Alaska Support Industry Alliance Welcomes a New External Affairs Coordinator
Catherine Chambers joined the Alliance as the new External Affairs Coordinator. In that position, she is responsible for communications strategy, arranging events, and advocacy before the legislature.
After living in Farmington, New Mexico for nine years, Chambers recently returned home to Anchorage to start her career. Growing up in a family passionate about resource development, she brings her background in marketing and her love for all the Alaska has to offer.
Chambers steps in for Owen Phillips, who is leaving the organization to finish a graduate degree in communications at Washington State University.
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