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WHEREAS, after 29 years of dedicated and distinctive service to the University of Alaska, including serving as Chief Treasury Officer for the University of Alaska and as the Education Trust of Alaska Trust Administrator since 2017, Tamera Weaver retired from the university at the end of April 2022; and

WHEREAS, Tamera Weaver began her university career in 1993 as the University of Alaska Cash and Investment Manager and also served as foundation accounting manager and chief investment officer for the university; and

WHEREAS, Tamera Weaver has overseen unprecedented growth of the Education Trust of Alaska’s 529 plans, including five years of peak investment earnings, accolades from national rating agencies, cultivating the assets under management to $11 billion, managing a historic high level of accounts, the addition of two new investment portfolios, the launch of incentive programs aimed at growing the program and supporting the goals of account holders in collaboration with T. Rowe Price & John Hancock to serve Alaska and national investors better; and

WHEREAS, Tamera Weaver supported Alaska 529’s increased outreach and education and developed a talent for marketing ideas, including regular advertising campaigns; sponsorships of sports teams, robotics competitions, academic decathlon, and other events; giveaways including “Going to College” t-shirts, and a nationwide recruiting campaign for non-Alaskans saving in the Education Trust of Alaska’s 529 plans; all of which increased awareness of the benefits of saving for college and promoted enrollment at the University of Alaska; and

WHEREAS, in her early days with the University of Alaska Foundation, Tamera Weaver successfully directed and managed the implementation of the Blackbaud Raiser's Edge and Financial Edge databases and accomplished the automation of the foundation's financial systems, managed the implementation of the newly adopted state Uniform Prudent Management of Institutional Funds Act standards for the foundation accounts, and with her investment management, oversight and due diligence saw foundation and university endowments increase from $25 million to over $300 million; and

WHEREAS, Tamera Weaver is a perfectionist when it comes to the work she oversees, has an unusually long attention span and an intense focus for detail, so much that she never had an audit exception, and is obsessed with accuracy finding even a $.02 error or missing comma, and developed a highly favorable reputation within the industry and with rating agencies; and

WHEREAS, Tamera Weaver hired exceptionally accomplished and loyal staff who maintained her high standards in their work, and as a result, she rarely took credit for accomplishments, choosing to credit her team for their collective efforts; and

WHEREAS, Tamera Weaver is ultimately a people person, putting the needs of investors, stakeholders, and employees first at all times; an extremely loyal, professional, and authentic person, she is never afraid to stand up for her beliefs, support her team or speak up when needed; and

WHEREAS, firm believers in the value of higher education, the Weaver family established the Pat and Ken Weaver Family Scholarship endowment at the University of Alaska Fairbanks’ School of Management, renamed the College of Business and Security Management, to provide three years of full scholarship funding to a student who graduated from the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District who is enrolled in academic programs within the college; and

WHEREAS, Tamera Weaver grew up in Fairbanks, attending local schools and graduating from the University of Alaska Fairbanks with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting; following graduation, she became a licensed, certified public accountant (CPA) and worked with a CPA firm in Fairbanks for eight years before coming to the university; and

WHEREAS, Tamera Weaver is extremely dedicated to her family and community, where she and her husband Randy raised their children, Alyssa and Jeremy - both University of Alaska Fairbanks graduates - and enjoy the benefits of living in Fairbanks, from gardening to supporting the University of Alaska Alumni Association while working at its hamburger booth at the Tanana Valley State Fair, to cheering on the Nanooks when attending hockey games.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska officially recognizes and thanks Tamera Weaver for her distinguished service to the University of Alaska; she will be genuinely missed; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that this resolution be appropriately engrossed and conveyed to Tamera Weaver with a copy incorporated into the official minutes of the June 2-3, 2022, meeting of the Board of Regents.