2013 Archive

Stephen Trimble has been named the UAA Alumni Association 2013 Alumni Emerging Leader. He is a project manager and Alaska mining sector lead for URS Corporation, as well as advisory board member for geology and the College of Arts and Sciences at UAA.

Sophie Minich is president and CEO of one of Alaska’s biggest native corporations, Cook Inlet Region Inc. (CIRI). She took the helm in January of this year, after Margaret Brown, CIRI’s president and CEO for eight years, retired. “I love my job,” Sophie says smiling. Read more of Sophie’s story.

The passage of the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act in 1971 created 13 regional and more than 200 village corporations. UAA faculty have long advocated for an Alaska Native business management curriculum. It's now a blossoming reality.

Susan LaBelle has been named the UAA Alumni Association 2013 Alumni Humanitarian. She's spent the last 35 years working to improve social and behavioral health service delivery in the state. “My compassion for people makes me strive for change,” she says.