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JANUARY 29-30, 2014 | JUNEAU ALASKA | CENTENNIAL HALL

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PresentersPatrice Kunesh | Deputy Under Secretary of Rural Development On May 22, 2013, Patrice H. Kunesh began her tenure at USDA as the Deputy Under Secretary of Rural Development. Among Patrice’s responsibilities are overseeing Operations & Management and the Office of Civil Rights and working with the State Directors.Prior to joining USDA, Patrice, of Standing Rock Lakota descent, served as the Deputy Solicitor for Indian Affairs at the U.S. Department of the Interior, where she supervised the work of the Solicitor’s Office on a breadth of matters concerning American Indian tribes.Patrice was a member of the faculty of the University of South Dakota School of Law where she

taught in the areas of Federal Indian Law, Legislation, Property Law, and Children & the Law, and also directed the University’s Institute of American Indian Studies. She began her legal career at the Native American Rights Fund and in 1995, became in-house counsel to the Mashantucket Pequot Tribe of Connecticut.Patrice received a Master of Public Administration from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government and a law de-gree from the University of Colorado School of Law, where she was an editor of the Colorado Law Review.

Jamie Bennett | Executive Director, ArtPlace AmericaArtPlace America is a consortium of philanthropic foundations, financial institutions, and federal agencies dedicated to creative placemaking. To date, ArtPlace has awarded $42.1 million in grants to 124 organizations that are using arts at the center of place-based strategies to trans-form 79 communities across the U.S.Until December 2013, Jamie was Chief of Staff and Director of Public Affairs at the National En-dowment for the Arts, where he was in charge of overseeing the agency’s external affairs, which included the national rollouts of the “Our Town” grant program and of new partnerships with the USDA, Defense, Health and Human Services, and Housing and Urban Development. Previously, Jamie served as Chief of Staff at the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs, and to the President of Columbia University, has worked in fundraising at The Museum of Modern Art, the New York Philharmonic, and Columbia College.

Mary Jo Waits | Director of Economic & Workforce Development Division, National Governors AssociationMary Jo Waits is the director of the Economic, Human Services and Workforce (EHSW) Division at the National Governors Association Center for Best Practices. EHSW focuses on developing innovative policy options and promoting best practices across a range of current and emerging state issues, including economic development, innovation, workforce development, employment and social services for youth and low-income families. Prior to joining NGA, Waits was project director with the Pew Center on the States. Additionally, she has held numerous positions in her native Arizona, including principal at the public policy consulting firm Mary Jo Waits and Associates LLC; associate director of the Morrison Institute for Public Policy at Arizona State University; and assistant director of the Governor of Arizona’s Office of Policy Development and Planning. Mary Jo is a former Juneau resident, having worked in Alaska’s State Government in the 1980s and was the owner of a small business on Seward Street in downtown Juneau.   

Thor Sigfusson | Founder & Managing Director, Iceland Ocean ClusterDr. Thor Sigfusson founded the Iceland Ocean Cluster in 2011 and Codland in 2012. The role of the Iceland Ocean Cluster is to connect people and firms in ocean related fields with a focus on creating new opportunities in the industry. Codland´s goal is to increase the value of raw materials from fish. Thor has also worked as CEO of Sjóvá, CEO of Iceland Chamber of Commerce and deputy director at the Nordic Investment Bank in Finland. Thor has written five books on topics such as international business, knowledge networks and salmon. Thor graduated with a P.h.D. in International Business from University of Iceland 2012. He has a Masters degree in Economics from The University of North Carolina.

WELCOME TO THE 2014 INNOVATION SUMMIT!

The Juneau Economic Development (JEDC) is proud to offer this powerful program to businesses and organizations that support sustainable economic growth in Southeast Alaska. Our goal is that we come together across industries and sectors learn from Outside perspectives and engage and connect to develop strategies that work for our region.

JEDC MISSION

The Juneau Economic Development Council fosters a healthy and sustainable economic climate in Juneau and throughout Southeast Alaska. In collaboration with other organizations, the council implements initiatives to maintain, expand, and create jobs and economic opportunities.

