Board of Directors

Name Title Affiliation
Rachel Bunnell Chair

Financial Planner
The Planning Group of the Northwest of RW Baird & Co., Incorporated
Anchorage, AK
Mark Burgess

President and CEO
Credit Union 1
Anchorage, AK
Martin Cary

Senior Vice President and General Manager
GCI Business
Anchorage, AK
Laura Conner, Ph.D. University of Alaska Designee

Vice Chancellor of Research
University of Alaska Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK
Kate Consenstein

Principal
Rising Tide Communications
Anchorage, AK 
Bridget Coughlin, Ph.D.

President and CEO
Shedd Aquarium
Chicago, IL
Angel Drobnica

Fisheries Advisor
Aleutian Probliof Island Community Development Association
Juneau, AK
Dylan Faber

Government and Community Affairs Manager, Matson 
Anchorage, AK
Stephen Grabacki

President
FISHEYE Consulting
Anchorage, AK
Josie Hickel Immediate Past Chair

Retired President, Chugach Alaska Corporation
Anchorage, AK
Holly Hirai

Seattle, WA
Troy Johnson

Alaska Automation Manager
Hilcorp
Anchorage, AK
Nicole Kimball

Vice President, Alaska Operations
Pacific Seafood Processors Association
Anchorage, AK
Jim Kubitz

Vice President, Real Estate & Facilities
Alaska Railroad Corporation
Anchorage, AK
Terry Lauck

Retired, Director of Environmental & Permitting
ConocoPhillips Alaska, Inc.
Anchorage, AK
Nicole Lawrence Secretary

Owner
Seward Properties
Seward, AK
Wendy Lindskoog

External Affairs Manager
Donlin Gold
Anchorage, AK
Peter Micciche

Mayor, Kenai Peninsula Borough
Commercial Salmon Fisherman
Soldotna, AK
S. Bradley Moran, Ph.D. University of Alaska Designee

Dean, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
University of Alaska
Fairbanks, Alaska
Geri Nipp

Director of Marine Operations
Kenai Fjords Tours
Seward, AK
Lisa Peterman

Alaska Customer Service Manager
TOTE Maritime Alaska
Anchorage, AK 
Valerie Phelps

Physical Therapist
Founder of Advanced Physical Therapy
Anchorage, AK 
Brian Pinkston Treasurer

President/Founder
Bright Road Wealth Management, LLC
Anchorage, AK
Brian Riekkola

Partner
North Star Law Group, LLC
Anchorage, AK
Michele Schuh

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
First National Bank Alaska
Anchorage, Alaska 
Margaret Sherman

Marketing Specialist
Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
Juneau, AK
Kat Sorensen City of Seward Designee

City Manager, City of Seward
Seward, AK
Laurel Stutzer

Retired Teacher and 
Co-owner of The Susitna Flats
Anchorage, AK 
Robert Suydam, Ph.D. Vice Chair

Senior Wildlife Biologist
North Slope Borough
Barrow, AK