA from the college of William and Mary.
Delores Siah is promoted to Vice President, District Branch Manager. Siah has been with Northrim since 2013 and has more than twenty-five years of banking experience. She is a graduate of the Northrim Management Academy.
Diana Soliday is now Vice President, District Branch Manager, with more than twenty years of experience in the financial industry. She is a graduate of the Northrim Management Academy and coordinates the bank’s school-business partnership with Mat-Su Career and Technical High School.
Astrid Erdman, the new Associate Vice President, Treasury Management Consultant, began her banking career in Frankfurt, Germany before joining Northrim in 2017. She completed the Northrim Bank Management Academy and is a certified accredited payables specialist.
Tori Mejia is promoted to Associate Vice President, Mortgage Servicing Assistant Manager. Mejia began her career with Northrim in 2021. She holds a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Alaska Pacific University and completed the Northrim Management Academy.
Deanna Radich is a newly hired Associate Vice President, Lending Compliance Manager. Radich has more than twenty-five years of banking experience and is a certified regulatory compliance manager. She holds an MBA from the University of Southern Indiana.
Blake Rod becomes Associate Vice President, Loan Officer – Commercial. Rod has been with Northrim since 2018 and has more than nine years of banking experience in Alaska. He holds a bachelor’s degree in business from Minnesota State University Mankato.
Elizabeth Uyuruciaq David was appointed Finance Director, playing a crucial role in projecting revenue goals. David has more than twenty-five years of experience in finance, most recently as senior Indigenous finance director for First Alaskans Institute. Born and raised in Bethel, David is Yup’ik and tribally enrolled in the Native Village of Kwigillingok. She earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration and accounting from UAF and finished her MBA there.
ANHC promoted Kelsey Ciugun Wallace to Vice President of Strategic Advancement and Communications. Wallace was previously director of development and communications, returning to ANHC staff in 2022 after starting her professional experience there as an intern. Wallace is Yup’ik, originally from Bethel (which ANHC calls by its Central Yup’ik name, Mamterilleq). She obtained her undergraduate degree from UAF in rural development with a concentration in Indigenous organizational management and a minor in the Central Yup’ik language.
Gregory Stewart, previously senior manager of grants, was promoted to Director of Grants, in charge of all grant opportunities to benefit cultural and educational programming at ANHC. Originally from Long Island, New York, he moved to Anchorage in 2019 after a brief internship in the summer of 2018 with the Northern Alaska Environmental Center. He has a bachelor’s degree in English and history from State University of New York at Geneseo and a master’s degree in creative publishing and critical journalism from The New School in New York City.
Michelle Maŋiaq Trefon was promoted from cultural program manager to Senior Manager of Cultural Programs. In this role, Trefon continues to lead ANHC’s internship program, private tours, school visits, dance performances, and games demonstrations. She serves as a lead culture bearer for ANHC and subject matter expert in Alaska Native history and culture. Her background is Dena’ina, Iñupiaq, Thai, and Laotian, and she was born and raised in Anchorage. She first worked at ANHC at age 14 as a summer intern.
The Interim Airport Director at Ted Stevens Anchorage International Airport (ANC) is Angie Spear, previously the director of Fairbanks International Airport (FAI). The Alaska Department of Transportation and Public Facilities promoted Spear to succeed former lieutenant governor Craig Campbell, retiring after two years as ANC airport director. Spear has been with FAI since 2005, starting as the marketing, communications, and air service development manager. In 2012, she became deputy director, and she has been director since 2018. During her tenure FAI expanded passenger service by more than 30 percent.