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University of Alaska: Serving the State
Pat Pitney has served as the interim president of the University of Alaska since August 2020. She previously served as the director of Alaska’s Division of Legislative Finance and as the state’s Budget Director. Prior to her state service, Pitney spent 23 years with the University of Alaska, serving as UAF vice chancellor for administrative services and in positions at the UA system office. Pitney moved to Fairbanks in 1987 from Montana. She earned her MBA from UAF and an engineering physics degree from Murray State University (Kentucky). She has three adult children (all UA graduates with degrees from UAF, UAA, and UAS) and two grandchildren. She was a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team and won a gold medal in women’s air rifle.
Sheri Buretta was appointed to the UA Board of Regents in 2015 by Governor Walker and currently serves as the board chair. She is the Chairman of the Chugach Alaska Corporation, a Director of the Native American Contractors Association, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Alaska Federation of Natives, Alaskans Standing Together, the Tatitlek Corporation, and ROSSIA—Russian Orthodox Sacred Sites in Alaska, Inc. She previously served on the boards of Anchorage Economic Development Corporation and the Foraker Group, and on the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council. Sheri was born in Anchorage; her family is from the village of Tatitlek located in Prince William Sound. She holds associate degrees in accounting from the University of Alaska and in business from Gulf Coast Community College in Florida. Regent Buretta and her husband Gary have two children.
Interesting URLs:
Alaska Middle College School - https://www.asdk12.org/amcs
Rural Alaska Honors Institute - https://www.uaf.edu/rahi/
Massive Open Online Courses - https://www.mooc.org/
NANA Nordic - Skiing Across Alaska - https://www.skiku.com
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Pat Pitney has served as the interim president of the University of Alaska since August 2020. She previously served as the director of Alaska’s Division of Legislative Finance and as the state’s Budget Director. Prior to her state service, Pitney spent 23 years with the University of Alaska, serving as UAF vice chancellor for administrative services and in positions at the UA system office. Pitney moved to Fairbanks in 1987 from Montana. She earned her MBA from UAF and an engineering physics degree from Murray State University (Kentucky). She has three adult children (all UA graduates with degrees from UAF, UAA, and UAS) and two grandchildren. She was a member of the 1984 U.S. Olympic Team and won a gold medal in women’s air rifle.
Sheri Buretta was appointed to the UA Board of Regents in 2015 by Governor Walker and currently serves as the board chair. She is the Chairman of the Chugach Alaska Corporation, a Director of the Native American Contractors Association, and serves on the Board of Directors for the Alaska Federation of Natives, Alaskans Standing Together, the Tatitlek Corporation, and ROSSIA—Russian Orthodox Sacred Sites in Alaska, Inc. She previously served on the boards of Anchorage Economic Development Corporation and the Foraker Group, and on the Prince William Sound Regional Citizens Advisory Council. Sheri was born in Anchorage; her family is from the village of Tatitlek located in Prince William Sound. She holds associate degrees in accounting from the University of Alaska and in business from Gulf Coast Community College in Florida. Regent Buretta and her husband Gary have two children.
Interesting URLs:
Alaska Middle College School - https://www.asdk12.org/amcs
Rural Alaska Honors Institute - https://www.uaf.edu/rahi/
Massive Open Online Courses - https://www.mooc.org/
NANA Nordic - Skiing Across Alaska - https://www.skiku.com