2023 Presentations
Tuesday, January 31
Meilani Schijvens, Rain Coast Data
Nolan Koluda, UA CED
Markos Sheer, Seagrove Kelp
Jeff Welborn, Trident Seafood
Jeremy Woodrow, ASMI
Shirley Kelly, EDA
Samia Savell, OneUSDA
Juliana Leggitt, SEC Mariculture Coordinator
Dan Lesh, SEC Deputy Director
Resolution 23-03Wednesday, February 1
Chris Cropley, T&H
Jason Custer, AP&T
Melissa Kookesh, State of AK Broadband Office
Ryan Anderson, Commissioner, Dept. of Transportation
Matt Von Ruden, Washington State Ferries
Ron Curtis, Inter-Island Ferry Authority
Curtis Thayer, Alaska Energy Authority
Karen Petersen, State Biomass CoordinatorTransportation Symposium, Thursday, February 2
Paul Khera, AK DOT&PF
Carl Ramseth, Alaska Seaplanes
Scot Rastelli, Federal Transit Administration
Catherine Simons, MARAD
Katherine Keith, AK DOT&PF
Gary Aucoin, Schottel USA
Matt Von Ruden, Washington State Ferries
David Turner, Elliott Bay Design Group
James Marks & Marie Heidemann, AK DOT&PF
Carrie Kissel & Bret Allphin, NADO
Aura Landau, HDR2023 Mid-Session Summit Zoom Recordings
Tuesday, January 31, 2023
Wednesday, February 1, 2023Transportation Symposium Zoom Recordings
Thursday, February2022 Presentations
Tuesday, February 8, 2022
- Southeast Alaska 2022 Economic Updates, Meilani Schijvens, Rain Coast Data, Southeast
- Sealaska Updates, Anthony Mallott
- Denali Commission, Garrett Boyle
- Growing our Region’s Forest Products Industry, Spruce Root, BBB Application, Bob Christensen
- Alaska Mariculture Industry Cluster, Southeast Conference BBB Application, Juliana Melin
- OneUSDA Southeast Alaska SASSI, Chad VanOrmer, USFS
Wednesday, February 9, 2022
- Alaska Healthcare Workforce Analysis, Jared Kosin, ASHNHA
- Alaska Energy Authority, Curtis Thayer
- Alaska Power Association, Michael Rovito
- Travel Juneau, Liz Perry
- Huna Totem, Mickey Richardson
- AIDEA, Alan Weitzner
- Inter-Island Ferry Authority Update, Ron Curtis
- Seagrove Kelp, Markos Scheer
- Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, Jeremy Woodrow
- State of Alaska Mariculture Efforts, Lisa VonBargen
Thursday, February 10, 2022, Transportation Symposium
- AMHS Updates, Katherine Keith and Captain John Falvey
- Alaska Marine Lines, Adam Anderson
- Bowhead Transport, Chris Palle
- Alaska Moves 2050, AK DOT, Wende Wilbur, Kittleson & Assoc.
- Alaska STIP, CTP, & TAP Programs, Chrissy McNally, AK DOT
- Aviation Improvement, Paul Khera, Alaska DOT
- Grant Preparedness, Aurah Landau, Chris LaTuso, & Nathan Macek, HDR
- Ports and Waterways Planning, Travis Black, USDOT, MARAD
- Infrastructure Investment & Jobs Act, Miles Baker, Office of the Governor
Video Recordings and Presentations
Day One – Tuesday, February 8, 2022
Day Two – Wednesday, February 9, 2022
Morning Session
Afternoon Session
Transportation Symposium – Thursday, February 10, 2022
Senator Dan Sullivan Video Address
Congressman Don Young Video Address2021 Presentations
Day One, Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Meilani Schijvens, Rain Coast Data – Economic and Demographics 2021 PowerPoint Presentation
Southeast Conference– Getting to 2022: Short-Term Southeast Alaska Resiliency Plan
Anthony Mallott, Sealaska – Sealaska Update PowerPoint
Katherine Bell and Kaitlyn Jared, Southeast Conference – Getting to ’22 PowerPoint
SE Alaska Economic Resiliency Mapping Survey
Day Two, Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Jon Bittner, Executive Director, Alaska SBDC State Office, Alaska Cares Presentation
USDA Documents- Download here
Funders and Facilitators Resources and ContactsDay Three, Thursday, February 11, 2021
Rob Carpenter, DOT Deputy Commissioner – Transportation UpdateCEDS Workshop Presentations:
Brett Schwartz, NADO Associate Director – Putting CEDS in Perspective
Shirley Kelly, Alaska Economic Development Representative – CEDS in Action in Alaska
Meilani Schijvens, Rain Coast Data- CEDS Workshop Overview
SWOT Analysis by IndustryVideo Presentations:
Day One– Tuesday, February 9, 2021
Day Two– Wednesday, February 10, 2021
Day Three – Thursday, February 11, 2021
U.S. Senator Lisa Murkowski Remarks
U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan Remarks2020 Presentations
Links will be updated as they become available.
