Our Team

Our team is composed of experts in small business development and finance, with roots in Southeast. We live here and we care deeply about the region’s people, ecosystems, and communities.

Board of Directors

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Ts’aang Gaa’y Leslie Isaacs

Chair
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L’uxshakee Robert Allen

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Gunnuk Anthony Mallott

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Láaganaay Tsiits Git’anee

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Kaaxúxgu Joe Nelson

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Chris Perez

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Aanshawatk’i Sarah Dybdahl

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Barbara ‘Wáahlaal Giidaak Blake

Administration and Operations

Alana Peterson

Executive Director
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Aldyn Brudie

Administrative & Human Resources Director

Laurel Stark

Finance Director
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Leslie Jackson

Grants Manager
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Kaylah Duncan

Development Manager
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Kennedy Kruchoski

Executive Assistant & Special Projects Manager
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Will Kronick

Deputy Director

Elsa Sebastian

Communications & Special Projects Manager

Erin O’Farrell

Strategic Communications Fellow

Client Services

Michael Mausbach

Business and Client Services Director
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Ashley R. Guthrie

Client Services Coordinator
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Lisa Nelson

Resilience Circles Director
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Isabella Haywood

Program Manager for Events and Facilitation
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Haley Armstrong

Program Manager for Financial Wellness

Andrew Jylkka

Program Manager for Small Business

CDFI & Lending Program

Michael Ching

CDFI Director
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Ashley Snookes

Senior Credit Officer

Adam Zimmerman

Lending Director & Director of the Tongass Energy Bank
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Abbey Janes

Loan Compliance & Portfolio Manager

Sustainable Southeast Partnership

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Shannon Stevens

Sustainable Southeast Partnership Deputy Director
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Brooke Leslie

Rural Economic Development Catalyst
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Kayla Roberts

Arctic Willow Advisory Group Program Manager

Shaelene Grace Moler

Communications Catalyst
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Val Massie

Community Planner