Workforce Development

A working group addressing workforce development was formed based on feedback received from the Subsistence Advisory Working Group. The Ambler Access Project is expected to create thousands of new jobs; it is essential that those in rural Alaskan communities have the training and education needed to access these new job and career opportunities. The Working Group will help the project’s leadership identify job and career pathways including needs for training and development resources. The Workforce Development Working Group met for the first time in Anchorage on January 12, 2022.

Upcoming Meeting

  • 6/6/2024  Workforce Development Working Group Meeting in Upper Kobuk

Previous Meetings

  • 2/22/24 Workforce Development Working Group- Anchorage
  • 12/07/23 Workforce Development Working Group at Fairbanks AIDEA Office
  • 8/23/23 Workforce Development Working Group in Allakaket Agenda
  • 06/14/23 Workforce Development Working Group
  • 02/24/23 Workforce Development Working Group
  • 01/06/23 Workforce Development Working Group in Fairbanks
  • 08/16/22 Workforce Development Working Group in Anchorage
  • 04/13/22 Workforce Development Working Group in Kotzebue

Current Workforce Development Working Group Membership

  • Fred Bifelt (Co-Chair), Huslia
  • Larry Westlake, Sr. (Co-Chair), Kiana
  • Hugh Bifelt, Hughes
  • Stanley Ned, Allakaket
  • Nellie Griest, Shungnak
  • Henry Horner, Kobuk
  • Wilbur Howarth Sr., Noorvik
  • Wayne Musser, Evansville
  • Gordan Bergman, Allakaket
  • Harding Sam, Alatna
  • Morgan Johnson, Ambler
  • Andy Baker, Kotzebue/West Side
  • Liz Cravalho, NANA
  • Shalon Harrington, Ambler Metals