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A moderated conversation with Gary Holthaus and Kameron Perez-Verdia, first and current directors of the Alaska Humanities Forum. The conversation explores how the humanities are deeply woven into our daily lives - helping Alaskans address issues of the day and providing a way for people to connect with their ideas, experiences, and perspectives. Kameron is a lifelong Alaskan with two decades of leadership experience in the non-profit and education sectors. Most recently Mr. Perez-Verdia was Senior Director of Education Impact at United Way of Anchorage, where he helped to lead the 90% by 2020 Community Partnership, a collective impact initiative working to improve educational outcomes for children and youth. Mr. Perez-Verdia is currently the president of the Anchorage School Board. He is also the former President/CEO of Avant-Garde Learning Alliance, an Alaska nonprofit organization that works through partnerships to improve the capacity and effectiveness of Alaska’s rural schools and community organizations. Born in Alaska and raised in the Iñupiaq village of Point Barrow, Mr. Perez-Verdia obtained a bachelor's degree in Communications from the University of Puget Sound. He holds an MBA, with an emphasis in executive leadership, from Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver and has earned leadership certifications from Center for Human Systems and Harvard University’s Kennedy School for Executive Education. Mr. Perez-Verdia has held senior leadership positions at Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Catholic Social Services, Charter College, and Alaska Pacific University. He is also the former executive director of the Family and Intercultural Resource Center in Dillon, Colorado, and former senior vice president for Girl Scouts of Colorado. He lives in Anchorage with his wife Monica, who is a nurse, and two young children, Isabel and Mariela. Gary has served as the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship called minister since 2012. Originally ordained as a Methodist minister, Gary has also made a living as a poet, author, educator and non-profit administrator, and has been involved in environmental and social issues for 60 years. He arrived in Alaska in 1964. He earned a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Sacred Theology from Boston University. He has published numerous books of poetry and non-fiction, including "The Unauthorized Bible".
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A moderated conversation with Gary Holthaus and Kameron Perez-Verdia, first and current directors of the Alaska Humanities Forum. The conversation explores how the humanities are deeply woven into our daily lives - helping Alaskans address issues of the day and providing a way for people to connect with their ideas, experiences, and perspectives. Kameron is a lifelong Alaskan with two decades of leadership experience in the non-profit and education sectors. Most recently Mr. Perez-Verdia was Senior Director of Education Impact at United Way of Anchorage, where he helped to lead the 90% by 2020 Community Partnership, a collective impact initiative working to improve educational outcomes for children and youth. Mr. Perez-Verdia is currently the president of the Anchorage School Board. He is also the former President/CEO of Avant-Garde Learning Alliance, an Alaska nonprofit organization that works through partnerships to improve the capacity and effectiveness of Alaska’s rural schools and community organizations. Born in Alaska and raised in the Iñupiaq village of Point Barrow, Mr. Perez-Verdia obtained a bachelor's degree in Communications from the University of Puget Sound. He holds an MBA, with an emphasis in executive leadership, from Daniels College of Business at the University of Denver and has earned leadership certifications from Center for Human Systems and Harvard University’s Kennedy School for Executive Education. Mr. Perez-Verdia has held senior leadership positions at Cook Inlet Tribal Council, Catholic Social Services, Charter College, and Alaska Pacific University. He is also the former executive director of the Family and Intercultural Resource Center in Dillon, Colorado, and former senior vice president for Girl Scouts of Colorado. He lives in Anchorage with his wife Monica, who is a nurse, and two young children, Isabel and Mariela. Gary has served as the Anchorage Unitarian Universalist Fellowship called minister since 2012. Originally ordained as a Methodist minister, Gary has also made a living as a poet, author, educator and non-profit administrator, and has been involved in environmental and social issues for 60 years. He arrived in Alaska in 1964. He earned a Bachelor's Degree and a Master's Degree in Sacred Theology from Boston University. He has published numerous books of poetry and non-fiction, including "The Unauthorized Bible".