JEDC GOALS• Strengthen Juneau’s economy as an integral part of Southeast Alaska• Diversify our economy• Bring innovative economic development approaches to Juneau, our region and state• Make Juneau a more attractive place to live and work

JEDC PROGRAMS• Cluster Development• Technology Commercialization• STEM Education• Economic Research & Reporting• Business Resources• Maritime Festival• Downtown Revitalization• Small Business Loans• Entrepreneurship• Housing• Junior Achievement• Innovation Summit

612 West Willoughby Avenue, Suite A, Juneau, Alaska 99801Phone 907-523-2300 • Fax 907-463-3929 JEDC.org

7:30-8:00 AM Light Continental Breakfast Sheffield

8:00-8:10 AM Welcome: Beth Kertulla, Alaska State Representative Sheffield

8:10-9:15 AM Alaskan Innovators Sheffield Path to Prosperity Introduction, Alana Peterson, Haa Aani Panel: Path to Prosperity Finalists Moderated by John Blanchard, Dean, UAS School of Management

9:15-10:30 PM Innovators in Government Sheffield Introduction: Beth Pendleton, Regional Forester, U.S. Forest Service Bob Banghart, Deputy Director Libraries Archives Museums, State of Alaska Sean Ferrell, Public Affairs and Partnerships Staff Officer, Tongass National Forest Keynote: Patrice Kunesh, Deputy Secretary of Rural Development, USDA

10:45-12:00 PM Cluster Working Group Sessions Ocean Products Cluster Sheffield 3 Visitor Products Cluster Egan Research & Development Cluster Hammond Renewable Energy Cluster Sheffield 2 Working Forest Cluster Hickel Mining Service & Supply Cluster Miller Arts Cluster JACC

12:00-1:00 PM Networking Lunch Sheffield

1:00-2:30 PM Creative Placemaking Sheffield Cathy Muñoz, Alaska State Representative

Keynote: Jamie Bennett, Executive Director ArtPlace America

2:30-3:00 PM Break in the Innovation Lounge Lobby

3:00-4:15 PM MicroSessions Mary Jo Waits, Director, Economic & Workforce Development Division Sheffield 2 National Governors Association Jamie Bennett, Executive Director ArtPlace America  Hammond Thor Sigfusson, Founder & Managing Director, Iceland Ocean Cluster Sheffield 3 Patrice Kunesh, Deputy Secretary of Rural Development, USDA Egan

Panel: Fostering Community Capacity through Innovation and Creativity Hickel Chad VanOrmer, District Ranger, Admiralty National Monument Andrew Thoms, Executive Director, Sitka Conservation Society Alana Peterson, Economic Development Coordinator, Haa Aaní LLC Sarah Campen, Collaborative Stewardship Coordinator, The Nature Conservancy Moderated by Wayne Owen, Alaska Regional Rirector for Fish, Wildlife, and Subsistence

4:15-5:00 PM Closing Remarks Sheffield

Path to Prosperity Winners Announced Sheffield Russell Dick, President/CEO, Haa Aani Norm Cohen, Southeast Director, The Nature Conservancy Cluster Co-chair Closing Remarks Sheffield 5:00-6:00 PM Closing Reception, sponsored by Haa Aani Lobby

Wednesday, January 29 thursday, January 3012:00-2:00 PM Registration Lobby

1:00-2:00 PM Networking in the Innovation Lounge Lobby

2:00-2:30 PM Welcome to the 2014 Innovation Summit Sheffield Patricia Hull singing the National Anthem & Alaska Flag Song

Edward K. Thomas, President, Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska

Merrill Sanford, Mayor of Juneau 2:30-3:30 PM Innovation, Clusters and our Economy Sheffield Mead Treadwell, Leuitenant Governor of Alaska

Brian Holst, Executive Director, JEDC Industry Cluster Introductions

Visitor Products: Kirby Day, Princess Tours Ocean Products: Julie Decker, Southeast Alaska Salmon Gillnetter & John Sund, Mariculture Advocate Mining Service & Supply: Chris Gerondale, CMI & Jason Hart, Hecla Mining Company Renewable Energy: Alec Mesday, AEL&P; Bob Deering, US Forest Service & Bill Leighty, The Leighty Foundation, Alaska Applied Sciences Research: Dave D’Amore, US Forest Service & Shannon Atkinson, School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences, UAF

3:30-5:00 PM Collaborating for Industry Success in Iceland Sheffield Introduction: Susan Bell, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development

Keynote: Thor Sigfussen, Founder and Managing Director, Iceland Ocean Cluster 

5:00-6:00 PM Welcome Reception in the Innovation Lounge Lobby

6:00-8:00 PM Dinner Program: The Role of Government in Economic Development Alan Austerman, Alaska State Representative Sheffield

Keynote: Mary Jo Waits, Director, Economic & Workforce Development Division,  National Governors Association Strategies for Supporting Innovation & Economic Competitiveness

