Jack Blackwell, Katherine Carlton, Adam Turner, “Prince William Sound ANCSA Village & Regional Co

This is a presentation from the 2024 Natural History Symposium that took place on May 13-14 in Whittier, Alaska. The Natural History Symposium is a free two-day community event featuring the latest in news and research from around the Sound hosted by the Prince William Sound Stewardship Foundation. Visit https://www.princewilliamsound.org to find out more and become a member.

This video's subject is “Prince William Sound ANCSA Village & Regional Corporations” with Jack Blackwell, Katherine Carlton, Adam Turner.

Jack Blackwell is the Vice President of Lands and Resources for Chugach Alaska Corporation. After a 32-year career with the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, which included serving as the Superintendent of the Kenai Peninsula and Prince William Sound state parks, he retired from state service to work for Chugach Alaska Corporation. Jack was raised in Southeast Alaska and has a Bachelor of Science in Natural Resource Management from the University of Alaska – Fairbanks.

Originally from Cordova, Alaska, Katherine Carlton is a shareholder and employee of Chugach Alaska Corporation. She began her career at Chugach in 2005 and has worked for her corporation in ten different roles, but most recently as the Vice President of ANCSA and Community Affairs. She is passionate about improving the lives of Native people. She also serves as co-chair of Native American Contractors Association and as the local board member of the Selective Service System for the State of Alaska. Katherine holds a Bachelor’s in Accounting from the University of Alaska, a graduate certificate in Alaska Native Executive Leadership from the Alaska Pacific University, and is a recent graduate of the Advanced Management Program from Harvard Business School.

Adam Turner is the General Manager of Chenega Regional Development Group based out of Anchorage. He comes from an infrastructure construction and business development background having worked on projects in both urban and rural areas throughout Alaska. He moved to Alaska in the early 1980’s as a child and is proud to have raised two children here. He and his family love Alaska for the same reason most people do – the opportunity to take advantage of the unique recreational opportunities Alaska provides for.


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Prince William Sound Stewardship Foundation is an Alaska-based 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that came together around a shared love of Prince William Sound. We coordinate and support projects such as beach clean-ups, invasive species control, site restoration, public education, and much more. We accomplish our work through fundraising, partnership development, and our growing volunteer network, and we work closely with the Chugach National Forest and other Prince William Sound stakeholders.