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  • Snowplows, Buildings, Potholes and Bonds—How Our City Works

    Lance Wilber is the new Public Works Director for the Municipality of Anchorage. He oversees the operations and reliability of the city’s infrastructure, including its streets, facilities, fleet, communications, traffic engineering, traffic signals and signage, and also capital road and drainage projects from design through construction. Until recently, he served as the Director of the Municipality’s Office of Management & Budget, responsible for the coordination, development, implementation and monitoring of capital and operating budgets for thirty-eight municipal departments. Previously, Lance served as the Municipality’s Transportation Division Manager, Traffic Department Director, Public Transportation Director (People Mover) and as Central Region Director for the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. He is a graduate of Oregon State University and Eastern Washington University with a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning. He served as President of Anchorage East Rotary. A life-long Alaskan, Lance has been married for 28 years and has two adult children.

    The slides that Lance used in his presentation can be found here - https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ise6g0cddl2993/Public%20Works%20%26%202022%20Bonds%20for%20AUUF%20Jan%202022.pdf?dl=0

    1 hr 26 min
  • Snowplows, Buildings, Potholes and Bonds—How Our City Works

    Lance Wilber is the new Public Works Director for the Municipality of Anchorage. He oversees the operations and reliability of the city’s infrastructure, including its streets, facilities, fleet, communications, traffic engineering, traffic signals and signage, and also capital road and drainage projects from design through construction. Until recently, he served as the Director of the Municipality’s Office of Management & Budget, responsible for the coordination, development, implementation and monitoring of capital and operating budgets for thirty-eight municipal departments. Previously, Lance served as the Municipality’s Transportation Division Manager, Traffic Department Director, Public Transportation Director (People Mover) and as Central Region Director for the Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities. He is a graduate of Oregon State University and Eastern Washington University with a master’s degree in Urban and Regional Planning. He served as President of Anchorage East Rotary. A life-long Alaskan, Lance has been married for 28 years and has two adult children.

    The slides that Lance used in his presentation can be found here - https://www.dropbox.com/s/4ise6g0cddl2993/Public%20Works%20%26%202022%20Bonds%20for%20AUUF%20Jan%202022.pdf?dl=0

    1 hr 26 min
  • A Report from the Front Lines of the School Board

    Margo Bellamy is President of the Anchorage School Board. A career educator, she has spent over forty years in education working as clerk typist, a teacher, librarian, assistant principal, principal, executive director, mentor, and trainer. During her two-year tenure on the Anchorage School Board, Margo has also served as Clerk, Communication Committee Chair, and Vice-President. Margo is an Adjunct Professor in the UAA Educational Leadership Program and serves on the board of directors of the Alaska Children’s Trust and of the Alaska School Board Association. She is a member of the National School Board Association’s National Black Caucus, National Native American/Alaskan Native Caucus, and National Hispanic Caucus, the Clare House Advisory Council, Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, the national chapter of the NAACP, and other organizations. Margo is married and is the parent of two adult children, both ASD graduates; and grandparent to two grandsons who both attend school in the Anchorage School District.

    Margo's slides can be found here - https://www.dropbox.com/s/af1buqp4ho53k39/1_16_22%20%20ASDSB%20%281%29.pdf?dl=0

    ASD COVID testing sites can be found here - https://www.asdk12.org/Page/18301

    ASD Social Studies Curriculum & national and AK State Standards can be found here - https://www.asdk12.org/Page/5449

    1 hr 42 min
  • My Path, My Theology
    Rev. Lise Adams Sherry has served as AUUF’s Contract Minister since August 2020, and is on a path to becoming the Fellowship’s “settled” minister. She grew up in Oregon as part of a blended family. Her main interests growing up were dancing and theatre -- she performed a lot! Another highlight was learning French and spending her junior year of college in France. Lise is married to Nelson and together they have two boys (Kennen ann be found here - https://www.asdk12.org/Page/5449

    1 hr 42 min
  • Sustainable Alaska—Alaskanizing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

    Joel Cladouhos is a father, husband, and social innovator. He was born in Fairbanks and grew up in Juneau. His background is economic development, the blue economy, and innovation and entrepreneurship. Joel earned his undergraduate degree in economics from Grinnell College and his MBA from University of Alaska Fairbanks. Joel is interested in the sustainable use of Alaska's natural resources, such as fisheries, mariculture, renewable energy, eco-tourism, outdoor recreation, local food systems, the circular economy, and the regenerative economy, and supporting the unique opportunities for sustainable development that represent the greatest potential for Alaska.

    You can find the slides that Joel used in his presentation here - https://www.dropbox.com/s/te88zreowvj19xv/AUUF%20presentation%20-%201_9_2022.pdf?dl=0

    1 hr 24 min
  • Sustainable Alaska—Alaskanizing the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals

    Joel Cladouhos is a father, husband, and social innovator. He was born in Fairbanks and grew up in Juneau. His background is economic development, the blue economy, and innovation and entrepreneurship. Joel earned his undergraduate degree in economics from Grinnell College and his MBA from University of Alaska Fairbanks. Joel is interested in the sustainable use of Alaska's natural resources, such as fisheries, mariculture, renewable energy, eco-tourism, outdoor recreation, local food systems, the circular economy, and the regenerative economy, and supporting the unique opportunities for sustainable development that represent the greatest potential for Alaska.

    You can find the slides that Joel used in his presentation here - https://www.dropbox.com/s/te88zreowvj19xv/AUUF%20presentation%20-%201_9_2022.pdf?dl=0

    1 hr 24 min