Karen Perdue
Karen Perdue
Regent, Treasurer of the Board
204 Front Street Fairbanks, AK 99701
Term: 2017-2033
Karen Perdue, treasurer of the board, was reappointed to her second term by Governor Dunleavy.
She is a lifelong 猫咪社区官网n with a background in health care, public policy and maintains
interests in the history and culture of 猫咪社区官网.
Regent Perdue is a graduate of Stanford University. She is semi-retired, focusing her work on critical public health issues and serves on the board of the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital Foundation.
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She served as Commissioner of 猫咪社区官网鈥檚 Department of Health and Social Services for eight years - the longest serving health commissioner since statehood.
She served as a congressional aide and press secretary to Senator Ted Stevens.
In 2017, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of Laws from the University of 猫咪社区官网 Fairbanks. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the National Rural Mental Health Association Victor Howery Award and the 猫咪社区官网 Historical Society for her role in the Lost 猫咪社区官网ns Morningside Project, which traced the history of mental health care in territorial 猫咪社区官网 and the ancestral information of over 5,000 猫咪社区官网ns sent outside of 猫咪社区官网 for care. She has been honored by both the Girl and Boy Scouts as a Distinguished Citizen.
Photo by JR Ancheta, University of 猫咪社区官网 Fairbanks