Timeline by Michael Crichton.
What charity or cause are you passionate about?
The Fallen Outdoors, supporting our veteran communities. I’m a military spouse and a military brat.
What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a long day at work?
Change into more comfortable clothes, and then I’ll either (depending on how the day went) have a cocktail or a hot tea.
What vacation spot is on your bucket list?
Wales.
If you could domesticate a wild animal, what animal would it be?
Small enough that it’s not going to ruin everything. More like a fox, as opposed to my gut reaction, an antelope.
Timeline by Michael Crichton.
What charity or cause are you passionate about?
The Fallen Outdoors, supporting our veteran communities. I’m a military spouse and a military brat.
What’s the first thing you do when you get home after a long day at work?
Change into more comfortable clothes, and then I’ll either (depending on how the day went) have a cocktail or a hot tea.
What vacation spot is on your bucket list?
Wales.
If you could domesticate a wild animal, what animal would it be?
Small enough that it’s not going to ruin everything. More like a fox, as opposed to my gut reaction, an antelope.
Off the Cuff
etween fielding these questions and being photographed at her Palmer-Fishhook-area farm, Christine Hopkins was named Small Business Person of 2025 for Alaska by the US Small Business Administration. The president and CEO of Advanced Supply Chain International earned attention for the firm’s entry into government contracting less than two years after Hopkins became majority owner.
As a teenager, Hopkins envisioned a different federal job, studying criminal justice at UAA and taking an FBI internship in Quantico, Virginia. Her path led to social work, then human resources, then organizational leadership. The late Scott Hawkins molded her as his successor. “I spent time with every position in the company,” she recalls. “Sat on the ground on the North Slope and counted zip ties in the warehouse.”
Christine Hopkins: Farm-related things, whether it’s canning or baking or dealing with a flock of chickens.
AB: Is there a skill you’re currently developing or have always wanted to learn?
Hopkins: I’ve always wanted to be more fluent in both French and German… I’ve made more progress on German than French.
AB: What’s the most daring thing you’ve ever done?
Hopkins: Whitewater rafting on a Class IV out of Hope.
AB: What are you superstitious about?
Hopkins: Stepping on cracks is one. I try to avoid them, which is completely irrational.
AB: What’s your favorite local restaurant?
Hopkins: Basil Ginger in Wasilla.
AB: Dead or alive, who would you like to see perform live in concert?
Hopkins: Queen.
AB: What’s your greatest extravagance?
Hopkins: Instead of doing Christmas at home, we always go somewhere else. Typically it’s a cruise.
AB: What’s your best attribute and worst attribute?
Hopkins: My best attribute is the ability to see the bigger picture… to make decisions anticipating the outcome without all information. Honestly, that’s probably also my biggest drawback: that ability sometimes leads in a direction I didn’t intend to go.
