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:220@alaskaworldaffairs.org DTSTART;TZID=America/Anchorage:20161104T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Anchorage:20161104T130000 DTSTAMP:20231222T084824Z URL:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/archived-events/ak-native-corps-global- market/ SUMMARY:"Alaska Native Corporations in the World Economy" a panel discussio n with CEOs of Native Corporations DESCRIPTION:Speaker Bios:\n\nJason Metrokin\, President &\; CEO of Brist ol Bay Native Corporation\nJason Metrokin was born and raised in Anchorage \, Alaska. He earned his bachelor’s degree in business administration fr om Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts and his MBA from Alaska Pacific U niversity. After serving for 5 years on the board of directors\, and as di rector of shareholder &\; corporate relations for Bristol Bay Native Co rporation (BBNC)\, he was named as President and Chief Executive Officer i n January 2009. His family hails from Kodiak Island and Bristol Bay Alaska as well as Massachusetts. As a beneficiary of his late grandfather’s sh ares in BBNC\, Jason is a Bristol Bay descendant and is the first non-orig inal shareholder of an Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) regiona l corporation to become President/CEO. He is the recent past Chairman of t he ANCSA Regional Association\; an organization representing the CEOs of e ach of the 12 Alaska Native regional corporations.\n\nMr. Metrokin previou sly worked as vice president and development director at First Alaskans In stitute\, a statewide\, Alaska Native leadership development and public po licy organization and as a vice president and commercial relationship mana ger at Wells Fargo Bank (formerly National Bank of Alaska). In addition\, Mr. Metrokin has served on a number of corporate and non-profit boards of directors including BBNC subsidiary companies\, United Way of Anchorage\, the Alaska Community Foundation\, Alaska Regional Hospital\, Alaska Pacifi c University and the Rasmuson Foundation. In 2000\, he was chosen as a Top 40 Business person under 40 and has graduated from programs such as Leade rship Anchorage and BBNC’s Training Without Walls. Jason lives in Anchor age with his wife Shannon and their two sons. He enjoys the outdoors\, pla ys hockey and continues to volunteer in the community.\n\n\nHelvi Sandvik\ , President of NANA Development Corporation\nHelvi Sandvik is the presiden t of NANA Development Corporation (NDC)\, with the dual responsibility of working to fulfill NANA’s commitment to providing career opportunities f or its shareholders and to grow NDC into a multi-billion dollar revenue co rporation. Sandvik is originally from the village of Kiana in the NANA reg ion. She came to NANA in 1995\, after 12 years with the State of Alaska De partment of Transportation where she served as transportation planner\, di rector of statewide aviation\, and finally deputy commissioner.\n\nAt NANA \, Sandvik rose to the rank of president\, after serving NANA in various o ther senior level positions. Sandvik is extensively involved in local and national organizations\, and currently serves as a trustee for the Aqqaluk Trust. She currently serves as a director on Alaska Airlines’ board. Sh e is a past commissioner of the U.S. Arctic Research Commission\, former c hair of the Seattle branch of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco an d past chairman of the Alaska State Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors . She is also a former board member for the Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority\, the Alaska Energy Authority and United Way.\n\nSand vik earned her Bachelor of Science degree in economics from Kalamazoo Coll ege in Michigan and her master’s degree in business administration from the University of Alaska Fairbanks.\n\n\nGail Anagick Schubert\, President &\; CEO of Bering Straits Native Corporation\nGail Anagick Schubert is the President &\; CEO of Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC)\, an Alaska Native regional corporation serving seventeen villages in the Beri ng Straits region. She is Inupiaq Eskimo and was born and raised in Unalak leet\, Alaska. She serves on a number of boards including the State of Ala ska’s Retirement Management Board\, the ANCSA Regional CEOs Association\ , and the Alaska Federation of Natives. She is also a member of the Arctic Economic Council. Gail earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford Univ ersity\, an MBA from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management\, and her law degree from the Cornell Law School. Gail is an ATHENA society member\, YWCA Woman of Achievement awardee\, and a 2014 recipient of the Northwest Indian Bar Association’s Unsung Hero Award.\n\n\nModerator: \n Dr. Maria Williams\, Director of the Alaska Native Studies program at UAA\ nDr. Maria Williams is the Director of the Alaska Native Studies program a t the University of Alaska Anchorage and teaches courses in Alaska Native Music and World Music. A Tlingit Native\, she earned her Ph.D. from UCLA s pecializing in Ethnomusicology in 1996 and has produced two documentaries on Alaska Native music and elders.\n\n\n\n \;\n\nYou can catch the pod cast for this event courtesy of Alaska Public Media: listen to it here. ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://alaskaworldaffairs.org/wp-content/upload s/2016/10/SQ.jpg CATEGORIES:International Program Series LOCATION:Anchorage Hilton\, 500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United Sta tes GEO:61.21932160000001;-149.8918797 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=500 W 3rd Ave\, Anchorage\, Alaska\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Anchorage Hilton:geo:61 .21932160000001,-149.8918797 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Anchorage X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Anchorage BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20160313T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0900 TZOFFSETTO:-0800 TZNAME:AKDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR