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Office of the Executive Director Susan E. Fox \| Helen Wiggins \| Kristina Creek Administration and Finance Ada Bower \| Leslie Kitchin Project Management Reija Shnoro \| Betsy Turner-Bogren \| Judy Fahnestock Education Programs Sarah Crowley \| Janet Warburton Information Technology Zeb Polly \| Ronnie Owens \| Joed Polly


Office of the Executive Director

Susan E. Fox Executive Director	fox@arcus.org
A Chicago import, Susan joined ARCUS in April 2009 as Executive Director. Her prior experience includes 15 years as Executive Director of the Society of American Archivists and the American Association of Law Libraries. She previously worked at Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government in the Science, Technology & Public Policy program and with the Center for Science and International Affairs. She has a B.S. in Communications from Boston University’s College of Communication and an M.S. in Public Affairs from the John W. McCormack Graduate School of Policy Studies, UMass/Boston. Although currently an Alaskan cheechako, Chinook jargon for newcomer, she aspires to the day she becomes a sourdough, or old timer.

Helen Wiggins Director of Programs	helen@arcus.org
Helen was born in Alaska, raised in Maryland, and spent several years in the South as a graduate student at the University of Georgia and as a GIS analyst. She loves her small drafty cabin and has finally relaxed during her forays into the wilderness, now that she has realized there is not a menacing grizzly behind every tree. Her professional interests lie in interdisciplinary scientific programs, and so naturally she was thrilled to join the ARCUS team in April 2003 as a project manager. In May 2004, Helen accepted the position of Program Coordinator; she was promoted in January 2008 to ARCUS Director of Programs.

Kristina Creek Executive Coordinator	creek@arcus.org
Kristina joined the ARCUS team in October of 2008, shortly after relocating to Fairbanks from South Carolina. She accepted the position of Executive Assistant in December 2008. Kristina enjoys the diversity of the Executive Assistant job, as well as the various opportunities to learn about Alaska and the Arctic. Kristina’s other interests include literature, photography, motorcycles, travel, and recently (to the horror of her housemates), playing the violin.