Weidner Apartments

As former president and chief executive officer of CIHA, Ms. Gore’s leadership has mapped a new strategic direction for the Authority to aggressively develop quality affordable housing and affordable housing programs throughout Alaska’s Southcentral region. Before joining Cook Inlet Housing Authority (CIHA), Carol was vice president of income-producing real estate for Cook Inlet Region, Inc.,…

International Arctic Research Center, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Dr. Jessica Garron works with a broad spectrum of scientists, community members, agency partners and industry representatives to apply science-based solutions to decision-making. Garron’s primary work identifies remote sensing and drone-based technological solutions to address community, scientific and operational problems focused on the circumpolar Arctic and to serve as a knowledge broker of those solutions.…

Owens Inspection Services

David Owens has been an Alaskan Resident for 50 years. He has 40-years of experience in the Alaska Construction industry and currently works as the Senior Inspector/ Managing Partner for Owens Inspection Services. The company works throughout all areas of the State of Alaska performing Inspection, Quality Assurance and Energy Evaluations. David is a Licensed…

Vasilios “Akis” Gialopsos was born and raised in Anchorage, Alaska. Akis grew up in his family’s restaurant business, going to school, playing sports, participating in the Boy Scouts, Greek dancing, and Greek Church events such as the annual Alaska Greek Festival. After completing his high schooling at the American Community Schools in Athens, Greece, Akis…

NORDEC Consulting & Design

Bill retired as Senior Researcher with the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), where he worked on promoting the development of innovative building technologies, green building practices, and sustainable development with a focus on projects in the Canadian far north. Bill’s training is in architecture, construction, and planning, and has worked in the building industry…

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Golden Valley Electric Association, Inc.

Born and raised in Fairbanks, Daniel Heckman is the Regulatory Manager for Golden Valley Electric Association (GVEA), where he is responsible for providing regulatory and compliance oversight with accounting principles, federal and state laws, and industry standards. He serves as GVEA’s principal liaison with the Regulatory Commission of Alaska and supports GVEA’s interests in legislative…

RurAL Cap

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Nvision Architecture

Jobe is a licensed architect and fourth generation Alaskan who brings a sophisticated approach to design with thoughtful and viable architectural solutions. He provides high energy-efficiency designs to reduce clients’ operational costs and to reduce global impacts. His process begins with understanding the clients’ goals and designing architecture solutions that are site specific and user…

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Executive Director

Mindy grew up in Iowa and moved to Alaska in 2004. Since living in the Interior since 2010, she has worked for the Alaska Legislature, the Fairbanks Economic Development Corporation, and the Interior Gas Utility. She has also served as a labor business representative. More than 10 years ago she started Blue Canoe Media, a…