Alaska Tribal Technical Assistance Center Our Staff :
Kimberly Williams
Program Manager
Kim Williams serves as Program Manager for the Alaska TTAC. Her experience includes work with the University of Alaska Fairbanks at the Bristol Bay Campus developing the natural resource and environmental program along with teaching financial management courses in the Tribal Management Program. She is active in her home community of Dillingham, serving on the City of Dillingham School Board of Education, the Curyung Tribal Council and the Bristol Bay Area Health Corporation. She is a graduate of the University of Alaska with a Masters of Public Administration from UAA and a Bachelors of Science in Biological Sciences from UAF..
Grete Chythlook
Program Assistant
A lifelong Alaskan, Grete Chythlook is an organizational genius, with a background in linguistics. Putting together such productions as "Wisdom Bearers, 2007" and "Reach-to-Teach, the Intensive," Mrs. Chythlook has made complicated things happen, and yet still has a smile on her face every day. Grete's Danish ancestory is reflected in her courage, which only points towards a Viking heart. Her Gwich'in ancestory shines through especially well in her uncanny charisma, as she leads in her own quiet way.
Steve Becker
Assistant Professor of Tribal Management (Transportation) Alaska Roads Scholar Program
A 17-year Alaska resident, Steve Becker has lived and worked extensively in rural Alaska. Steve is a Certified Environmental Professional and a USDA-registered Certified Conservation Planner, and has been working in the transportation arena for more than 12 years. His work in rural and interior Alaska includes transportation planning, conducting hazard and damage assessments for erosion and flooding, planning for village relocations, flood plain management studies, and emergency response.
Prior to joining the Alaska Tribal Technical Assistance Center, Mr. Becker was a Senior Environmental Scientist / Planner for ASCG Incorporated. Mr. Becker has also served as a U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Regulatory Project Manager in Fairbanks and as a Field Office Manager/District Conservationist for the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) in Bethel and Nome.