Kristi Tapio-Harper

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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…

Jolene Auliye

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My name is Jolene Auliye. I am Inupiaq from Shaktoolik, Alaska. I am a shareholder of the Bering Straits Native Corporation. I am married with three children. I am the oldest daughter of Rita and…

Lori Petrauski

A woman with fair skin, brown hair, and wearing a gray raincoat, brown rain boots, and a black knit cap, sits in a canoe on water with a paddle across her lake and rolling green hills behind her.

Lori Petrauski is a devoted naturalist who has worked as a field ecologist in interior and northern Alaska since 2017. She holds a M.S. degree in Wildlife and Fisheries from West Virginia University and a…

Malinda Chase

Headshot of Malinda Chase with fair skin and shoulder-length brown hair and bangs, wearing a blue blouse.

Malinda serves as the link between Alaska’s tribes and the climate research community. In her role, she seeks ways to connect, support and further initiatives between these two groups, along with additional collaborators, which assists…