Leaders of 2023
Northrim Bank and Anchorage Daily News are proud to announce the 2023 Achievement in Business Leadership honorees.
The recognition program honors talented business and nonprofit leaders throughout our state. Honorees were selected for consistently demonstrating strong leadership, integrity, values, commitment to excellence and diversity.
The selection panel based their criteria on leadership and vision, competitiveness and innovation, company history and growth, and community leadership and service.
Congratulations to the 2023 Achievement in Business Leadership HONOREES:
Barbara ClausenBarbara's School of Dance
Besse Odom-Virgil
NAACP
Geoff Welch
Geoff Welch Consulting and Coaching
Graeme DeishlAlaska Escape Rooms, Inc
Ian K. Tassie
Sanpierre Assisted Living
Jason CarlsonNANA Management Services
Jennifer M. CrossAlaska Raptor Center
Coral Cumming-Howe
Alaska Photobooth Company
Kimberly Fischer
Main Event Services, LLC
Laura Dean
Ameriprise Financial, Clark & Associates
Michael Burke
Matanuska Telephone Assoc. (MTA)
Patti Buist
Anchorage re:MADE
Paula BradisonPeople AK
Rachel Mentzel
Beacon Occupational Health and Safety Services
Sheri BurettaChugach Alaska Corporation
Amy Lacher-Thompson
Pediatric Resource Center of Alaska
Erin Mitchell
TBA Theatre
Joyce Ibanga, MSc. RRT
Wellspring Home Health LLC
Jeffrey Clapp
Alaska Industrial Hardware
Kyle Spernak & Chasity Blanchard
The Mobile Tire Guy
Sean Hickel
Roger Hickel Contracting, Inc.
Misha-el BaskervilleSankofa Dance Theatre
Mandy Kolean
Bear Tooth Grill
Calesta Ayer, Motley Moo Creamery
Rob Bochenek, Axiom Data Science LLC
Dave Cavitt, Furniture Enterprises of Alaska
Susan DeLoach, Bright Beginnings Early LearningCenter
DennisDolandHearts and Hands Inc dba LifeWorksAmberDoyleMidnight Sun Tanning & Tranquility Manor LLCDr. AromEvans, MDOrion Behavioral Health NetworkBillFischerMain Event Grill & CateringLeeAnnGarrickCook Inlet Tribal CouncilShawnIdomHair Science Barbershop & Barber SchoolJessiJessi CherryMeridian Systems IncShane MarcLanglandAirglas; Eagle EnterprisesLeighton J.LeeNew Horizons Telecom, Inc.StaceyMattesonUmialik Insurance CompanyKaraMoriatryAlaska Oil and Gas AssociationTanyaPontUniversity of Alaska AnchorageGregPorterArctic Energy, Inc.KishaRodriguezHearts and Hands of CareSilviaSillamidesAlaska Hospitality RetailersJasminSmithBaby VendAutumnSmith Amyamy_consultingElizabethSteeleKeller Williams Team DimmickKassandraTaggartReal Property Management - Last FrontierHollyWellsBirch Horton Bittner & Cherot
Rachel Lawler
Beacon OHSS