Fliss Earns New Certification
Margo Fliss recently became the third certified Strategic Doing Workshop Instructor in Alaska. As the Manager of Strategic Engagement at the University of Alaska Center for Economic Development (UA CED), Fliss regularly leads planning sessions for clients across the state. Strategic Doing enables leaders to design and guide new networks that generate innovative solutions. A new strategy discipline, it teaches people how to form collaborations quickly, move them toward measurable outcomes, and make adjustments along the way. Fliss holds a master’s in public policy from Mills College and a bachelor’s in political science and government from UAF. She earned her “Foundations in Design Thinking” certification from IDEO in 2018, and currently serves on the boards of the University Economic Development Association and thread.
Current Issue
May 2026
Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame 2026
New approaches to roads and pipelines, electric grids, and building technologies earned Doug Goering, Clay Koplin, and Tom Marsik their spots in the Alaska Innovators Hall of Fame.
SBDC Finds New State Director at Sister Program CED
The new State Director of the Alaska Small Business Development Center is Jared Reynolds, who moves in from down the hall, where he was Executive Director of the University of Alaska Center for Economic Development.
First Alaskans Institute Intern Returns as Communications Director
A former intern at First Alaskans Institute, Carissa Larson, returns to the statewide nonprofit advancing Alaska Native voices as its Communications Director.
