Board of Directors

The UA Foundation is legally separate and distinct from the University of Alaska and is governed by a board of directors. This all-volunteer board comprises prominent Alaskans, the president of the University of Alaska, chancellors from each university (UAA/UAF/UAS), and two members of UA Board of Regents. 

 

Board Officers

Meg Nordale

Meg Nordale

Chair (2024-2025)

Fairbanks, AK
President
GHEMM Company, Inc.

Jennifer Schrage

Jennifer Schrage

Vice Chair (2024-2025)

Vice Chair, Committee on Membership
Anchorage, AK
President
Signature Land Services

Roald Helgesen

Roald Helgesen

Treasurer (2024-2025)

Chair, Finance & Audit Committee
Juneau and Wasilla, AK
Chief Operating Officer
Central Council of Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

Stephanie Erickson

Stephanie Erickson

Secretary (2024-2025)

Anchorage, AK
Greater Prudhoe Area Manager
ConocoPhillips Alaska

 

Elected Directors

Anna Atchison

Anna Atchison

Elected Director

Chair, Development Committee
Fairbanks, AK
Director of External Affairs
Kinross Alaska

Laura Bruce

Laura Bruce

Elected Director

Chair, Investment Committee
Anchorage, AK
Director
APCM Wealth Management for Individuals

 

John Burns

John Burns

Elected Director

Fairbanks, AK
President & CEO
Golden Valley Electric Association

Andrea Canfield

Andrea Canfield

Elected Director

Anchorage, AK
Mergers & Acquisitions Partner
Stoel Rives LLP

Laura Edmondson

Elected Director

Anchorage, AK
Owner
Edmondson Consulting, LLC

Ella Goss

Ella Goss

Elected Director

Anchorage, AK
Chief Executive
Providence Alaska

Jason Gootee

Jason Gootee

Elected Director

Chair, Committee on Membership
Lake Oswego, OR
Vice President, Strategic Market Development
Moda Partners, Inc.

Todd Greimann

Todd Greimann

Elected Director

Juneau, AK
Managing Partner 
Mauna Loa Land & Cattle, LLC

Shauna Hegna

Shauna Hegna

Elected Director

Anchorage, AK
President
Koniag

Brian Holst

Brian Holst

Elected Director

Juneau, AK
Executive Director
Juneau Economic Development Council

Dave Karp

Dave Karp

Elected Director

Anchorage, AK
Senior Vice President and Managing Director
Saltchuk

Tammy Kosa

Tammy Kosa

Elected Director

Fairbanks, AK
Senior Vice President, Regional Market Manager
Northrim Bank

Stephanie Madsen

Stephanie Madsen

Elected Director

Juneau, AK
Executive Director
At-Sea Processors Association

Rhonda Oliver

Rhonda Oliver

Elected Director

Vice Chair, Finance & Audit Committee
Anchorage, AK
Corporate Controller
Cook Inlet Region, Inc.

Melissa Reiser

Melissa Reiser

Elected Director

Anchorage, AK
Senior Healthcare Lending Officer and Vice President, Corporate Lending
First National Bank Alaska

Benjamin Roth

Benjamin Roth

Elected Director

Fairbanks, AK
Founder and Financial Advisor
SBS Retirement Consultants, LLC

Tim Thompson

Tim Thompson

Elected Director

Vice Chair, Development Committee
Anchorage, AK
Public Relations and Marketing Director – Alaska
Alaska Airlines

Aleesha Towns-Bain

Aleesha Towns-Bain

Elected Director

Anchorage, AK 
Executive Director
Bristol Bay Foundation

 

Regent directors

Dale Anderson

Dale Anderson

Regent Director

Juneau, AK
Board of Regents
University of Alaska

Mary K. Hughes

Mary K. Hughes

Regent Director

Anchorage, AK
Board of Regents
University of Alaska

 

