Kate Ripley named interim director of Office of Development and Alumni Relations

April 10, 2019

Emily Drygas, director of the UAF Office of Development and Alumni Relations, has accepted a new position as the senior director of principal gifts with the University of Alaska Foundation. Drygas served as director for 10 years, and has been with UAF for 16 years. She will start in her new role April 29.

Chancellor Dan White has appointed Kate Ripley as the interim director. Ripley was director of UAF alumni relations between December 2014 and May 2018. Prior to that she spent a decade as the public affairs director for UA statewide.

Ripley will begin her duties Monday, April 15, to allow for a transition period between directors.