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Gary Chythlook
Director
Gary Chythlook owns a web development company Chythlook Communications.com, a business he has run since 1996. He is also designed the ANPA web site. He is originally from Dillingham, Alaska, and is a shareholder of Bristol Bay Native Corporation. Gary is the Chair of the ANPA Public Relations Committee.
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Cara Davis
Director
Cara Davis is the Program Manager for the Chugach Heritage Foundation (CHF), providing education and training funding to shareholders and descendants of the Chugach region. Before joining CHF, her employment experiences have included Chugach Management Services, Inc., CIRI, and Southcentral Foundation.
Cara was born and raised in Anchorage, however her father's family is originally from Cordova. She is a CIRI shareholder and a descendant of Chugach Alaska Corporation. Cara is a member of the Anchorage School District Special Education Advisory Council and the Airport Heights Elementary PTA. She plans to begin work on her bachelors degree in Human Services this year.
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Angela Gonzalez
Vice-Chair
Angela (Yatlin) Gonzalez is the Communications Coordinator for the Rural Alaska Community Action Program, Inc. (RurAL CAP). Before RurAL CAP, Angela worked as the Membership Director at KNBA 90.3 FM. Angela is Koyukon Athabascan, originally from Huslia, AK. Volunteer activities include serving on the Alaska Native Woman's Sexual Assault Committee, and the American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month Committee. She is also a member of the American Marketing Association - Alaska Chapter, and the Association of Fundraising Professionals, Alaska Chapter. She is a 2007 Top 40 Under 40 award recipient from the Alaska Journal of Commerce and Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. Angela has a BSBA in marketing from University of Tulsa.
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Krystal Kompkoff
Director
Krystal C. Kompkoff is the program supervisor for the Outreach, Admissions & Career Transition Services office for Alaska Job Corps. In addition to serving on the board of ANPA, she currently serves as the Vice President for Health and Safety for Bayshore PTA and Member of the Blue Ribbon Panel for Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. Previously, she served on the Board of the YWCA of Anchorage, the YWCA of the USA, Chair of the Board of Standing Together Against Rape, and a co-facilitator of the Anchorage/Mat-Su One-Stop Training Academy that has been so successful it has been duplicated in Fairbanks and Juneau. She is a 2004 Top 40 Under 40 recipient from the Alaska Journal of Commerce and Anchorage Chamber of Commerce. Krystal has her BA in Communications from Washington State University. She enjoys scrap booking and spending time with her two boys.
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Tabetha Toloff
Treasurer
Tabetha has been an ANPA member since 2002 and currently serves as Treasurer and Chair of the Finance/Operations committee and is involved with the Leadership Development and Board Development committees. Tabetha is the Manager, Human Resources & Corporate Services for Cook Inlet Region, Inc. (CIRI) and is a CIRI and Bering Straits Native Corporation shareholder of Russian and Athabascan descent. She was born in Anchorage, Alaska, has lived in Nikiski and Anchorage, and has family in Kenai, Soldotna, Seward and several Lower-48 states.
Tabetha has an Associate's degree in Business from UAA, a Bachelor's degree in Organizational Management from APU, and a Master's degree in Organizational Leadership from Gonzaga University. She currently serves on the board of the Bering Straits Foundation and is an active volunteer with many civic and Native organizations. Her personal interests include reading, fishing, walking/hiking, motorcycling, skiing, and spending time with family and friends.
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Carol Wren
Secretary
Carol Wren has been a member of ANPA since 2001. She works for Cook Inlet Tribal Council as the Director of the Employment & Training Services, a non-profit organization which provides an array of employment, education/training, and family services to the Alaska Native and American Indian community. Carol is Inupiaq, a shareholder of NANA Corporation and grew up in Dillingham, AK.
Carol has a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work from Pacific Lutheran University and is working on her Master's Degree in Career and Technical Education from the University of Alaska Anchorage. Carol is a member of the American Society of Training & Development, the Association for Career & Technical Education, a member of the Rural Human Services Advisory Council and on the Advisory Board for AVTEC in Seward.
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Jorie Zilys
Chair
Jorie has been an ANPA member since 2006 and currently serves as Board Chair and Chair of the Leadership Development committee and is involved with the Public Relations and Board Development committees. Jorie is the Internal Communications Specialist/Webmaster for Cook Inlet Tribal Council (CITC). Jorie is Inupiaq Eskimo from Unalakleet and is a descendant of both CIRI and BSNC. Volunteer activities include judging and scorekeeping for NYO and Junior NYO each year, judging in the GCI Academic Decathlon, and volunteering for church and community functions and gatherings.
Jorie graduated from the Foraker Group Certificate in Nonprofit Management program in December 2006, and graduated with her B.A. in Organizational Management with a Nonprofit Emphasis in April 2007. She has plans to continue her education with a M.A. in Organizational Leadership or Executive Nonprofit Leadership in 2008.
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