About Norton Sound
Welcome to a series of conversations about the opportunities for economic development in rural Alaska villages. We began this series in 2020 to generate ideas.
In 2023, $5 billion in federal funds have been allocated for infrastructure project. The Alaska Native Corporations are 50 years old and soon, a quarter of them will have new leadership.
What does that mean for all that funding? What is getting funded and how can we ensure the projects benefit the lives they’re meant to improve?
Debbie Atuk
Founder
Debbie Atuk is Inupiat and a proud shareholder and Board Treasurer of Bering Straits Native Corporation and is also a shareholder of Sitnasuak Native Corporation.
She was raised in Nome and Anchorage, Alaska. Debbie is a portfolio specialist and relationship manager for Skyview Investment Advisors, where she focuses on growing and preserving the assets of Alaska Native and Native American clients.
She has also served as the Treasurer for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Director of Business Development for Colville Tribal Federal Corporation, and Investment Banking Analyst for SG Cowen. Debbie received her BA in Economics from the University of Chicago and her MBA from the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth.
Deni Robey
Producer
Deni is a communications and advocacy strategist. She promotes social justice/human rights at the community level, statewide, nationally, and internationally. In addition to promoting economic opportunity as a way to contribute to the empowerment of individuals and communities, Deni has always worked to engage Americans and encourage their activism.
Deni has worked for reproductive health, humanitarian, and gender equality organizations and has built communications strategies for audiences from U.S. lawmakers to grassroots activists, from UN leaders to field staff, from INGOs to political action committees, and from major foundations to corporate entities.