Ex-Officio Directors

Pat Pitney

Pat Pitney

Ex-officio Director

Fairbanks, AK
President
University of Alaska

Aparna Palmer

Aparna Palmer

Ex-officio Director

Juneau, AK
Chancellor
University of Alaska Southeast

Sean Parnell

Sean Parnell

Ex-officio Director

Anchorage, AK
Chancellor
University of Alaska Anchorage

Daniel White

Daniel White

Ex-officio Director

Fairbanks, AK
Chancellor
University of Alaska Fairbanks


Past Directors

Name Start End
Elmer E. Rasmuson 11/1/1979 6/1/1980
George C. West 11/1/1979 6/1/1980
Michael J. Tauriainen 11/1/1979 6/1/1980
Timothy M. Burgess 11/1/1979 6/1/1981
Weston O. Van Loon 11/1/1980 6/1/1981
Charles O. Ferguson 11/1/1979 6/1/1982
Edward O. Strandberg 11/1/1979 6/1/1982
Evelyn D. Walters 11/1/1979 6/1/1982
Neil B. Bergt 11/1/1979 6/1/1982
Robert W. Hiatt 11/1/1979 6/1/1982
Robert Ziegler 11/1/1979 6/1/1982
William L. Hensley 11/1/1980 6/1/1982
Edith R. Bullock 11/1/1979 6/1/1983
John J. O'Shea 11/1/1979 6/1/1983
Ronald F. Cosgrave 11/1/1979 6/1/1983
William J. Sheffield 11/1/1979 6/1/1983
Frederick O. Eastaugh 11/1/1980 6/1/1983
Kenneth D. Bell 11/1/1980 6/1/1983
Merritt R. Helfferich 11/1/1981 6/1/1983
Sara T. Hannan 11/1/1981 6/1/1983
Edwin L. Biggerstaff 11/1/1982 6/1/1984
Alvin S. Okeson 11/1/1983 6/1/1984
Kolf O. Jayaweera 11/1/1983 6/1/1984
George B. Rayburn 11/1/1979 6/1/1985
Louis F. DeLong 11/1/1979 6/1/1985
David L. Outcalt 11/1/1982 6/1/1985
Jana E. Blakestad 11/1/1982 6/1/1985
Michael E. Paradise 11/1/1982 6/1/1985
Beatrice L. Shaver 11/1/1983 6/1/1985
Joseph M. Joyner 11/1/1984 6/1/1985
Byron I. Mallott 11/1/1979 6/1/1986
Patrick J. O'Rourke 11/1/1982 6/1/1986
Richard D. Reeve 11/1/1982 6/1/1986
Jane Stewart 11/1/1983 6/1/1986
Paul Meyerhoff 11/1/1984 6/1/1986
Clark D. Ahlberg 11/1/1985 6/1/1986
Lance P. Bousley 11/1/1985 6/1/1986
Ronald M. Spatz 11/1/1985 6/1/1986
Charles Webber 11/1/1984 6/1/1987
Herbert H. Lyon 11/1/1984 6/1/1987
Marvin O. Looney 11/1/1984 6/1/1987
Hazel P. Heath 11/1/1985 6/1/1987
Mary H. Hale 11/1/1986 6/1/1987
Robert C. Williams 1/1/1986 12/31/1987
Vladimir P. Gavora 11/1/1979 6/1/1988
Lyle D. Perrigo 11/1/1986 6/1/1988
Ralph B. Gabrielli 11/1/1986 6/1/1988
Donald D. O'Dowd 11/1/1984 6/1/1989
George M. Sullivan 11/1/1986 6/1/1989
Judith J. Graham 11/1/1986 6/1/1989
Peter B. McDowell 11/1/1986 6/1/1989
Donald F. Behrend 11/1/1987 6/1/1989
Richard C. Hacker 11/1/1988 6/1/1989

 

