Executive Committee

The Management Advisory Committee (MAC) is an internal committee which provides bottom-up guidance to the PI, Co-I, and the PC. Its purview includes multi-campus and network partner program goals, policies, activities, protocols, operations, internal awards, and student progress. Members of the MAC are representatives from each major campus and partner institution.

Brian M. Barnes

Program Director/P.I.
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Jason Burkhead

Program Coordinator
Bioinformatics Core Director University of Alaska Anchorage

Kristin O'Brien

Student Research Program Co-Lead
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Julie Benson

Associate Director
University of Alaska

Timothy Thomas

Institutional Representative
Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium

Linda Nicholas-Figueroa

Institutional Representative
Ilisagvik College

Brian Woodbury

Institutional Representative
Southcentral Foundation

Max Kullburg

Institutional Representative
University of Alaska Anchorage

Maegan Weltzin

Institutional Representative
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Brian Barth

Institutional Representative
University of Alaska Southeast

Katie Cueva

Community Based participatory Research Core Co-Director
University of Alaska Anchorage

Stacy Rasmus

Community Based participatory Research Core Co-Director
University of Alaska Anchorage

Devin Drown

Data Science Core Director
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Pat Tomco

Research Analytics Core Director
University of Alaska Anchorage

Matthew Wooller

Research Analytics Core Co-Director
University of Alaska Fairbanks

Jonathan Stecyk

Student Research Program Co-Lead
University of Alaska Anchorage

Holly Martinson

Student Research Program Co-Lead
University of Alaska Anchorage