The School of Management’s Business Advisory Council (BAC) was formed in 2008 to provide support, guidance and leadership to the Dean on issues pertaining to the School’s academic excellence. 

A lifelong Alaskan, Dan Flodin is currently living in Chugiak , Alaska and working at Alyeska Pipeline Service Company as a Business and Strategic Planning Manager. He has experience in commercial fishing, small business, and the public and private sectors.

Dan earned a BBA in Finance and an MBA from the UAF School of Management in 1994 and 1997 respectively. As a student, Mr. Flodin was the President of the Student Investment Fund and was always an active participant in classes, volunteer work, and extracurricular activities.   He is currently the Vice President of the UAF Alumni Association Board of Directors, Secretary of the Supervisory Committee of the Alaska USA Federal Credit Union and on the Board of the Anchorage Children’s Museum.

Dan will bring several things to the table as the Council Chair of the Board of Advisors including several years of business experience and a strong commitment to the Alaskan community

Senior Consultant at Cook and Haugeberg, LLC. Resident of Fairbanks.

At the age of 17, Ted moved from the Chicago suburbs to Fairbanks to attend UAF.   He graduated with a BBA in Finance in 1994 and his MBA in 1996, both from the UAF School of Management.   Since then he has lived in Anchorage and made a career in banking.  

Ted currently works for Alaska USA Insurance Brokers as a Surety Account Executive.

Prior to working for Alaska USA Insurance Brokers, Ted worked at KeyBank as Vice President of Commercial Banking.  He was responsible for business development and commercial lending to large middle market clients throughout the state of Alaska. He worked as a financial and tax analyst with National Bank of Alaska and then Wells Fargo after the merger in 2001.  He was also an adjunct instructor at Alaska Pacific University in the Organizational Management program and taught classes in the Global MBA program.

Ted is the Treasurer of the Aquarian Charter School PTO.   He is also involved with the Resource Development Council, and a past member of the Institute of Management Accountants.  

Jason Carroll is the branch manager of the Kenai Branch of First National Bank Alaska. Jason graduated from the University of Alaska, Fairbanks in 2001 with a degree in Finance. Jason has served on the board of directors for several community croups including The Kenai Chamber of Commerce, Kenai Peninsula Economic Development District, Rotary Club of Kenai, Cook Inlet Council on Drug and Alcohol Abuse and Kenai Economic Development Strategy. Jason is also a Deacon at Kenai Christian Church.

Jason and his wife Julie have one daughter and live in Kenai, Alaska.

Charlie Dexter currently works at the Tanana Valley Campus Center as a professor of Applied Business and Accounting. He has a wide range of experience, from working as UAF’s Statewide Personnel Manager, Director of Admissions, and Director of the Small Business Development Center. Charlie also spent 10 years in Alaska 's tourism and aviation industry prior to joining the university.

Mr. Dexter is certified as a Senior Professional in Human Resource Management, and is licensed by Franklin Covey as a time management instructor. He has also won the College of Rural Alaska ’s Nancy Mendenhall Award, the Faculty of the Year award from UAF, and the Usibelli Distinguished Teaching Award.

Charlie earned his BA in 1977 with a minor in Travel Industry Management and an MBA from the School of Management at University of Alaska Fairbanks in 1983. He and his wife, Marylee, have two adopted children and live in Fairbanks .

Dr. Kathryn Dodge has worked as the Fairbanks North Star Borough (FNSB) Economic Development Director for the past 5 years. She is responsible for all economic development activities for the Borough. Dr. Dodge publishes a quarterly analysis of issues relevant to the FNSB economy, successfully challenged the US Census Bureau’s 2006 population estimate, led the UAF Chancellor’s Economic Development Transition Team, helped found the local Interior Issues Council Think Tank, and partnered with many other community and economic development partners on community and economic development projects.

Dr. Dodge graduated from the Fielding Graduate University with a Ph.D. in Human and Organizational Systems and MAs in both Human Development and Organizational Design and Effectiveness. Dr. Dodge also has a BA in Organizational Management from Alaska Pacific University, and an AAS in Electronics Technology from UAF’s Tanana Valley Community College.

Dr. Dodge lives in Fairbanks with her four Pekingese and parrot named Gracie. She serves on several local boards and steering committees.

President and CEO, FEDC, Fairbanks, Alaska

Born and raised in the small community of Paxson, third generation Alaskan, Emily Drygas has served as UAF’s Senior Development Officer since March of 2007.  In her role, she works with private foundations, corporations and initials to raise private, philanthropic dollars to support UAF’s mission. Drygas previously served as the Development Director of the University of Alaska Museum of the North for four years, and prior to her tenure at the University, she served as Alaska Riverway’s Marketing Manager.

Drygas received her bachelor’s degree in Japanese Studies and Travel Industry Management from UAF in 1997 and her Masters in Professional Communication from UAF in 2008.  During her undergraduate studies, Drygas studied and lived in Nagoya , Japan for one year as a UAF exchange student.  She is an active member of the Rotary Club of Fairbanks and the Association of Fundraising Professionals (Alaska Chapter) and she enjoys skiing, kayaking and traveling. 

Emily, and her husband Erik, are both UAF alums and reside in Fairbanks .

Sam Enoka is currently the President and CFO of VIASYN, focusing on renewable energy markets. He has a wide-range of experience in alternative asset management, including hedge funds, commodity trading, fund-of-funds, venture capital and institutional real estate.

Mr. Enoka graduated from UAF with a Bachelor’s Degree in Business (Finance) and earned an MBA from the University of California Berkeley. Prior to VIASYN, Mr. Enoka established the operations of North Stone Capital Management (CTA & Quant FX) from 2004-2006 and of Olympius Capital, a multi-manager, multi-strategy fund-of-hedge funds from 2001-2004.

Mr. Enoka worked as a financial consultant and was a co-founder and Director of Finance for FiberCycle Networks. From 1998 to 2000, Mr. Enoka worked with Entegrity Partners and Shoreline Capital Partners, investing in environmental technology and telecom-related ventures. Mr. Enoka began his career through an APFC internship at Kennedy Associates Real Estate Counsel where he served as an analyst and asset manager.

Ted Henderson lives in North Pole, Alaska and is currently a cost analyst for General Communication, Inc. (GCI), an Alaska-based telecommunications company. He holds the principal responsibility of cost modeling and forecasting for the firm.

Mr. Henderson earned a B.S. in Economics (with minors in Environmental Science and Field Biology) at St. Cloud State University in 1992, and an M.S. in resource economics at UAF SOM in 1998. As a student at SCSU, Ted was the facilitator/instructor of an independent study course in Microeconomics and a member of Omicron Delta Epsilon. At UAF, he was a teaching assistant for Political Economics, Microeconomics, and Statistics, and also instructed a semester of Accounting Information Systems.

Ted brings extensive knowledge of the Alaskan telecommunications industry and the Alaskan economy to the committee. He has done analysis for Northern Economics, Inc., Northern Economic Research Associates, Ostrich Farms, Inc., and the Stearns County Water Commission. He also served on the task force to review the Resource and Applied Economics M.S. programs at UAF SOM, and in recognition of volunteer efforts, Ted has been given North Pole’s “Above and Beyond” reward from Mayor Doug Isaacson.

Mr. Henderson also performs music throughout Alaska , and is currently the music director at his church.

Jim Johnsen is the Senior Vice President of Administration at Doyon, Limited, an Alaska Native corporation with operations in 12 states and land holdings among the largest in the nation. Jim has responsibility for shareholder relations, human resources, information technology, strategic planning, and marketing and communications. Jim joined Doyon in 2008 after 12 years at the University of Alaska, where he served in several executives roles including Chief of Staff and Vice President of Administration. He continues to teach at UAF, advise graduate students, and serve on advisory councils. Jim’s education includes an undergraduate degree from the University of California Santa Cruz, a master’s from the University of Chicago, and a doctorate from the University of Pennsylvania. He and his wife Mary, who leads the Hospice of Tanana Valley, have two grown children and three Cardigan Corgis.

Brian Newton grew up in rural Nebraska . He graduated from Concordia University in Seward Nebraska with a Bachelors of Science degree and has a MBA from Ashland University in Ashland , Ohio . Brian recently completed a Doctoral of Management degree from the Weatherhead School of Management, Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland , Ohio .

Mr. Newton currently serves as Golden Valley Electric Association’s new president and CEO. Previously, he was the President and CEO of Consolidated Electric Cooperative in Mt. Gilead , Ohio and prior to that served eleven years as General Manager of North Central Public Power District in Creighton , Nebraska .

Brian and his wife, Michell, have been married for 29 years. They have three children.

Founder, Financial Services, Anchorage, Alaska

Heather Rauenhorst has worked for the Fairbanks North Star School District since completing her MBA in 2003. As the Research and Evaluation Analyst for the Research & Accountability Department, she is responsible for designing and implementing evaluation studies, conducting research and statistical analysis for district programs, and preparing reports for the school board and administration. Prior to joining the school district, Heather worked as an educator in alternative and private school settings.

Heather graduated from the UAF School of Management in 2003 with an MBA, after completing a BA in English in 1996.   She has been an active volunteer with multiple non-profits, and currently serves as the Vice President of the Fairbanks Rescue Mission.

Heather is married to Colonel Mike Rauenhorst of the Alaska Air National Guard.   They have five children, ages 1 month to 13 years. In any free time she has between the kids’ activities, she loves to travel, cook, and read.

Born and raised in Fairbanks, AK, Renee M. Staley, received a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology, from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in  1997 and went on to achieve a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Arizona in 2001, while managing global call centers for American Express.  Renee is currently the Site Manager for Birchwood Homes based in Fairbanks.  Her main duties are Marketing, Sales, Business Development and Project Management. Staley has previously worked as Branch Manager for a local bank her in Fairbanks.  Prior to that she was the Director of Field Accounting Services for American Express in Toronto Canada, where she managed Customer Service, Account Management, Call Center Operations, Project Management and Accounting.

Renee currently resides in Fairbanks with her husband and is active in many local groups and volunteer activities. She loves fishing, camping and cruising.

Sherry Walley Hoff is the ACT east commercial analyst for BP Alaska and serves as a lead recruiter and campus team member within the BP US graduate resource organization.

Sherry made the transition to the oil & gas industry 8 years ago and has worked in Alaska in a variety of financial roles over the past 20 years within upstream oil & gas production, pipeline services, and television & radio broadcast. Her experience covers corporate finance & taxation, strategic planning and performance, economic evaluation and financial risk management, and sales & marketing. She holds a BA in Psychology (1991) and a MBA in Capital Markets (1999) from University of Alaska Fairbanks and served as the Chief Information Officer for the School of Management Student Investment Fund in 1999.  

Sherry was born in Fairbanks and currently resides in Anchorage with her husband and three children, two of which are students at the University of Alaska .   She loves Alaska , enjoys the outdoors, loves to travel, and is an avid reader and trader.