McKinley Welcomes Gage as Private Equity Associate

Global investment firm McKinley Management announced the addition of two new members. 

Penny Gage joins McKinley Alaska Private Investment as a Private Equity Associate working from the Anchorage office. A member of the Sitka Tribe of Alaska, Gage is Tlingit and she grew up in Pelican and Sitka, Alaska. She brings a diverse background in Alaska economic development; entrepreneur support and training; federal and state government; the nonprofit sector; energy policy; and international affairs.

Prior to joining McKinley Alaska Private Investment, Gage worked at the University of Alaska Center for Economic Development, served as the Director of Special Projects at Alaska Growth Capital, as a Business Development Officer at the State of Alaska Division of Economic Development, and as Deputy Director at Institute of the North. Her hard work has not gone unnoticed, and Gage was named a 2019 recipient of the Alaska Journal of Commerce’s Top Forty Under 40 award. Outside of Alaska, Gage previously worked in Equinor’s Washington D.C. office. She also served in the U.S. Peace Corps in Nicaragua for two years. Gage received her bachelor’s from the UAF and a master’s in foreign service from Georgetown University with a certificate in international business diplomacy.