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Alaska Offices

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The personnel at the Alaska State Office for USDA Rural Development, located in Palmer, provide for the management of our federal programs which are delivered through six (6) Area Offices throughout rural Alaska. The Area Offices serve as the first point of contact for communities, homeowners and businesses to access our financial programs and technical services.

Below you will find the name, title, e-mail address and phone number for Rural Development's Management Team in located in the State Office in Palmer.

Jim Nordlund State Director Jim.Nordlund@ak.usda.gov

(907) 761-7705

Deborah Davis Director, Rural Housing Programs Deborah.Davis@ak.usda.gov (907) 761-7740
Renee Johnson Director of Business Programs Renee.Johnson@ak.usda.gov (907) 761-7712
Merlaine Kruse Director of Community Programs Merlaine.Kruse@ak.usda.gov (907) 761-7778

The following USDA personnel are located in satellite offices in Alaska and in Washington providing for Rural Development's programs and services in rural utilities as specified.

Eric Marchegiani

Field Representative - Electricity

Eric.Marchegiani@ak.usda.gov

(907) 688-8732

Wes Lannen

Field Representative - Telecommunications

Wes.Lannen@wdc.usda.gov

(360) 666-2741

We also provide you with points of contact for our Area Offices.

Bethel, Alaska

Serving the Bethel and Wade-Hampton Census areas

Gene Kane, Acting Area Director

510 L Street, Suite 410
Anchorage, AK  99501

Phone (907) 271-3025

 

E-Mail:  Gene.Kane@ak.usda.gov

 

Dillingham, Alaska

Serving the Dillingham and Aleutians West Census areas and the Bristol Bay, Aleutians East, Lake and Peninsula Boroughs

William (Spud) C. Williams, Area Director
Herman Schroder Bldg.
104 Main Street, Suite 301A
P.O. Box 1370
Dillingham, AK  99576

Phone: (907) 842-3921
Fax: (907) 842-3922

E-mail: William.C.Williams@ak.usda.gov
            

 

Fairbanks, Alaska

Serving the Southeast Fairbanks, Valdez/Cordova and Yukon-Koyukuk Census areas and the Boroughs of North Slope, Fairbanks North Star and Denali

Kim Wood, Area Manager
Jane Gibson, Rural Development Specialist
590 University Avenue
Fairbanks, AK  99709

Phone: (907) 479-6767 Ext. 4
Fax: (907) 457-4069

E-mail: Kim.M.Wood@ak.usda.gov  

Jane.Gibson@ak.usda.gov

 

Kenai, Alaska

Serving the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Kodiak Island Borough

Vacant, Area Director
Amy Milburn, Acting Area Manager, Loan Specialist, x101
Wylie Chandler, Rural Development Technician
110 Trading Bay Road, Suite 160
Kenai, AK  99611

Phone: (907) 283-6640 Ext. 4
Fax: (907) 283-9667

E-mail: Amy.Milburn@ak.usda.gov 

Wylie.Chandler@ak.usda.gov

 

Nome, Alaska

Serving the Nome Census area and the Northwest Arctic Borough

Vacant
800 West Evergreen, Suite 201
Palmer, AK 99645

Phone: (907) 761-7705
 

E-mail: erin.sturdivant@ak.usda.gov

 

Sitka, Alaska

Serving the Prince of Wales, Skagway-Angoon and Wrangell-Petersburg Census areas and the Boroughs of Sitka, Haines, Yakutat, Ketchikan Gateway, and Juneau

Keith Perkins, Area Director
Tambi Calvert, Rural Development Specialist
Marsha McCrehin, Rural Development Technician
201 Katlian Street, Suite 109A
Sitka, AK  99835

Phone: (907) 747-3506
Fax: (907) 747-3597

E-mail: Keith.Perkins@ak.usda.gov   Tambi.Calvert@ak.usda.gov 

Marsha.McCrehin@ak.usda.gov

 

USDA Rural Development Alaska State Office
800 W. Evergreen, Suite 201
Palmer, Alaska 99645
(907)761-7705 (phone) - (907)761-7783 (fax) 
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