Name Start End
Thomas J. Miklautsch 11/1/1979 6/1/1990
Charles H. Rosenthal 11/1/1987 6/1/1990
Ruth E. Burnett 11/1/1987 6/1/1990
Marlene A. Johnson 11/1/1989 6/1/1990
James A. Johnson 11/1/1987 6/1/1991
Raymond C. Highsmith 11/1/1989 6/1/1991
Terris Moore 11/1/1979 6/1/1992
Peter B. Schust 11/1/1989 6/1/1992
Tom Jenson 11/1/1989 6/1/1992
Caroline P. Bolar 11/1/1987 6/1/1993
Donald B. Abel 11/1/1990 6/1/1993
Donna L. Chantry 11/1/1991 6/1/1994
Llewellyn M. Williams 11/1/1992 6/1/1994
Josephine R. Scott 11/1/1992 6/1/1995
Norman S. Wagoner 11/1/1992 6/1/1995
Judith R. Divinyi 11/1/1995 6/1/1996
Rhonda P. Boyles 11/1/1995 6/1/1996
Edward B. Rasmuson 11/1/1987 6/1/1997
Jerome B. Komisar 11/1/1989 6/1/1997
Earl H. Beistline 11/1/1993 6/1/1997
Joseph R. Henri 11/1/1994 6/1/1997
Joan K. Wadlow 11/1/1990 6/1/1998
Sally R. Wien 11/1/1995 6/1/1998
Sharon R. Allen 11/1/1991 6/1/1999
Joseph M. Beedle 11/1/1992 6/1/1999
Arliss Sturgulewski 1/1/1983 11/18/1999
Thomas B. Jensen 1/1/1992 11/18/1999
William R. Wood 11/1/1979 6/1/2000
Gordon E. Evans 11/1/1992 6/1/2000
Jay Barton 11/1/1979 8/1/2000
Joe J. Thomas 11/1/1997 11/1/2000
Michael J. Burns 11/1/1997 11/1/2001
Brendan P. Kelly 7/1/2001 6/1/2002
Herbert C. Lang 11/1/1989 11/1/2002
Robert E. McManus 11/1/1999 11/1/2002
Chancy Croft 11/1/2001 11/1/2002
Derek E. Miller 12/1/2002 5/1/2003
Janet L. Dye 7/1/2002 6/1/2003
Joseph E. Usibelli 11/1/1983 11/1/2003
Hugh B. Fate 11/1/1991 11/1/2003
Robert E. Giinther 11/1/1993 11/1/2003
Brian D. Rogers 11/1/1999 11/1/2003
Chris J. Phillips 11/1/1999 11/1/2003
Jacqueline S. Pflaum 11/1/2000 6/1/2004
Joseph G. Hardenbrook 11/1/2000 6/1/2004
Joseph E. Usibelli Jr. 11/1/2002 6/1/2004
Marshall L. Lind 11/1/1987 7/1/2004
Peter P. Pinney 9/1/2003 7/1/2004
Edward L. Gorsuch 11/1/1993 8/1/2004
Robert B. Ballow 11/1/1997 11/1/2004
Alicia Iden 3/1/2003 5/1/2005
Arthur S. Buswell 11/1/1996 5/4/2005
David J. Parks 5/1/2003 6/1/2005
Michael J. Burns 6/1/2004 6/1/2005
Timothy J. Hinterberger 7/1/2004 6/1/2005
Michael P. Kelly 11/1/2003 3/1/2006
Maureen L. Johnson 12/1/2003 6/1/2006
David A. Lawer 1/1/2005 6/1/2006
Dennis W. Metrokin 11/1/2000 8/1/2006
Barbara L. Shepherd 6/1/2005 8/1/2006
Jacob S. Gondek 6/1/2005 8/1/2006
Robert B. Boswell 11/1/1997 11/1/2006
Gordon E. Evans 11/1/2002 11/1/2006
Michael W. Everette 11/1/2003 11/1/2006
Elaine P. Maimon 7/1/2004 5/1/2007
Jeffry J. Cook 11/1/1990 11/1/2007
Phil A. Younker 11/1/1999 11/1/2007
John P. Griffin 11/1/2002 2/1/2008
