Mt. McKinley Bank Promotes Jenny Mahlen
Mt. McKinley Bank in Fairbanks is promoting Jenny Mahlen to Senior Vice President, Commercial Lending.
Mahlen joined Mt. McKinley Bank two years ago but has been a fixture in the banking
community in Interior Alaska for thirty years. In addition to her vast experience in the financial industry, she is a UAF graduate and completed the Pacific Coast Banking School graduate program. Her understanding of the local market, positive relationships with her customers, and exceptional work ethic have quickly made her a critical part of the team.
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In mid-May it was 19°F and windy at the Aurora Hotel in Deadhorse. As I stood in the parking lot surveying the surroundings, I chatted with a gentleman from Texas who works for Nabors Alaska Drilling and was in town as part of a crew tasked with getting a previously inactive drill rig up and running. He said that, according to his supervisor, spring is the windy season on the North Slope. The gusts were bracing, numbing the fingers holding my camera, but most of my attention was focused on what I could capture through the lens: work trucks, shipping containers, buildings obscured by snow whipped up by the wind.