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](/foundation/images/Meg%20Nordale.jpg)
![Jennifer Schrage](/foundation/images/B%20-Jennifer-Schrage.gif)
Jennifer Schrage
Vice Chair (2024-2025)
Vice Chair, Committee on Membership
Anchorage, AK
President
Signature Land Services
![Roald Helgesen](/foundation/images/Roald%20Helgesen.jpg)
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](/foundation/about/board/StephanieE2-1.jpg)
Stephanie Erickson
Secretary (2024-2025)
Anchorage, AK
Greater Prudhoe Area Manager
ConocoPhillips Alaska
Elected Directors
![Anna Atchison](/foundation/about/board/Anna%20Atchison21.jpg)
Anna Atchison
Elected Director
Chair, Development Committee
Fairbanks, AK
U.S. Director of External Affairs
Kinross Gold Corporation
![Laura Bruce](/foundation/images/B%20-Laura-Bruce.gif)
Laura Bruce
Elected Director
Chair, Investment Committee
Anchorage, AK
Director
APCM Wealth Management for Individuals
![John Burns](/foundation/about/board/John_Burns-300x394%20Picture.jpg)
John Burns
Elected Director
Fairbanks, AK
President & CEO
Golden Valley Electric Association
![Andrea Canfield](/foundation/about/board/Canfield-Andrea.jpg)
Andrea Canfield
Elected Director
Anchorage, AK
Mergers & Acquisitions Partner
Stoel Rives LLP
![Laura Edmondson](/foundation/about/board/Laura%20Edmondson.jpeg)
Laura Edmondson
Elected Director
Anchorage, AK
Owner
Edmondson Consulting, LLC
![Jason Gootee](/foundation/about/board/Jason%20Gootee.jpg)
Jason Gootee
Elected Director
Chair, Committee on Membership
Lake Oswego, OR
Vice President, Strategic Market Development
Moda Partners, Inc.
![Todd Greimann](/foundation/images/B%20-Todd-Greimann.gif)
Todd Greimann
Elected Director
Juneau, AK
Managing Partner
Mauna Loa Land & Cattle, LLC
![Shauna Hegna](/foundation/images/Shauna-Hegna.jpg)
Shauna Hegna
Elected Director
Anchorage, AK
President
Koniag
![Brian Holst](/foundation/images/B%20-Brian%20Holst.jpg)
Brian Holst
Elected Director
Juneau, AK
Executive Director
Juneau Economic Development Council
![Dave Karp](/foundation/about/board/Dave%20Karp.jpeg)
Dave Karp
Elected Director
Anchorage, AK
Senior Vice President and Managing Director
Saltchuk
![Stephanie Madsen](/foundation/images/B%20-Stephanie-Madsen.jpg)
Stephanie Madsen
Elected Director
Juneau, AK
Executive Director
At-Sea Processors Association
![Rhonda Oliver](/foundation/images/B%20-Rhonda-Oliver.gif)
Rhonda Oliver
Elected Director
Vice Chair, Finance & Audit Committee
Anchorage, AK
Corporate Controller
Cook Inlet Region, Inc.
![Melissa Reiser](/foundation/about/board/reiser2.jpg)
Melissa Reiser
Elected Director
Anchorage, AK
Senior Healthcare Lending Officer and Vice President, Corporate Lending
First National Bank Alaska
![Benjamin Roth](/foundation/images/Ben-Roth.jpg)
Benjamin Roth
Elected Director
Fairbanks, AK
Founder and Financial Advisor
SBS Retirement Consultants, LLC
![Tim Thompson](/foundation/images/Tim%20Thompson.jpg)
Tim Thompson
Elected Director
Vice Chair, Development Committee
Anchorage, AK
Public Relations and Marketing Director – Alaska
Alaska Airlines
![Aleesha Towns-Bain](/foundation/images/B%20Aleesha%20Towns-Bain.jpg)
Aleesha Towns-Bain
Elected Director
Anchorage, AK
Executive Director
Bristol Bay Foundation
Regent directors
![Dale Anderson](/foundation/images/B-%20Dale%20Anderson.jpg)
![Mary K. Hughes](/foundation/images/B%20-Mary-K-Hughes.gif)
Ex-Officio Directors
![Pat Pitney](/foundation/images/B-Pat-Pitney.jpg)
![Aparna Palmer](/foundation/about/board/aparna-palmer-Jan%202023.jpeg)
![Sean Parnell](/foundation/images/B-SeanParnell.jpg)
Sean Parnell
Ex-officio Director
Anchorage, AK
Chancellor
University of Alaska Anchorage
![Daniel White](/foundation/images/B%20-Daniel-White.gif)
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 |
Tammy Kosa | 1/1/2023 | 2/22/2024 |