Governance | Board of Directors

Denali National Park

Executive Board

The Alaska Deaf Council’s Executive Board is compromised of the President, Vice President, Secretary, and the Treasurer.

President
2023 – 2025
Byron Jensen

Anchorage

Vice President
2024 – 2026
Ryan Di Giovanni

Anchorage

Secretary
2024 – 2026
Evelyn Ooten

Anchorage

Treasurer
2023 – 2025
Elise Veatch

Girdwood

Members at Large

The Alaska Deaf Council has Members at Large connecting communities in the Arctic, Interior, Southcentral, Southeast, and the Southwest to the core mission of the Alaska Deaf Council.

Members at Large are nominated every two years at the Annual Statewide Meeting and serve a term of two years.

Arctic

Vacant
TBD

Interior

2024-2026
Kristeena Brinkley
Fairbanks

Southeast

Vacant
TBD

Southwest

Vacant
TBD

Southcentral

2023 – 2025
Markus Porch
Eagle River

Interior

2024 – 2026
Kathryn Widener
Fairbanks

Southcentral

2024 – 2026
Sean Gordon
Anchorage

Southcentral

2023 – 2025
Shawn Schramski
Eagle River

Southcentral

2023 – 2025
Tyler Veatch
Girdwood