Brian J. Brundin 1/1/1979 3/4/2008
Stephen B. Jones 7/1/2004 6/30/2008
Laraine L. Derr 11/1/2000 11/1/2008
Tara K. Sweeney 11/1/2006 11/1/2008
Carl H. Marrs 6/1/2005 1/1/2009
Charles Webber   9/11/2009
Sharon D. Gagnon 11/1/1993 11/1/2009
William Anderson 11/1/2006 11/1/2009
Nate Start End
Mark R. Hamilton 8/9/1998 6/10/2010
Alison E. Browne 11/1/2000 7/23/2010
Robb A. Milne 11/1/2007 11/1/2010
Michael K. Powers 11/1/2009 1/1/2011
Angela S. Cox 11/1/2008 4/1/2011
Michael T. Felix 11/1/2006 4/15/2011
Frances A. Ulmer 3/1/2007 5/1/2011
Carla J. Beam 2/1/2007 7/31/2011
William L. MacKay 11/1/1996 11/1/2011
Wendy King 6/1/2008 11/1/2011
Bob G. Mitchell 11/1/2008 11/1/2011
Kirk A. Wickersham 1/1/2009 12/1/2011
Ann T. Thompson-Parrish 11/1/1991 11/1/2012
Wendy King 2/1/2008 11/1/2012
Theodore F. Fathauer 11/1/1996 1/20/2013
Lorali M. Simon 11/1/2010 11/1/2013
Anand Vadapalli 11/1/2011 11/1/2013
Carolyne L. Wallace 12/1/2003 12/1/2014
Fuller A. Cowell 2/1/2012 1/1/2015
Amy E. Humphreys 11/1/2013 4/1/2015
John R. Pugh 8/1/1999 5/30/2015
Patrick K. Gamble 6/1/2010 8/31/2015
Brian D. Rogers 7/1/2008 9/1/2015
Gregory J. Gursey 11/1/2000 11/1/2015
Eric E. Wohlforth 11/1/2006 11/1/2015
Jo A. Michalski 11/1/2006 11/1/2015
Betsy E. Lawer 11/1/2009 11/1/2015
Melody D. Feniks 11/1/2009 11/1/2015
Michael K. Powers 9/1/2015 8/12/2016
Karen M. Polley 11/1/2010 12/1/2016
John C. Hughes 11/1/1979 12/4/2016
Lisa M. Parker 11/1/2015 5/10/2017
Grace B. Schaible   6/9/2017
Thomas R. Case 5/1/2011 7/1/2017
Dana L. Thomas 8/12/2016 7/1/2017
Grace Greene 5/1/2017 7/25/2017
Frank K. Paskvan 11/1/2011 12/1/2017
Samuel B. Gingerich 7/1/2017 9/15/2018
Leo B. Bustad 11/1/2009 12/31/2018
Susan A. Anderson 11/1/2009 12/31/2018
John R. Pugh 11/1/2015 12/31/2018
Latosha M. Frye 11/1/2015 12/31/2018
Jyotsna L. Heckman 5/1/2017 12/31/2018
Michael P. Buzinski 1/1/2018 7/29/2019
James W. Kostka 1/1/2017 12/31/2019
Richard A. Caulfield 6/1/2015 6/30/2020
Todd T. Fletcher 1/1/2018 8/1/2020
James R. Johnsen 11/1/2011 8/2/2020
John S. Jepsen 11/1/2011 12/31/2020
Marilyn F. Romano 1/1/2012 12/31/2020
Cathy Sandeen 9/15/2018 1/3/2021
Bruce R. Schultz 1/4/2021 6/11/2021
Darroll R. Hargraves 2/19/2019 1/17/2022
Arliss Sturgulewski 11/8/2001 4/7/2022
Cary S. Keller 1/1/2014 12/31/22
Cynthia L. Cartledge 1/1/2014 12/31/22
Jyotsna L. Heckman 1/1/2020 12/31/22
Karen T. Carey 7/1/2020 6/30/23
Alexander H. Slivka 12/2/2015  4/30/2023
Heather Cavanaugh  5/1/2017  12/31/2023
 Julee Farley 1/1/2018   12/31/2023