Tickets available for UAF Business Leader of Year event

January 22, 2019

Andrea Miller
907-474-5942

Photo by Portraits Photography. Jim Dodson, president and CEO of Fairbanks Economic Development Corp., has received the UAF School of Management's 2019 Business Leader of the Year award.
Photo by Portraits Photography. Jim Dodson, president and CEO of Fairbanks Economic Development Corp., has received the UAF School of Management's 2019 Business Leader of the Year award.


Tickets are on sale for the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Management’s 43rd Business Leader of the Year dinner and award ceremony.

The 2019 event is scheduled for 6 p.m. Saturday, April 20, at the Westmark Fairbanks Hotel’s Gold Room and will honor Jim Dodson, president and CEO of Fairbanks Economic Development Corp.

“Jim is generally recognized as the person most responsible for the successful effort in 2005 to save Eielson Air Force Base from closure and was directly involved in securing the two squadrons of F-35s to be located at Eielson in 2020,” said Dan Gavora, 2012 business leader of the year and president of Doyon Utilities. “While leading FEDC, Jim has worked proactively with UAF to facilitate the commercialization of its research. The Fairbanks economy is stronger due to Jim’s selfless work on behalf of Interior Alaska and its residents.”

Tickets are $125 per person or $1,200 for a table of 10, which includes a program ad. Individuals or businesses may also sponsor student tickets for $100 per person. Visit http://bit.ly/BLOY2019 to purchase tickets.

ADDITIONAL CONTACTS: Tammy Tragis-McCook, 907-474-7042, tammy.tragis@alaska.edu

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