(SitNews) Ketchikan, Alaska - The Alaska Forest Association (AFA) Board announced the appointment of Tessa Axelson as the organization’s Executive Director. AFA is a non-profit industry trade association dedicated to advancing, restoring, promoting and maintaining a healthy, viable forest products industry in Alaska.

“As we embark on our 63rd year of operations, we are pleased to appoint Tessa as AFA’s new Executive Director. Tessa has an array of executive management, external affairs, facilitation, public policy, contract oversight, and program management expertise that will reinvigorate AFA, identify new opportunities, and promote engaged relationships with our stakeholders and program partners,” said AFA Board President Mr. Bert Burkhart.

Axelson comes to this position after having worked over 20 years in a variety of sectors in Alaska, including 15 years at the Denali Commission, a federal agency created by the late Senator Ted Stevens, where she served in various capacities, including Director of Programs.

Axelson, a life-long Alaskan, resides with her family in Ketchikan. She received her undergraduate degree in Political Science from the University of Alaska Anchorage and received a Master of Public Administration from the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Axelson began her new duties in February 2020.

Edited By Mary Kauffman, SitNews

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