Energy Industry
- Alec Mesdag, Chair Director of Energy Services, AEL&P
- Kirk Warren: Alaska Energy Authority, Director Engineering & Energy
- Crystal Enkvist: Alaska Power Association, Executive Director
- Gwen Holdmann: Director, Alaska Center for Energy and Power
- Statewide Biomass – Roundtable Updates
AIDEA – Empowering Enterprise in Southeast
Economic Development: State and Federal partners
- Shirley Kelly: Economic Development Administration
- Jason Hoke: Denali Commission, Federal Co-Chair
- Keith Perkins: SE Area Director, USDA Rural Development
- Sandra Moller: Director DCRA, AK Dept. of Commerce
Industry Panel
- Kara Moriarty President/CEO, Alaska Oil & Gas Association
- Deantha Crockett Executive Director, Alaska Miners Association
- Sarah Leonard President & CEO, Alaska Travel Industry Association
- Alaska 2025 – Norwegian Cruise Lines
- Jeremy Woodrow Executive Director, Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute
Here’s the link to the bill that is supported by the Alaska seafood industry: SB 130 – http://www.akleg.gov/basis/Bill/Detail/31?Root=SB%20130
Economic Planning
- Southeast Alaska by the Numbers for 2020, Meilani Schijvens, Rain Coast Data
- SE AK SWOT analysis early results, Meilani Schijvens, Rain Coast Data
- Introduction to SE AK 2025 economic planning and SWOT workshop, Meilani Schijvens, Rain Coast Data
- Economic impact of the inter-island ferry authority by IFA Director Ron Curtis
- CEDS Workshop – choose your own adventure SWOT analysis, Meilani Schijvens, Rain Coast Data
- SWOT Analysis
Healthcare
- Southeast Alaska Healthcare Workforce Analysis – UAS Chancellor Rick Caulfield
- Jared Kosin, President, ASHNA – Innovation and the changing landscape of Alaska’s healthcare industry
Maritime
- SEC Committee Co–Chair Julie Decker, AFDF
- Sam Rabung: Director of Commercial Fisheries, State of Alaska Fish and Game
- Seafood Industry Economic Impacts – Dan Lesh, McDowell Group
- Mariculture – Meta Mesdag, Salty Lady Seafood, President, AK Shellfish Growers
Transportation
- John MacKinnon , Commissioner of Transportation
- Economic Impact of IFA in 2019: Ron Curtis, General Manager, IFA
- AMHS Reform continues
- Alaska Seaplanes Video
The First Economic Engine
- Jaeleen Kookesh: Sealaska Vice President, Policy & Legal Affairs
- Will Ware: Chief of Project Development, Central Council Tlingit & Haida
Misc
Senator Murkowski Video
2019 Presentations
- Constantine Metals Palmer Project
- Timber and Carbon Trading – Kleinhenz
- UAS Mine Training Update
- P2P 2018 Award Presentation
- Adam Zaleski: Data and Evaluation ManagerDouglas Island Pink and Chum
- APA Energy Industry update
- Fisheries – Icicle Seafoods
- Mariculture – Barnacle Foods
- Biomass Energy Program
- AMHS Update
- Healthcare – Chancellor Caulfield
- AMHS Reform – McDowell
- Alaska Airlines
- Visitor Industry Outlook – Patty Mackey
- Healthcare Workforce Assessment Project
- Healthcare – Bartlett Update
- Icy Strait Point
- UAA College of Health
- Cruise Industry Report – Binkley
- Cyber Security – Wostmann Associates
- Cyber Security – CI Security
- BP Alaska Update
- Southeast by the Numbers 2018
- DNR Commissioner Feige
- Goldbelt Economic Update
Senator Dan Sullivan’s Welcome Message.
