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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
A 15-member board governs the Center.

Gail R. Schubert, Board Chair
Bering Straits Native Corporation

Sarah Scanlan, Vice Chair
RurALCAP

David Oesting, Secretary Treasurer
Davis Wright Tremaine

Will Anderson
Koniag, Inc.

Jaeleen Araujo
Sealaska Corporation

Dorothy M. Larson
Bristol Bay Native Corporation

Katherine Gottlieb
Southcentral Foundation

Stephanie MacSwain
Municipality of Anchorage

John F.C. Johnson
Chugach Alaska Corporation

Margie Brown
Cook Inlet Region, Inc.

Mabel Pike
Master Artist

Alma Upicksoun
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation

Georgianna Lincoln
Doyon, Limited

Sven Haakanson Jr.
Alutiiq Museum

 

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
Jonathon Ross, President and Chief Executive Officer, Dena'ina Athabascan
Annette Evans Smith, Vice President of Community Relations and Development, Athabascan/Alutiiq
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
Bob Harty, High School Program Project director, Gaelic/Celtic
Ed Bourgeois, Director of Public Program
Glenn Olson, Education Program Manager
Elizabeth Walls, ECHO Project Coordinator/Education Assistant, Yup’ik
Beckie Etukeok-Johnson, Educational Specialist - Art, Inupiaq/Siberian Yupik/ Tlingit
Scott Neel, Curator of Collections and Exhibits/Registrar
Kelly Gwynn, High School Media Specialist
Rae Jackson, Scheduler/Receptionist, Inupiaq
Loren Anderson, Cultural Ambassador, Alutiiq
Marge Andrews, Cultural Program Coordinator, Yup’ik
Paul Asicksik, Cultural Program Coordinator, Inupiaq
Yaari Kingeekuk, Cultural Programs Coordinator, St. Lawrence Island Yupik
Aaron Leggett, Dena'ina Cultural Historian, Dena'ina Athabascan
Eleanor Hadden, Assistant Curator, Tlingit/Haida/Tsimshian
James Williams, Media assistant, Tlingit
Marcella Foster, Dance Coordinator, Tsimshian/Haida
Manuel Tumulak, Native Games Instructor, Tlingit                                              |
Casey Ferguson, Cultural Programs Coordinator, Cup'ik
 

 Community Relations & Development

Annette Evans Smith, Vice President of Community Relations and Development, Athabascan/Alutiiq
Jill Ramsey, Grantwriter/Administrator, Cherokee/ Irish/ French Canadian
David Farve, Public Relations Specialist, Mississippi Choctaw
Laura Olson, Development Assistant, Inupiaq
Miriam Aarons, Membership Program Coordinator, Inupiaq


Operations & Administration

Debra Call, Director of Operations and Human Resources, Dena'ina Athabascan
Christy Konigsberg, Finance Manager                                                                         
Melissa Saunders, Director of Sales & Marketing, English/Irish
Rick St. Armand, Systems Administrator, French Canadian
Rick Irwin, Transportation and Safety Supervisor
Delia Call, Retail Manager, Dena'ina Athabascan                                                      

Amy J. Roehl Hanson,  Special Assistant, Yup'ik/Athabascan/Aleut
Katie Hess, Human Resources Specialist, Yup'ik