BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN TZID:America/Anchorage X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Anchorage BEGIN:VEVENT UID:187@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150724T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20150724T133000 DTSTAMP:20231222T082946Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/alaska-global-economy/ SUMMARY:"Alaska's Global Economy: Where We've Been and Where We're Going" - A Panel Discussion DESCRIPTION:**Part of the Anchorage’s Place in the World: Celebrating the Past 100 Years and Looking Toward the Future Series**\n\n\n\nSpeaker Bios :\n\nMargie Brown\, former President &\; CEO\, CIRI\nMargie Brown serve d as president and chief executive officer of CIRI\, an Alaska Native corp oration\, from 2005 until her retirement in 2013 after holding several man agement positions beginning in 1976. During her tenure\, CIRI developed a reputation for disciplined growth\, with diversified interests in energy d evelopment\, construction services\, environmental services\, real estate investment and management\, tourism and hospitality\, telecommunications\, aerospace defense and venture capital investment. In addition\, Brown ser ves on the national board of The Trust for Public Land\, the Student Conse rvation Association and the Alaska Native Heritage Center. She also serves on advisory boards for Alaska Airlines and the University of Alaska Ancho rage Honors College. Brown holds a bachelor’s degree in biology from the University of Oregon and a Master of Business Administration from the Uni versity of Colorado.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nDr. Paul Dunscomb\, Professor of Ea st Asian History\, UAA\nPaul Dunscomb is Professor of East Asian History a t the University of Alaska Anchorage and was the inaugural Director of the UAA Confucius Institute. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Kan sas. His book Japan’s Siberian Intervention\, 1918-1922: “A Great Diso bedience Against the People” (New York: Lexington Books\, 2011)\, is the first complete narrative of this topic in English. Japan Since 1945\, his contribution to the Association for Asian Studies Key Issues in Asian Stu dies Series has just been released.\n\n \;\n\n \;\n\nLarry Cash\, President &\; CEO\, RIM Architects\nLarry Cash founded RIM Architects i n 1986 and remains President &\; CEO of the firm. His design philosophy continues to be at the heart of all of RIM’s projects. It involves a de ep commitment to and respect of the client and the project\, and the devel opment of an architectural response that is aesthetically interesting and unique\, functionally appropriate and technically enduring in its respecti ve climate. His life’s calling is the pursuit of excellent architecture and the work of RIM\, and his goal is to see RIM achieve its potential and become a great and enduring company. Larry has a Bachelor of Architecture degree with Honors from Auburn University.  He is a registered architect in Alaska\, California\, Guam\, Commonwealth of the Northern Marianas Isl ands\, Georgia\, Alabama\, Hawaii\, Washington\, Arizona\, Idaho\, Nevada\ , Texas\, Utah\, Montana\, Wyoming\, Colorado\, South Carolina\, and North Dakota.\n\n \;\n\nDr. Rashmi Prasad\, Dean\, College of Business & \; Public Policy\, University of Alaska Anchorage\nIn leading the largest college of professional studies in the state of Alaska\, Dr. Prasad has he lped to build a dynamic group of faculty and staff to deliver the highest quality teaching\, research and service to further the well-being and pros perity of Alaska. Prior to becoming Dean\, Dr. Prasad was a faculty member at the University of Alaska Anchorage for the eleven years and currently holds the rank of Professor of Business Administration. Dr. Prasad has wid e ranging research interests\, with a principal focus on business ethics\, inter-cultural management\, and health systems administration. Dr. Prasad has served as Director of Graduate Programs in the College of Business an d Public Policy\, Chair of the University Honors Council\, and the Graduat e Council. Dr. Prasad has lived in many countries\, but spent his formativ e years in the Midwest\, where he studied at the University of Michigan an d University of Illinois\, before completing his PhD at the University of Kentucky in Lexington.\n\n\n\nThis program is supported in part by a grant from the Alaska Humanities Forum\, the Rasmuson Foundation\, and the Anch orage Centennial Celebration. Any views\, findings\, conclusions or recomm endations expressed in this program do not necessarily represent those of the Forum.\n\n\n\nThis program is presented in partnership with\n\n\n\n&nb sp\;\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n \;\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe podcast for this program is available through Alaska Public Media's AWAC Presents\, click here to listen. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2015/06/AlaskasGlobalEconomyGraphic-e1434042644467.jpg CATEGORIES:Anchorage Centennial,Anchorage's Place in the World,International Program Series END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0900 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:AKDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR