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For Immediate Release
Friday, Nov. 20, 2009

The University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Foundation Board of Trustees elected Mike Felix as board chair and Jo Michalski as vice chair at the board’s annual meeting Nov. 18 in Fairbanks.

Felix is president of AT &T ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ and Michalski is owner and president of Portfolio and Classic Woman, a woman’s clothing store. Both are from Anchorage. The leadership terms are for the coming year.

Carla Beam of Anchorage, recently retired from BP Exploration (ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ) Inc., continues serving as secretary until the 2010 annual meeting. Retiring from the board was Sharon Gagnon of Anchorage, a longtime trustee and former member of the UA Board of Regents; and Will Anderson of Kodiak, chief executive officer of Koniag Corp.

Twelve ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æns were elected to the foundation’s Board of Trustees. Five of the 12 are new to the board; seven were elected to second terms.

New trustees are Susan Anderson of Anchorage, president and chief executive officer of the CIRI Foundation; Leo Bustad of Anchorage, a practicing cardiologist at the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ Heart Institute; Betsy Lawer of Anchorage, vice chair of First National Bank ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ; Mike Powers of Fairbanks, chief executive officer for Fairbanks Memorial Hospital/Denali Center; and Melody Schneider of Fairbanks, owner of
Schneider & Shilling, certified public accountants.

Reelected trustees are Alison Browne of Juneau, a longtime community advocate; Ted Fathauer of Fairbanks, lead forecaster of the National Weather Service in Fairbanks; Greg Gursey of Anchorage, president and owner of Benefit Brokers Inc.; Wendy King of Anchorage, vice president of external affairs for ConocoPhillips ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ; Michalski; Ann Parrish of Anchorage, owner of Strategic Services; and Eric Wohlforth of Anchorage, attorney and senior partner of Wohlforth, Johnson, Brecht, Cartledge & Brooking. Trustee terms are for three years.

The 30 member Board of Trustees governs the non-profit UA Foundation, which seeks, secures and stewards philanthropic support for the benefit of all University of ÐÓ°ÉÔ­°æ campuses. The foundation manages over 1,100 privately donated funds, including 600 endowments. As of September, the foundation managed over $268 million in assets.

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For more information, call Mary Rutherford, foundation president, at 907/450-8030, or check out
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