Keynote Speaker: Adelheid Herrmann

We are excited to announce that our keynote speaker will be Adelheid Herrmann, a co-investigator at the UAF Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy, who will be speaking about her lived experience in Bristol Bay and her academic research, both of which embody the conference theme, Sustaining the Past While Advancing the Future.

Adelheid Herrmann was born in Levelock, Alaska and raised in Naknek, Alaska. She is Athabascan and is a shareholder of Bristol Bay Native Corporation. Adelheid graduated from Bristol Bay High School (Naknek) in 1970. She received her undergraduate degree in public policy, fisheries, and native studies from Antioch University in Seattle, Washington in 1999. She received her doctorate degree in education in organizational leadership with an emphasis in fisheries and oceans from the University of La Verne in La Verne, California in 2013. Adelheid has worked various jobs over the years such as in administration, working in the fishing and seafood industry, assisting in workforce development programs, and serving in the House of Representatives from 1983-1989. She is currently involved in a post-doctoral research program for the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy at the University of Alaska Fairbanks from November 2019 to present working on research tools for tribes and rural communities. She serves on the Elder’s Council at the Alaska Pacific University and is a board member of the Polar Research Board. She will be sharing some of her work and perspective with you.