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:286@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190308T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20190308T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T093230Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/alaska-leaders-celebrat ing-women-at-the-helm-of-alaskas-future-international-womens-day-panel/ SUMMARY:Alaska Leaders: Celebrating Women at the Helm of Alaska's Future | International Women's Day Panel DESCRIPTION:\n\nJoin Alaska World Affairs Council in honoring and celebrati ng the women leaders in our community.\n\nPanelists include: Janet Weiss\, President of BP Alaska\, Sheri Buretta\, Chairman of the Board\, Chugac h Alaska Corporation\, Diane Kaplan\, President and CEO of Rasmuson Found ation\, &\; Col. Patricia Csànk\, Commander\, JBER and the 673rd Air Base Wing\, Alaska\n\nDiane Kaplan\, President &\; CEO Rasmuson Foundat ion\n\nDiane Kaplan became president and chief executive officer of Rasmus on Foundation\, based in Anchorage\, Alaska in 2001. She served as the fir st employee and administrator of the Foundation for six years prior to ass uming the presidency.\n\nBefore joining the Foundation\, Kaplan provided c onsulting services for philanthropic organizations\, Native corporations a nd tribes\, and broadcast nonprofit organizations. Prior to that\, she ser ved as chief executive officer of Alaska’s 28-station public radio netwo rk.\n\nKaplan earned a degree in communications and women’s studies from the University of Pennsylvania\, graduating summa cum laude.\n\nKaplan is a member of the boards of the International Foundation for Research in Ex perimental Economics\, The Alaska Community Foundation\, United States Art ists and The Foraker Group. She serves on the President’s Council of the ArtPlace national funding collaborative. She is also a member of the Phil anthropy Northwest Honorary Council and the Anchorage Rotary Club.\n\nKapl an’s community contributions have been recognized by the Anchorage Chamb er of Commerce Athena Society\, Alaska Public Radio Network\, Alaska Broad casters Association\, and YWCA. In 2013\, Kaplan received the First Alaska ns Institute Ted Stevens Award. She was named the Council on Foundations D istinguished Grantmaker of the Year in 2007 and in 2006 received the Alask a Federation of Natives’ prestigious Denali Award which recognizes a non -Native individual who has contributed to the growth and development of th e Alaska Native community’s culture\, economy and health. She was recogn ized with the National Organization of Black Elected Legislative Women (N. O.B.E.L. Women) Shining Star Award in 2010.\n\nSheri Buretta\, Chairman o f the Board\, Chugach Alaska Corporation\n\n\n\nAlaska Federation of Nativ es\, Director and Convention committee chair\, Oct.1997 to present\n\n Ta titlek Corporation Director\, Board Treasurer 2005 to present\n Universit y of Alaska Board or Regent Director\, Audit committee chair\, March 2015 to present\n ROSSIA Russian Orthodox Sacred Sites in Alaska\, Inc.\, Pres ident\, 2002 to present\n Alaskans Standing Together\, Director 2010 to p resent\n Anchorage Economic Development Corporation\, Director 2012-2015\ n Foraker Group Governance Board\, Director 2007-2014\n Mayor Dan Sulliv an\, Sister City Commission 2013-2014\n Governor Bill Walker\, Transition Team\, member 2014 \n Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Co uncil\, Director 1999 to 2012\n ANCSA Regional Association Director\, 199 9 to 2012\, President\, 2004 to 2008\n Mayor Mark Begich\, Transition Tea m\, Co-Chair\, 2003\n Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Public Advisory Group\, 1996 to 2000\n\n \;\n\nSheri was born in Anchorage\, Alaska\, her family i s from the village of Tatitlek\, Alaska located in Prince William Sound.  Sheri graduated from the University of Alaska with an Accounting degree and Gulf Coast Community College in Florida with a Business degree.\n\n&nb sp\;\n\nSheri and her husband Gary have two beautiful children\, Anastasia \, and Bo.