Kristi Tapio-Harper

Kristi is an enrolled member of Tlingit & Haida Tribes of Alaska and grew up in Anchorage, Alaska, where she currently resides. She is married to her husband Paul and they have two daughters and two grandchildren.  Her father is Athabascan from interior Alaska and her mother is from North Carolina. Kristi’s background is from the federal government where she worked with the United States Department of Agriculture, most recently as the Regional Tribal Relations Program Manager with the Forest Service for Washington and Oregon. Prior to that she worked in Alaska as the Alaska Native Liaison (Natural Resources Conservation Service) working with Tribes in Alaska forming Tribal Conservation Districts. In her free time she loves fishing, hiking, mountain biking and spending time with her family.