Senator Lisa Murkowski’s Welcome Message.2018 Presentations
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
- Senator Sullivan’s Address (MP4)
- Senator Murkowski’s Address (MP4)
- Meilani Schijvens: SE AK by the Numbers
- Robert Venables: Energy Efficiency
- Rick Caulfield: UAS
- Michael Rovito: Alaska Power Association
- Mike Navarre: Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development
- Rick Harris: SEALASKA Heritage
- Annette Ulmer: Tribal CEDS
- Britteny Haywood: Boat and Shipbuilding
- Mark Kiessling: Kensington Mine Update
- Anthony Mallott: SEALASKA
- Christine Woll: Nature Conservancy
- Devany Plentovich: Biomass
- Liz Cornejo: Tier 3
- Deantha Crockett: Alaska Miners Association
- Julie Decker: Mariculture
- Liz Cornejo: Palmer
- Deborah Lyons: Fisheries Closures
Wednesday Feb 14, 2018
- Elizabeth Arnett Liz Perry: SATC Update
- Russel Dick: Icy Strait Point
- John Binkley: Cruise Visitor Outlook
- John Waterhouse: AMHS Reform
- Susan Bell: AMHS Reform
Mid-Session Summit 2016
Transportation Committee
- AMHS 2016 & Beyond – Marc Luiken, Commissioner, AK DOT&PF and Mike Neussl, Deputy Commissioner, AK DOT&PF AMHS
- Marine Governance Models – John Waterhouse, PE, Elliott Bay Design Group
- Resiliency in Southeast Alaska – Meilani Schijvens, Director, Rain Coast Data
- Path 2 Prosperity Sustainable Business Development – Haa Aani
- Governor Walker’s Alaska Mariculture Task Force – Julie Decker, Executive Director Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation
- Economic Plan 2020 – Meilani Schijvens, Carol Rushmore, Chelsea Goucher, Garry White
- Permanent Fund Senate Bill 114 – Senator Lesil McGuire
Energy Committee
- 10 year Alaska and Arctic Integration Strategy – Denali Daniels, U.S. Dept. Energy
- Southeast Energy Efficiency Initiative – Shaina Kilcoyne, Energy Efficiency Director, Renewable Energy Alaska Project
- Projects and Updates on Regulatory Issues – Trey Acteson, CEO, Southeast Alaska Power Association
- Inside Passage Electric Cooperative & Gartina Falls Hydro – Jodi Mitchell, CEO, IPEC
- How Natural Gas fits into Juneau’s Energy Future – Alec Mesdag, Energy Specialist, AEL&P
- Plan4Alaska – Diane Kaplan, President, Rasmuson Foundation
- Central Council Tlingit Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska Update – Myrna Gardner, Executive Director, Business & Economic Develop.
Mid-Session Summit 2014
- JEDC Renewable Energy Seed Cluster
- Kake Collaboration
- Hoonah Hydro Project
- Alaska Energy Authority – LNG
- Why Repeal SB 21 The Oil Wealth Giveaway
- Alaska Miners Assoc
- Maritime Economy Overview
- AOGA Industry Overview
- SB 21 Panel
- Food Security
- Central Council welcome
- JEDC Research & Development Cluster
- Lynn Canal Transmission
- Senate Bill 21 in 15 minutes
- SEAPA Commonwealth – Kake
- Mayors Community Reports
- 2014 Mayor’s Reports and Community Round-Up
Community Research Projects and Needs Assessment Survey
A new collaboration among industry and other groups for strengthening economic development in Southeast Alaska is being coordinated by the Juneau Economic Development Council. This approach is called cluster based planning. The survey below is intended to provide information about research needs that support communities and business. Please see the Project Description at the end of this survey for more information.
Mid-Session Summit 2013
- SEAPA
- AEA
- Kake-Petersburg Intertie
- Harbor Funding Concept
- Ocean Renewable Power – Tidal Energy
- Mahoney Lake
- Southeast Alaska Round-up: Leader’s Community Updates
Mid-Session Summit 2012
- Black & Veatch (PDF)
- COYA (PDF)
- Ketchikan Industrial Marine (PDF)
- Legislative Citation AMHS Employees (PDF)
- MTAB FY13 Legislative Priorities (PDF)
- Prince of Wales presents upcoming Annual Meeting (PDF)
- SEASWA (PDF)
- SEIRP provocative questions (PDF)
- Southeast Ak Tourism Council (PDF)
- THRHA Energy Conservation program (PDF)
Mid-Session Summit 2011
- Brian Holst, Asset Map & Industry Cluster Presentation
- Bill Corbus, Make Alaska Competative Coalition
- Doug Ward, Alaska Ship & Dry Dock
- Ann Ringstad, Business Week Video
- Jim Strandberg, Southeast Integrated Resource Plan
- John Heberling, Report on Kake-Petersburg Activities
- Devany Plentovich, Heating Solutions with Biomass
- Commissioner Dan Sullivan, Developing Alaska’s Resources
- Economic Development Committee
- LaVerne Lamoureux, US Census Bureau
- Mike Satre, Mining Works for Southeast Alaska