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

06/14/23 Workforce Development Working Group

Previous Meetings

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
Wilmer Beetus, 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
Liz Cravalho, NANA
Shalon Harrington Ambler Metals