College of Rural & Community Development
About CRCD/RCNE

College of Rural and Community Development

4th floor Brooks Building

PO Box 756500

Fairbanks, AK 99775

USA

Phone: 907-474-7143

Toll-free: 1-866-478-2721

Fax: 907-474-5824

Registrar Fax: 907-474-6280

Email: UAF-CRCD-Vice-Chancellor@alaska.edu

Hours: M-F 8AM-5PM


OFFICE OF THE VICE CHANCELLOR/EXECUTIVE DEAN

Physical Address:  305 Tanana Drive, 4th Floor Brooks Building, Fairbanks, AK 99775

Mailing:  CRCD, P.O. Box 756500, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK 99775 

General Office Phone:  907-474-7143
Fax:  907-474-5824
Registrar Fax: 907-474-6280
Toll-Free:   1-866-478-2721

Website: 
www.uaf.edu/rural   
Email: UAF-CRCD-Vice-Chancellor@alaska.edu

CRCD STAFF

Bernice Joseph

Vice Chancellor/Executive Dean

Rural, Community and Native Education

College of Rural and Community Development

907-474-7143

Pete Pinney

Associate Executive Dean

College of Rural and Community Development

907-474-7089

Dorene Bunch

CRCD Administrative Manager

907-474-6429

Ensures compliance regarding UA human resources policies and regulations.  Provides risk managment, safety, leadership, direction, management, and training in order to accomplish priorities.  Serves as the building coordinator and conducts annual audits of faculty workloads to reflect campus plans and budgets. 

Cecelia Chamberlain


Executive Officer

907-474-6422

Advises campus leadership in long range fiscal planning and policy development. Provides consultation and support to Principal Investigators, Program Managers, Directors and staff for sponsored awards, including proposal preparation, submission and reporting.

Bambi Nelson


Assistant to the Vice Chancellor

Rural, Community and Native Education
 
907-474-5860

Is responsible for maintaining the Vice Chancellor's schedule, arranging travel, receiving guests, fielding requests and being generally flexible to fill any needs that may arise.  She also coordinates special events and provides marketing/public relations services for the college.

Elisa Bruns

USDA Program Manager

Anchorage Office

Phone: 907-786-6355

FAX: 907-786-6380

Manages the USDA Alaska Native-serving and Native Hawaiian-serving Institutions Educational Grants Program for the UAF Drumbeats Consortium.

Crystal Frank

Administrative Assistant

907-474-7143

Provides administrative support to the Vice Chancellor's office.  Maintains and manages the CRCD website, tracks Instructor approval & Special Topics approval request, and assigns audio numbers for instructors.

Kim Kovacik

CRCD Lead Cashier

907-474-5380

Manages the CRCD accounts receivable and cashier functions.  Bill and track student third party billings.  Train and provide support to the CRCD cashier and accounts receivable staff.

Pam Leist

Lead Admissions & Registration Coordinator

Phone: 907-474-1916

FAX: 907-474-6280

Jen Majors


Fiscal Technician III


907-474-7434

Coordinates all purchasing, travel for CRCD, trains the travel and purchasing coordinators and acts as back-up for the Fiscal Officer (Sheena Tanner).  Assists with budget approvals, financial forms, preparing and balancing monthly budget approvals.

Mary Alice Short

CRCD Bookstore Manager

Phone: 907-474-7714

Fax: 907-474-7742

Organize department and develop, establish and implement priorities, strategic focus, vision and goals. Balance customer service commitments with fiscally responsible and efficent business practices.  Keep abreast of changes in the bookstore industry, evaluating products, services and new technologies for potential adoption and use related to industry trends and best practices.

Sheena Tanner

Fiscal Officer

907-474-7106

Provides financial analysis and balance multiple campus/units monthly budgets and assist with current and future revenue and expenditure projections. Recommend and assist in the implementation of fiscal goals and objectives.  Coordinates, maintains and monitors CRCD Functional Use Survey, building leases, travel mileage account, equipment inventory and key issues.

Natonya Tate

CRCD Book Store

Bookstore Clerk

Phone: 907-474-7712

Fax: 907-474-7742

Ordering: Negotiate the best possible pricing and shipping for all bookstore merchandise.  Create purchase orders for merchandise and place orders.  Manages return deadlines to insure timely returns to the publishing companies.

Lisa Yancey

CRCD Lead Human Resource Coordinator

907-474-5459

Advises management and employees on creating training and development plans.  Prepars and assist with affiliate faculty contracts, workloads, promotion and tenure, sabbatical and faculty evaluations.  Serves as liaison between CRCD rural campuses and UA Departments to include UAF Human Resources, UAF Provost office and UA Labor and Employee Relations.