Evridge holds a master’s degree in Natural Resource and Applied Economics from the University of Fairbanks and commercially fished from 2003 through 2008.
“I am excited to work for an organization dedicated to realizing our state’s full potential. Alaska’s economic, social, and political challenges have been further amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. This is an opportunity to define the future of our state, and I look forward to doing my part,” he said.
The Alaska Ocean Cluster also hired Taylor Drew Holshouser as its director of Business Development. He has worked for the federal government and the Wilson Center’s Polar Institute, where he remains a Research Fellow covering the socioeconomic implications of a warming Arctic and supports the Institute’s Arctic Infrastructure Inventory. Holshouser studied the history of Arctic exploration and economic development at Yale University, completing a Bachelor of Arts in Humanities in 2018