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The Alaska Native Heritage Center is a nonprofit with the mission of sharing and perpetuating and preserving the unique Alaska Native cultures, languages, traditions and values through celebration and education.

ANHC Board of Directors and Staff

Board of Directors
The 15-member board governs the Center.

Gail R. Schubert, Board Chair
Bering Straits Native Corporation

Margie Brown,
Vice Chair
Cook Inlet Region, Inc.

David Oesting, Secretary Treasurer
Davis Wright Tremaine

Will Anderson
Koniag, Inc.

Jaeleen Araujo
Sealaska Corporation

Dorothy M. Larson
Bristol Bay Native
Corporation

John F.C. Johnson
Chugach Alaska Corporation

Mabel Pike
Master Artist

Jeff Kinneeveauk
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation

Sven Haakanson Jr.
Alutiiq Museum

Maude Blair
NANA Development
Corporation

Roy Tansy
Ahtna, Inc.

Alaska Native Heritage Center
8800 Heritage Center Drive
Anchorage, Alaska 99504

(907) 330-8000 - Phone
(800) 315-6608 - Toll Free
(907) 330-8030 - Fax

ANHC Staff

Executive Office
Annette Evans Smith, President and CEO of the Alaska Native Heritage center Athabascan/Alutiiq/Yup'ik
Ethan Petticrew, Vice President of Cultural and Educational Services Unangax

Cultural & Education Services
Ethan Petticrew, Vice President of Cultural and Educational Services, Unangax
Steven Alvarez, Director of Cultural Education and Strategic Initiatives, Mescalero Apache/Yaqui/Athabascan
Ed Bourgeois, Director of Public Programs
Glenn Olson, Education Program Manager
Elizabeth Walls, Cultural and Educational Coordinator, Yup’ik
Beckie Etukeok, Educational Specialist- Art, Inupiaq/Siberian Yupik/ Tlingit
Scott Neel, Curator of Collections and Exhibits
Kathelyn Unin, Scheduler/Admin. Assistant, Yup'ik
Loren Anderson, Cultural Programs Manager, Alutiiq
Marge Nakak, Cultural Program Coordinator, Yup’ik
Paul Asicksik, Cultural Program Supervisor, Inupiaq
Yaari Kingeekuk, Cultural Programs Coordinator, St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Eleanor Hadden, Assistant Curator, Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian
Ed Tiulana, Cultural Programs Coordinator, Inupiaq
Marcella Foster, Education Specialist, Tsimshian/Haida |
Casey Ferguson, Native Games Instructor, Cup'ik
Jolene Petticrew, Youth Coordinator
Phillip Charette, Youth Coordinator
Mattox Metcalf, Cultural Programs Specialist
Jay Rapoza, High School Program Instructor

Community Relations & Development
Toni Mark , Grantwriter/Administrator
David Farve, Public Relations & Membership, Mississippi Choctaw
Laura Olson, Development Assistant, Inupiaq

Operations & Administration
Christy Konigsberg, Director of Finance
Melissa Saunders, Director of Sales & Marketing
Rick Irwin, Transportation and Safety Supervisor
Cindy Vallejo, Receptionist
Kyle Roberts, Sales and Events Coordinator, Yup'ik/Athabascan/Unangax/Sugpiaq
Katie Hess, Human Resources Specialist, Yup'ik