Alaska Native corporations seminar offered

January 31, 2018

Photo courtesy of UAF School of Management. Speakers at the 2017 Alaska Native Corporations Seminar included, from left, Tom Maloney, CEO of Ahtna Netiye’ Inc.; Geri Simon, vice president of administration at Doyon Limited; and Toby Stoeber, Doyon's accounting director.

The Great Alaskan Accounting People will host a seminar about Alaska Native corporations at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 6, in the Murie Building auditorium at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. A social hour with light refreshments will start at 5 p.m.

Three panelists will speak and then take questions.

GAAP is a UAF student organization. This is GAAP’s sixth annual seminar, which features distinguished speakers from a variety of backgrounds involving Alaska Native corporations.

This year’s speakers include:

Garry Hutchison, a partner at Kohler, Schmitt & Hutchison P.C., a Fairbanks accounting firm.

Daniel Mitchell, managing director with KPMG, a global accounting firm.

Walter Williams IV, corporate controller for Doyon Limited, the Fairbanks-based regional Native corporation.

Geri Simon, Doyon's vice president of administration, will serve as master of ceremonies for the seminar.

The event will also be available via livestream at: www.kaltura.com/tiny/81mv6

For more information, contact Rebecca Strickland, GAAP events officer, at rlstrickland@alaska.edu.