Jessica Black reelected to FNA board

Jessica Black, a faculty member in UAF's department of Alaska Native studies and rural development, has been reelected to a three-year term on the Fairbanks Native Association board. Black has been on the FNA board for six years and currently serves as president. 

She joins two new members, Jolene Malamute and Roxanne Frank, to serve on the board until 2025. The Fairbanks Native Association serves everyone in Fairbanks with education, community, and behavioral health services.

Black is Gwich’in from the villages of Gwichyaa Zhee (Ft. Yukon) and Toghotthele (Nenana), Alaska. Black is an associate professor with the Department of Alaska Native Studies and Rural Development. She also serves on the faculty for the tribal governance program and the Tamamta program. She resides in Fairbanks with her family, however, she frequently returns home to Gwichyaa Zhee to hunt, fish, gather and engage in other important cultural practices.