UA Board of Regents approves resolution of appreciation for CFO Myron Dosch

June 3, 2022

During its June 3 full-board meeting in Anchorage, the University of Alaska Board of Regents approved a resolution of appreciation for Chief Financial Officer Myron Dosch who will be leaving the UA System after 27 years of service.:

WHEREAS, after 27 years of dedicated and distinctive service to the University of Alaska, including serving since 2016 as University of Alaska Chief Financial Officer, where his university colleagues describe him as competent, collaborative, creative, an excellent coordinator, a champion, and a rock for the campuses, Myron Dosch announced plans to accept a position outside the university at the end of June 2022; and

WHEREAS, after five years in public accounting, Myron Dosch began his university career in 1995 at the University of Alaska Foundation; and in 1999, he accepted the position of Financial Accounting Manager for the university system with responsibility for the preparation of audited financial statements; and in 2006, he became the controller for the university system; and

WHEREAS, in 2016, as a response to budget reductions, former UA President Jim Johnsen combined Dosch’s roles and asked him to serve as both controller and Chief Financial Officer for the University of Alaska System; and

WHEREAS, in his financial leadership role, Myron Dosch oversees several departments, including financial reporting, financial systems, cost analysis, procurement, audit, treasury, risk services, and the college savings program; and he monitors the university’s investments, debt profile, and bond issuances, and regularly presents financial information and comprehensive analysis to university leadership and the Board of Regents; and

WHEREAS, during his tenure, Myron Dosch has provided steady, highly-respected leadership, managing highs and lows in investments, year-over-year budget reductions, changing federal laws, changes to credit ratings, new private-public partnerships, major investments in infrastructure, and a constantly changing economic landscape, and through it all calmly managed change and introduced new efficiencies; and

WHEREAS, under Myron Dosch’s leadership, the university implemented new travel systems and finance operations and reorganized procurement services; ensured the receipt of federal aid and disaster relief funding after the 2018 earthquake and throughout the COVID-19 pandemic; and carefully managed university costs while remaining constantly accountable to the state, federal agencies and the employees of the University of Alaska System, while working closely with the finance leads at each university to ensure consistency and compliance with federal regulations and reporting requirements; and  

WHEREAS, Myron Dosch is always available to others and is known by his staff as a supportive, appreciative, and an engaged supervisor who encourages personal and professional development and whose humble leadership demonstrates the importance of a positive work-life balance; and

WHEREAS, Myron Dosch, a self-proclaimed ‘accounting nerd’ earned a BBA in accounting from Gonzaga University in 1990, and in 2002 earned an MBA with an emphasis in capital markets from the University of Alaska Fairbanks; Dosch is a certified public accountant and member of the Alaska Society of Certified Public Accountants; and

WHEREAS, Myron Dosch is an engaged member of the Fairbanks community, volunteering for numerous non-profit boards, including the Fairbanks Soup Kitchen and the Catholic Schools of Fairbanks; and

WHEREAS, Myron Dosch is the embodiment of a family man, and he and his wife Katerina are actively engaged in the education of their children Dominic, Isabel, and Sofia, who regularly appear in their “I’m going to college” t-shirts and testimonials about Alaska’s 529 Plan. They enjoy numerous activities as a family, such as cross-country skiing and hiking, traveling the world – in particular visits to Katerina’s native Czech Republic – enjoying the architecture, or escaping for fun at the family cabin.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Regents of the University of Alaska officially recognizes and thanks Myron Dosch for his dedicated service to the University of Alaska, its employees, students, and partners, and knows that he will be genuinely missed; and

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