Look Who's Coming to Confluence
Sampling of attendees: updated 03.29.24
Cordelia Kellie, Special Assistant for Rural Affairs and Policy Advisor, Senate Committee on Indian Affairs
Shirley Kelly, Economic Development Administration, Representative to Alaska
Randy Durband, CEO, Global Sustainable Tourism Council, South Korea
Antonia del Rosal, Experiencias Genuinas, Mexico
Joe Copper Jack, Land and People's Relationship Planning Model, Canada
Julia Hnilicka, USDA Rural Development
Erik O'Brien, Community and Economic Development Program Manager, Denali Commission
Jamie Cowan, Business and Economic Development Manager, Central Council Tlingit and Haida Tribes of Alaska
Cathy Renfeldt, Executive Director, Cordova Chamber of Commerce
Kaitlyn Jared, Southeast Conference
Jennifer Loufbourrow, Founder/President, Alpine Fit
Ricky Gease, Director, Alaska State Parks and Outdoor Recreation
James King, Alaska Region Director of Recreation, Lands and Minerals, US Forest Service
Zach Million, BLM-AK Program Lead for Recreation, Travel Management & National Conservation Lands
Maija Lukin, National Park Service Tribal Liaison
Donna Bach, Bureau of Land Management Tribal Liaison
US Fish and Wildlife Service. TBA
US Bureau of Indian Affairs, TBA
Raina Thiele, Senior Advisor to the Secretary for Alaska Affairs & Strategic Priorities - sends regrets but had to cancel/personal.
Guy Shuravloff, Koniag Corp.
Sophie Swope, Bethel
Ahtna, Inc.
Alaska Department of Health, Jessie Doherty
Alaska Department of Transportation & Public Facilities, Julius Adolfsson
University of Alaska
Alaska Trails
Anchorage Park Foundation
Great Land Trust
Sitka Trail Works
The Wilderness Society
Trout Unlimited
2023 Attendees . . .
Adventure Borealis
Alaska Dept. of Health
Alaska Dept. of Transportation and Public Facilities
Alaska Geographic Association
Alaska Native Heritage Center
Alaska State Parks and Outdoor Recreation
Alaska Trails
Alaska Travel Industry Association
Alaska Version 3
Alaska Wildland Adventures
Allen Marine
Anchorage Park Foundation
Bike Anchorage
Camp Denali
Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska
Congresswoman Peltola's Office
Delta Junction Trails Alliance
Denali Borough
Denali Commission
Explore Fairbanks
Fairbanks Climate Action Coalition
Fairbanks Northstar Borough Parks and Recreation
Gastineau Guiding
How We Walk with the Land and Water
Information Insights
Indigenous Sentinel Network
Island Trails Network
Kawerak Inc.
Koniag, Inc & Kodiak Brown Bear Center and Lodge
Mackenzie Pope, Alaska Senate
National Park Service
Native Village of Paimiut
Northwest Boreal Partnership
Outdoor Industry Association
Pacific Environment
Premier Alaska Tours
Prince of Wales Chamber of Commerce
R & M Consultants Inc.
REI Co-Op: Path Ahead
Rural Voices for Conservation Coalition
Salmon State
Sen. Löki Gale Tobin
Sen. Scott Kawasaki
Sitka Chamber of Commerce/Visit Sitka
Sitka Trailworks
Spruce Root
The Boat Company
The Student Conservation Association
The Wilderness Society
UAF Community and Technical College
University of Alaska Fairbanks
University of Alaska Southeast
University of Alaska Land Management
US Bureau of Land Management
USDA - Rural Development
US Fish and Wildlife Service
US Forest Service
Valdez Adventure Alliance
Yukon Dept. of Tourism and Culture