\n\n \n\nJanet Weiss\, President of BP Alaska \n\nJanet Weiss was named president of BP Alaska in 2013. As president she is responsible for BP's oil and gas development and production activities in Alaska\, as well as its interests in the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System (TAPS) and invol vement progressing an Alaska LNG project. During her 33-year career\, she ’s held various engineering and leadership positions in Alaska\, North A merica Gas\, global roles\, and assignments such as vice president Gulf of Mexico Shelf and vice president Western Wyoming. Previous to her current role\, Janet served as vice president reservoir development for BP Alaska. Janet started her career in Alaska as a process engineer then moved into reservoir engineering. She has a Bachelor of Science degree in chemical en gineering from Oklahoma State University (OSU). In 2014 she was inducted i nto the OSU College of Engineering\, Architecture and Technology hall of f ame. Janet serves on the BP America Inc. Board of Directors. She is on the board of the Alaska Oil and Gas Association and serves on the University of Alaska Fairbanks Chancellor’s Board of Advisors. In 2017 she was name d to the Climate Action for Alaska Leadership Team by Alaska Governor Bill Walker. She is a member of the board of directors for both United Way and Covenant House Alaska. She is married to Troy and has two adult children\ , Jessica and Stormy and is a grandmother to Juliet.\n\n\n\n\nCol. Patrici a Csànk\, Commander\, JBER and the 673rd Air Base Wing\, Alaska\n\nColone l Patricia A. Csànk is currently assigned as the Commander\, Joint Base E lmendorf-Richardson (JBER) and the 673d Air Base Wing\, JBER\, Alaska. The 673d ABW consists of four groups operating and maintaining the joint base for air sovereignty\, combat training\, force staging and throughput oper ations in support of worldwide contingencies. The installation hosts the h eadquarters for the U.S. Alaskan Command\, Eleventh Air Force\, U.S. Army Alaska and the Alaskan North American Aerospace Defense Command Region. Th e 673d ABW comprises over 5\,500 joint military and civilian personnel\, s upporting America’s Arctic Warriors and their families. The wing support s and enables three AF total-force wings\, an Army Brigade and 55 other ma jor mission partners. In addition\, the wing provides medical care to over 35\,000 joint service members\, dependents\, VA patients and retirees thr oughout Alaska. The 673d ABW maintains $11.4B in infrastructure encompassi ng 79\,000 acres\, ensuring JBER remains America’s premier strategic pow er projection platform.\n\nColonel Csànk was commissioned in 1997 from Bo ston University’s ROTC program and began her Air Force career as a logis tician at Cannon AFB\, New Mexico. Her past assignments include deployment s supporting Operations Southern Watch\, Enduring Freedom\, and Iraqi Free dom\, and various operational and staff positions from squadron to Headqua rters Air Force and Joint Staff.\n\n \;\n\n\n\nProgram Details\n\n Ch eck-in will begin at 11:00am with seating available on a first-come first- serve basis. The program will begin at 12:00pm.\n Those with online reser vations do not need to present ticket confirmation at the door\, we will h ave all confirmed attendees on a list at check-in.\n Lunch at this progra m will be available for individual order and purchase from Bear Tooth Thea tre you wish to do so\, plan on arriving early to ensure you receive your meal by the end of the program.\n Online registration will close at midni ght March 7\, 2019 at midnight. Remaining tickets will be available for pu rchase the day of the program at the door from 11:00am.\n\n \;\n\n&nbs p\;\n\nHigh school and full-time college students who register in advance receive complimentary admission and a voucher for a lunch pizza buffet\, t hanks to the generous support of BP.  ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2018/09/Screen-Shot-2019-03-04-at-12.15.34-PM.png CATEGORIES:Events LOCATION:Bear Tooth Theatre\, 1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage\, AK\, 99503\, Un ited States GEO:61.19592979999999;-149.90727500000003 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=1230 W 27th Ave\, Anchorage \, AK\, 99503\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Bear Tooth Theatr e:geo:61.19592979999999,-149.90727500000003 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20181104T010000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0800 TZOFFSETTO:-0900 TZNAME:AKST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR