SHS Board of Directors Bios

Patricia Roberts Alexander, Vice-President

Years on Board: 3
Term Expires: 10/2012
747-6088 (h)
pata6088@gmail.com

Past/Present Business & Community Affiliations:

Patricia is of the Raven Moiety, T’akdeintaan clan of Hoonah Alaska, born in Juneau and raised in Sitka on Charcoal and Alice Island.

Community affiliations include the following:

Past Employment: S. E. Alaska Regional Health Consortium – Manager of Environmental Services for Mt. Edgecumbe Hospital, Administrative Services Director, Sitka campus – 4.5 years, Health and Social Services Director for Sitka Tribe of Alaska – 5 years, Clinic Administrator for the Juneau Health Center now known as the Ethel Lund Health Center – 1.5 years.

Boards, Commissions and Affiliations:

Alaska Native Sisterhood, Camp #4, past president and camp council, life member
Alaska Pacific Bank – Advisory Board Member 6 years
Commission on Health Needs and Community Services, past chair and member - 4+ years
Huna Totem shareholder, Shee Atika Inc. shareholder, Sealaska shareholder
Sitka American Legion Auxiliary member
Sitka Community Hospital Auxiliary member
Sitka Emblem Club member
Sitka Tribe of Alaska – member, STA Cultural Committee Member
Sitka Women’s Club member
Southeast Alaska Indian Cultural Center member – 9 years
Southeast Alaska Regional Health Consortium Board of Directors, Juneau representative – 1986, member of Accreditation Governing Body

Chris Todd, Secretary

Years on Board: 3
Term Expires: 10/2013
907-623-9980 (h)
907-623-7114 (c)
fscat8@gmail.com

Chris found her way to SE Alaska in 1985 via public radio station KFSK in Petersburg and then KCAW in Sitka where she was a news reporter. Hoping to hone her fisheries reporting skills, she went to work on a buying scow in 1987 and has been involved in commercial fishing pretty much ever since. She and her husband, Pat Glaab spent several years fishing and working in the Sitka and Bristol Bay area, returning full time to Sitka in 2008 . Chris is working on her B.A. degree in Rural Development through the University of Alaska-Fairbanks and looking forward to pursuing a Master’s degree as well. Currently, deck handing on the family seine boat, occasionally hosting Morning Edition for KCAW and repacking the backpack for another trip keep the grass from growing under her feet.

Ernestine Massey, Treasurer

Years on Board: 15
Term Expires: 10/2013
747-3319 (h)
752-0595 (cell)
eb109@ptialaska.net
Past/Present Business & Community Affiliations
Past President of the Alaska State Board of Education (5 years), member Alaska Visitors Association, member Alaska State Chamber of Commerce, past Owner/Operator of Potlatch House, a 30 unit motel, restaurant and lounge, past Executive Director of the Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce, and past Board President of the Chamber of Commerce, currently owns/manages 13 rental properties in Sitka, past member of the Sitka School Board, past Board Member for Mount Edgecumbe High School, founding member of New Archangel Dancers and 25 year board member, winner of many statewide/national awards related to furthering tourism and recognition of Sitka.

Jerry Dzugan

Years on Board:5
Term Expires: 10/2013
747-3287 (w)
738-0724
director@amsea.org
Past/Present Business & Community Affiliations
Current Executive Director of Alaska Marine Safety Education Association (AMSEA) President of Sitka Island Institute Board, Board Member of U.S. Marine Safety Association, Chair of USCG Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Council, Board Member of Sitka Maritime Historical Society, Member of Alaska Health Project Board, commercial fishermen (8 yrs). Owner/operator Alaska Wyldewind Charters (7 yrs) conducting sailing
and wildlife trips.

Doris Bailey

Years on Board: 5
Term Expires: 10/2012
747-5794 (h)
738-1205 (cell)
dorie@gci.net
Past/Present Business & Community Affiliations
Past Assembly Member for the City & Borough of Sitka (6 years), Past Chairman of the Sitka Planning Commission (9 years), 3 years as Deputy Sitka Mayor, member Alaska Native Sisterhood since 1977 w/1 year as President. Past Treasurer of the Presbyterian Church (12 years), Past Executive Director Alaska Arts Southeast and the Sitka Fine Arts Camp Board, Member of the City and Borough of Sitka Employment Relations Board

Sabra Jenkins

Years on Board: 10
Term Expires: 10/2012
747-5071 (h)
738-3094 (cell)
sitkaempress@yahoo.com
Past/Present Business & Community Affiliations
Daughter of Bob Ellis who started Ellis Air Lines which merged with Alaska Airlines, President of Ocean Wave Quilters, Past President of Rainy Day Dollmakers,
Retired owner of Sabra's Income -New Creations a sewing alteration business, Sitka Tours Guide

John Stein

Years on Board: 3
Term Expires: 10/2012
747-7811
738-2677
john.c.stein@gmail.com

Past/Present Business/Community Affiliations:

Executive director of the Sitka Sound Science Center, John Stein retired in 2008 from a career in local government and non-profits. With an Associate Degree in Industrial Engineering in 1967 he began as an engineering aide on the 737 aircraft at Boeing's Plant 2 in Seattle. He worked as a meter reader and then general manager of the water system serving neighboring Bellevue. He returned to Sitka in 1973 as engineering aide for Alaska Lumber and Pulp Co. and later worked with Rocky Gutierrez as tax assessor for Sitka. He returned to school in 1984 at U.O., Eugene for his BS in Public Management then worked as planner for the City of Wasilla, Matanuska-Susutna Borough and as Mayor of Wasilla. Leaving the mayor's job to Sara Palin in 1996, John took on Kids are People, Inc. a youth services non-profit before coming to Sitka in 2005 as Municipal Administrator. John was married to Sandee Snow and Karen Marie (d) and has four children, Reber, Morgan, Peter, Jackson and three grandchildren. His interests aside from history are boating, politics and photography.

Jim Davis

Years on Board: 1st
Term Expires: 10/2012
747-8678
ladygirl@gci

Past/Present Business & Community Affiliations

Arrived in Sitka in 1952 as a radio engineer at KIFW.
Began teaching high school in 1955
School superintendent in Kake and Skagway
Chamber of Commerce President in Skagway
Retired from school work in 1972 and returned to Sitka
Former Executive Director of Greater Sitka Chamber of Commerce (2 years).\
During teaching careerr, worked summer vacations for several years for the U.S. Park Service
Ran an Alaska state boat for the Fish and Game Department.
Education consists of Bachelor Degrees in Physical Science and Construction Engineering.

Advanced degrees in Education and History.

Accepted into the Tlinget Raven tribe and honored by being given the name of a revered chieftain who had died long ago.

Karen Christner

Years on Board: 1
Term Expires: 10/2013
738-7764 (cell)
747--6930 (h)
tasteofsitka@gmail.com
Past/Present Business & Community Affiliations

Karen Christner came North from Eugene, OR with her Forest Service husband and 3 children for a 2 year assignment in Feb, 1985. Her academic background in biological education was broadened by a strong interest in the Russian American era and history became a favorite topic. She developed and administered Road Scholar, formerly known as Elderhostel, from Unalaska in the Aleutians, north to Fairbanks, and south to Seattle. The EH cruise program in Alaska was one of her pioneering projects. She has now retired from active administration, but still travels with her husband,Jere, sharing AK with Road Scholar participants.

Linda Trierschield

Years on Board: 1
Term Expires: 10/2013
747-5466 (h)
lindat@gci.net