BSNC Promotes Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer
Bering Straits Native Corporation
An attorney at Bering Straits Native Corporation (BSNC) is promoted to Associate General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer. In this role, Jenna Krohn leads compliance strategy for the Nome-based regional corporation and its subsidiaries to manage and mitigate legal and regulatory risk across all business lines.
Krohn has a direct line of reporting to the BSNC board’s Audit & Finance Committee. “The Chief Compliance Officer is instrumental in reinforcing BSNC’s integrity and ethical standards,” says committee chair Debbie Atuk. “We are confident that Jenna’s skills and experience make her well-suited to take on this role, and we are delighted to have a shareholder serve this important function for our corporation.”
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Krohn is an enrolled tribal member of the Native Village of Koyuk, with extended family in Koyuk, Nome, and Kivalina. She grew up in Anchorage and graduated from UAA in 2013 with a bachelor’s degree in justice and a minor in English. Krohn earned her law degree from Mitchell Hamline School of Law in Saint Paul, Minnesota, graduating in 2018.
While completing her education, Krohn worked in human resources at the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium and later at North Star Behavioral Health. Krohn began practicing law at private firms in Anchorage, focusing primarily on family law, insurance defense, and employment law. She joined BSNC as corporate counsel in 2021. She received the National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development 2023 Top 40 Under 40 Award.
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