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
2025-2027
Duane Mayes

Eagle River

Vice President
2024 – 2026
Clara Baldwin

Anchorage

Secretary
2024 – 2026
Evelyn Ooten

Anchorage

Treasurer
2023 – 2025
Sean Gordon

Anchorage

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.

Southcentral

2024-2026

Karen Strache
Eagle River

Interior

2024-2026
Kristeena Brinkley
Fairbanks

Southcentral

Southwest

Vacant
TBD

Southcentral

2023 – 2025
Markus Porch
Eagle River

Interior

2024 – 2026
Kathryn Widener
Fairbanks

Southcentral

2025-2027
Natasha Haskins
Anchorage

Southcentral

2023 – 2025
Shawn Schramski
Eagle River

Southcentral

2025-2027
Courtney Westmann
Anchorage