Movers and Shakers for Feb. 28
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Wed, 02/24/2021 - 9:28am
Daniel Fenza was appointed president and chief operating officer of Chugach Alaska Corp., effective March 1, 2021. He will succeed
Sheri Buretta, who will remain Chugach’s chairman of the board and interim CEO. Fenza has a 20-year tenure with the corporation’s largest government contracting business, Chugach Government Solutions and most recently served as vice president of Business Intelligence and Innovation, during which he pioneered technology transformation efforts designed to reduce costs and streamline efficiencies for the organization. Prior to that, he advanced through a variety of operations and subsidiary president roles. He has a bachelor’s degree from University of Central Florida and an MBA from Florida Institute of Technology.
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3:56 The Chugach Alaska Corporation recently re-acquired land that has been in private hands since the 1900s. The buyers say you can’t put a price on the return of traditional lands to Indigenous stewardship.
“The Copper River Delta was besides such a rich resource area,” said John F.C. Johnson, the corporation’s vice president for cultural resources. “It s kind of the migration corridor for all the different cultural groups in Alaska.”
The region was a confluence of cultures including Sugpiaq, Tlingit, and Eyak and Ahtna Athabascan people.
The property is slightly smaller than a quarter-square mile equivalent. The previous owner, the non-profit organization The Nature Conservancy, declined to disclose the sale price. It said that a third-party assessor appraised the property at fair market value.