Alaska Business Hall of Fame Selects Five New Members

Five business leaders are joining the Alaska Business Hall of Fame, selected by their peers and to be honored by Junior Achievement.

The Laureates

Gail Schubert, President and CEO, Bering Straits Native Corporation

Born in Unalakleet, Schubert earned an undergraduate degree from Stanford University, a Master of Business Administration from Cornell University’s Johnson School of Management, and a Juris Doctorate from the Cornell University School of Law. She worked at the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and two Wall Street law firms before practicing law in Anchorage. She has served on the Bering Straits Native Corporation board since 1992; she was hired as executive vice president and general counsel in 2003 and was promoted to CEO in 2009. She became the corporation’s president the following year.

Greg Romack, Chairman, Davis Constructors

Joining the company during the building boom of early ‘80s, Romack has led Davis Constructors through ups and downs. In its forty-five-year history, the company has completed almost 550 projects worth almost $2.5 billion, from wood frames to concrete to structural steel. A graduate of the University of Idaho in business administration, Romack worked early in his career for the Anchorage public works department.

Jeanine St. John, Vice President (retired), Lynden Logistics

A career that ended last December started twenty-seven years earlier managing Lynden’s work with BP. That continuing relationship with Alaska’s oil business earned St. John the Chuck Becker Lifetime Achievement Award from the Alaska Support Industry Alliance last fall. She had served as a board member of the Alliance for more than twenty years, including a stint as president. Now she says fishing, hunting, and quilting will fill her retirement, along with working with charities.