Panel discussion: Shelley Hughes, Alaska State Representative Hollis French, Alaska State Senator Roger Woodworth, Vice-President, AVISTA Corporation & President of the Washington State Economic Development Commission Mary Jo Waits, Director, Economic & Workforce Development Division, National Governors Association Susan Bell, Commissioner, Alaska Department of Commerce, Community & Economic Development Moderated by John Pugh, Chancellor, University of Alaska Southeast

P2P Finalists

Seven Echoes Homestead, founded June 2012, provides a creative forum to further cultural enrichment, address the core issues of sustainability, and bring renewed economic vitality to the Chilkat Valley by means of strategic consultancy. Carol Tuynman started Seven Echoes Homestead with the goal of building an accessible, Internet-connected resource and retreat center in the wilderness of Southeast Alaska. The center will offer workshops, work study programs, conferences, and independent projects that can be replicated to meet the needs of the broader community.

Nathan Soboleff resides in Juneau where he is trying an unconventional start up business; growing plants in an indoor controlled environment facility on an industrial scale with year round production. His Juneau business has two aspects to it: 1) Selling fresh produce to local stores, restaurants, and consumers and 2) Growing hops to market to breweries. If the Juneau model functions as planned, Nathan’s vision is to expand his business to other communities around the State.

As a representative of Chilkoot Indian Enterprises, Scott Hansen is working on a business plan for P2P that involves using locally derived wood sources to produce premium quality wood pellets. This business aims to address the need for a less expensive, locally-derived heating fuel that can be used by all sectors of the local population. The pellets can be used by residential and business heating systems that are designed to use wood pellets for fuel.

Marc Wheeler has been dedicated to the community of Juneau since he arrived as an Americorps volunteer in 1995. Marc started Coppa in the summer of 2013 with his wife Jessica Paris, to make people happy through artisanal ice cream, coffee, and homemade baked goods. In the next phase of his business planning, Marc will expand into wholesale ice cream production, focusing on rhubarb sherbet and other ice cream flavors using local ingredients.

The Sawmill Farm is a new business headed by Bobbie Daniels and Justin Albee of Sitka, Alaska. The mission of Sawmill Farm is to produce locally grown, hormone and antibiotic free meat for the residents of Sitka. Using food currently being thrown away and barged out of state to a landfill, the Sawmill Farm will raise pigs, rabbits, and poultry as a source of locally produced meat for Sitkans.

Raven Guitars is Path to Prosperity’s hybrid entry. When P2P announced this year’s top 12 business concepts, it was to everybody’s shock that two of them were guitar-building ideas. Steve Helgeson and Kevin Skeek met for the first time at the P2P Boot Camp. Skeek and Helgeson were so inspired by each other’s energy and vision that they decided to combine their efforts on the final business plan submission for the competition, under the name of Raven Guitars.

Shaan-Seet Inc. is a village native corporation that was established in 1971 under the Alaska Native Claimes Settlement Act. The village corporation has developed a business plan for Shaan-Seet Biomass Distributors which will provide affordable wood pellets for commercial and residential space heating on remote Prince of Wales Island.

Tamsen Cassidy is a small farm holder in Haines. Her new business Klehini Feed and Seed is a destination point; a unique gathering place where local farmers, gardeners and travelers alike will collaborate together to learn and to entertain. Our goal is to provide quality customer service and choice in the delivery and accessibility of natural and organic feeds, grains and farm supplies, while showcasing our community’s local products and arts.

In partnership with their existing business Icy Straits Lumber & Milling Co. (ISL), Wes and Sue Tyler have created Alaska Legacy Wood Homes & Products. This new retail business will provide locally manufactured wood products and furniture that are sourced from ISL as well as other local wood product producers. Given their experience and feasibility study, Wes and Sue aim to supply the growing demand for locally milled products.

Debra Schnabel is from Haines. While furnishing her home over the course of four years, Debra was drawn to cabinet knobs made of rock she found on an internet marketplace. She soon realized that the glacial ground stones of the Tsirku River and were more beautiful than the ones she had purchased for $28. Glacial Ground Rocknobs was born, and over the course

Southeast Alaska Produce, LLC (SEAP) is a new business that is still in the planning phase. Currently Chelsea Schoonover, owner/organizer, is collaborating with strategic partners and building a team that can bring the vision for SEAP to reality. The vision of SEAP is to become a major supplier of fresh produce for the town of Hoonah and Southeast Alaska. SEAP’s model will use renewable energy and sustainable local resources to grow local produce on a commercial scale.

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