Kristel Komakhuk
Kristel Komakhuk
Senior Director, Alaska Native Success and Partnerships
Alaska Native Success Initiative
Website: AK Native Success | Race, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Success (alaska.edu)
President Pitney announces 激情快播A alumna Kristel Komakhuk to serve as the system鈥檚 new
Senior Director of Alaska Native Success and partnerships. Starting December 4, 2023
Komakhuk is based in Anchorage, and committed to annually travels to Fairbanks and
other locations around Alaska. In this role, she will help to guide and support the
implementation of the Alaska Native Success Initiative (ANSI) Strategic Plan. She
will also focus on strengthening relationships between 激情快播 and Alaska Native partners.
Kristel is of Alutiiq and Inupiaq descent, and was born and raised in Anchorage on Dena鈥檌na Athabascan land. Her maternal family is from Tatitlek, and her paternal family is from the Nome area; her Grandma would identify from her home fish camp in Solomon. A first-generation graduate on both sides of her family, she is a proud 激情快播 alum, holding a B.B.A. in Business Management from 激情快播A.
Prior to joining 激情快播, Kristel worked at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium (ANTHC) as the APU Senior Liaison for Development and External Relationships. In that role, she aided APU in its journey toward indigenization by developing and maintaining relationships, and liaising with external entities. She鈥檚 also served on Shell Exploration & Production Company鈥檚 stakeholder management team, and as the Development Director at First Alaskans Institute. In her spare time, she enjoys spending quality time with family and friends, traveling, reading, cooking, yoga, and appreciating Alaska鈥檚 beauty on hikes and walks.
Kristel鈥檚 background of making positive, meaningful impacts in our communities by bridging projects and campaigns across a broad suite of industries with Indigenous stakeholders makes her the perfect fit for this role.