Staff Directory
Christi Bell, Director
Phone: (907) 786-5444
Fax: (907) 786-5446
E-Mail:christi.bell@uaa.alaska.edu
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Ms. Christi Bell is the Director of the University Alaska Center for Economic Development. Through this position she provides technical assistance to community-based organizations engaged in economic development activities throughout Alaska. Assistance efforts include strategic planning, feasibility studies, business planning and non-profit corporation business counseling. She holds a Master of Business degree and a Master of Science degree in Resource Management, both from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. In addition to education, Ms. Bell brings many years of business and management consulting experience to the UACED.
Andrew Crow, Consultant and Cooperative Program Manager
Phone: (907) 786-5447
Fax: (907) 786-5446
E-Mail:anacc@uaa.alaska.edu
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Andrew Crow has worked in Alaska and the Russian Far East since 1989. He has a BA in Russian Language and a law degree and is a member of the Alaska Bar Association. Andrew also has experience working in rural Alaska, and with Alaska Natives. He practiced law with a firm with a large client base is southwest Alaska and Bristol Bay, worked as a commercial fisherman in Bristol Bay, served as an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer for the Lower Yukon Economic Development Council, and acted as staff for the Governor’s Commission on Rural Governance. Mr. Crow worked extensively in the Russian Far East. Currently, he manages the Alaska Cooperative Development Program, a project funded by the United States Department of Agriculture.
David Weaver, Program Coordinator
Phone: (907) 786-5445
Fax: (907) 786-5446
E-Mail: david.weaver@uaa.alaska.edu
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David began his career in rural community and economic development while serving two years as a Peace Corps volunteer in Albania. There he worked as a community health educator at a small public university. During his service he taught HIV/AIDS prevention, human rights, and grant writing curricula; worked with Roma/Gypsy children at risk of human trafficking; and achieved an advanced level of Albanian language proficiency.
In 2006 David received a graduate fellowship at the Illinois Institute for Rural Affairs at Western Illinois University. In this capacity he facilitated public strategic planning and visioning meetings in towns and villages across rural Illinois, and implemented a USDA Rural Community Development Initiative grant. David holds a Bachelor’s degree in Sociology from the University of Alaska Anchorage and a Master’s degree in Economics from Western Illinois University.
In his current role with the Center for Economic Development, David coordinates projects associated with UACED, coordinates the Center’s AmeriCorps VISTA program, and provides administrative support for the daily operations of the Center.
Linda Ketchum, Entrepreneurship Training Center Coordinator
Phone: (907) 786-5415
Fax: (907) 786-5446
E-Mail:afldk@uaa.alaska.edu
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Ms. Linda Ketchum is the Coordinator of UACED’s Entrepreneurship Training Center. In this role, she develops and delivers training, organizes education events, and promotes coordination and collaboration of statewide efforts. Ms. Ketchum also teaches Social Entrepreneurship in UAA’s MPA program. She holds a liberal arts degree from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, and a Master of Education degree in Adult Education from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Over the years, she has worked and volunteered in a variety of leadership roles in Alaska’s nonprofit sector.
Stephanie Schott, AmeriCorps VISTA Leader
Phone: (907) 786-5419
Fax: (907) 786-5446
E-Mail:apss11@uaa.alaska.edu
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Casey Bradshaw, AmeriCorps VISTA
Phone: (907) 786-5419
Fax: (907) 786-5446
E-Mail:vscsb4@uaa.alaska.edu
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Casey relocated to Anchorage in January 2008 from Boone, NC. While in Alaska , Casey decided to further her non-profit knowledge through the AmeriCorps VISTA program. Casey earned her bachelor of science from East Carolina University in Interior Design and, in 2000, with her design knowledge, began to see the vital need for green building. Casey has since focused on alternative, sustainable energies. She hopes to develop an energy plan for businesses in Alaska. Casey has also lived in Arizona, Colorado and California. She enjoys overseas travel, winter sports and rock hounding. Casey is also the Secretary of Alaska Women’s Environmental Network ("AWEN").
David Rodriguez, AmeriCorps VISTA
Phone: (907) forthcoming...
Fax: (907) 786-5446
E-Mail:forthcoming...
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