Ahtna, Inc. recently announced that William "Matt" Tisher has joined the Ahtna management team as chief financial officer. Tisher joins Ahtna from the Ukpeagvik Iñupiat Corp., an Alaska Native Village Corporation with $300 million in revenues and more than 40 subsidiaries. While at UIC, he performed at the executive level providing internal and external financial reporting, planning, budget development, business plans, due diligence on investments, banking compliance, and relationships with banks and external auditors. Prior to UIC, he was the CFO at Adak Fisheries and Coastal Villages Regional Fund.
Karen Kassik-Michelsohn of Michelsohn and Daughter Construction Inc., has been elected external vice president for the American Institute of Building Design at its 2014 national convention. She will hold the office for one year. Kassik-Michelsohn was also nominated "Designer of the Year" for her years of service as liaison to the National Association of Home Builders and the homebuilding industry. Kassik-Michelsohn has been designing custom homes and remodeling for more than 25 years and is both a Remodeling Design and Aging-in-Place Design specialist. She has been featured in many publications and the Today Show promoting the need for accessible and multi-generational housing.
Gladys Liliana Rey has successfully passed the National Center for State Courts Spanish oral exam administered by the Alaska Court System. She is the second interpreter candidate to be fully trained in Alaska through the Language Interpreter Center and the second interpreter to receive court certification by the Alaska Court System. To prepare for certification, she participated in a rigorous curriculum of study and passed a written and an oral exam. The written exam tests a candidate on English language skills, court-related terminology and ethics. The oral exam measures the candidate's language knowledge and fluency and the candidate's skills in three modes of interpreting used in the courtroom: simultaneous, consecutive and sight translation of documents.
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