RIGHT MOVES.

Bureau of Land Management

* The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) named Steven Cohn as the new Director of the Alaska State Office in Anchorage, responsible for managing 70 million surface acres and 220 million acres of federal subsurface mineral estate. Cohn's career in federal service began with BLM more than two decades ago. He is returning to BLM from The Nature Conservancy, where he was the Alaska state director since 2018. Cohn holds a bachelor's degree in government from Harvard University and advanced degrees from the University of California at Berkeley Rausser College of Natural Resources.

Mat-Su Senior Services

* Brandi Burchett has been selected as the new CEO of Mat-Su Senior Services, the largest nonprofit senior campus in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough. Burchett moved from North Carolina to Wasilla in 2019, leaving the role of vice president of behavioral health services at a federally qualified health center. Burchett earned a master's degree in counseling from Webster University. This year, Burchett is completing an MBA from the University of Mount Olive in North Carolina.

AOGA

* The trade association for the oil and gas industry in Alaska has a new Regulatory and Legal Affairs Manager. Tamara Maddox joined the Alaska Oil & Gas Association (AOGA) after serving as an associate attorney at the Alaska Public Offices Commission. In her new position, Maddox evaluates government actions and coordinates AOGA's response. Maddox grew up in Anchorage and obtained a bachelor's degree from Fayetteville State University in North Carolina. She earned her JD from Seattle University School of Law.

Alaska Railroad

* The Alaska Railroad Corporation (ARRC) promoted Seward Port Manager Christy Terry to the position of Director of External Affairs, responsible for public, community, and government relations efforts. Terry joined the state-owned railroad in 2010 as the Seward operations manager and was promoted to port manager in 2015. Prior to ARRC, she spent nearly a decade working for the City of Seward. Terry's public service includes three terms as an elected official, most recently as Seward's mayor; her three-year term expires this year.

Alaska Support Industry Alliance

* Catherine Chambers joined the Alliance as the new External Affairs Coordinator, responsible for communications strategy, arranging events, and legislative advocacy. Chambers, whose background is in marketing, returns home tc Anchorage after nine years in New Mexico.

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