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.
Johnna McNair, Program Coordinator
Phone: (907) 786-5458Fax: (907) 786-5446
E-Mail: anjlm1@uaa.alaska.edu
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Bio coming soon...
Linda Ketchum, Entrepreneurship Initiatives
Phone: (907) 786-5415
Fax: (907) 786-5446
E-Mail:afldk@uaa.alaska.edu
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Ms. Linda Ketchum is the lead for UACED’s Entrepreneurship Initiatives. In this role, she develops and delivers training, organizes education events, and promotes coordination and collaboration of statewide efforts. She is also the Network Builder for AKSourceLink, a collaborative initiative to launch and operate a web portal serving as a virtual referral center for Alaska’s businesses. Ms. Ketchum has taught a graduate class in Social Entrepreneurship for UAA’s College of Business and Public Policy. 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.
Kathryn Abbott, AmeriCorps VISTA Leader
Phone: (907) 786-5419
Fax: (907) 786-5446
E-Mail:forthcoming...
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Kathryn Abbott is excited to be VISTA Leader for UACED after a year of serving as a VISTA under the program. Hailing all the way from South Carolina, Katie moved to Alaska in September of 2009 to work at the Southwest Alaska Municipal Conference. Prior to working at SWAMC, Kathryn worked as a student research assistant in the Economics Department at the College of Charleston. She also spent a summer in Washington, DC interning in the International Security Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Kathryn graduated in 2008 from the College of Charleston with a degree in Economics and a concentration in Political Science.