New President/CEO Takes the Helm of Alaska World Affairs Council

The executive board of the Alaska World Affairs Council (AKWorld) named Lisa Eyler as its new President and CEO. She succeeds Lise Kristiansen, who led AKWorld for sixteen years.

Eyler has been with AKWorld for fourteen years as a volunteer and board member, sharing its mission to advance international understanding and engagement, “bringing the world to Alaska” by stimulating interest in world affairs and inspiring members to be involved in world events.

Eyler brings more than twenty years of executive leadership in nonprofit, natural resources, and cross-cultural communications fields. She holds a JD from the University of Oregon Law School and has consulted for nonprofits, industry, and governmental entities. She served as Alaska program director of the Conservation Lands Foundation, senior project manager of Environmental Resources Management, and executive director of The Great Land Trust.

Eyler works with Alaska villages and Latin American and Arctic nations, focusing much of her career on partnering diverse organizations and individuals toward a common purpose. The executive board believes her cross-cultural community involvement puts Eyler in an ideal position to advance AKWorld’s mission and vision.

“We’re a non-partisan organization that is passionate in pursuit of our mission to help Alaskans understand that we are a global crossroads, not a distant periphery,” says Eyler.