Suzanna Caldwell

February 9, 2026
Headshot of Suzanna Caldwell, lead science communicator for the Alaska Climate Adapation Science Center. She has dark blonde hair and blue eyes with fair skin. She is wearing green pendant earrings and a black blazer and green shirt in front of a while wall with black and white drawings.

Role at AK CASC: Science Communications Lead

Group: Science Communication Lead

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Suzanna Caldwell is a communications and program leader with more than 15 years of experience spanning climate technology, solid waste innovation and sustainability in Alaska. She is the former Deputy Director of the Tech Deployment Track at Launch Alaska, where she led a startup accelerator supporting energy, transportation and industrial climate solutions and built partnerships among startups, government and communities.

Previously, she managed the Municipality of Anchorage’s recycling program, including overseeing public education, helping to develop major solid waste infrastructure projects, and the launch of new organics and glass recycling initiatives. She started her career as a newspaper reporter in Alaska, working at both the Anchorage Daily News and Fairbanks Daily News-Miner.

She lives on Dena’ina land in Anchorage with her husband, Akira, and dog, Rosie.