Alberta Unok Biography — President and Chief Executive Officer for the Alaska Native Health Board (ANHB)

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Biography of Alberta Unok, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Alaska Native Health Board (ANHB) and an enrolled Tribal citizen of the Native Village of Kotlik. It lists a Master of Business Administration degree from Alaska Pacific University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage. The biography describes the role as providing strategic management, policy analysis and advocacy for Tribal health priorities, and says Alberta previously served as ANHB's Chief Operating Officer and received the National Impact Award from the National Indian Health Board in 2016. It also says ANHB was established in 1968 and advocates on behalf of over 180,000 Alaska Native People. No date is printed.

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                                 Alberta Unok Biography

         Alberta Unok is the President and Chief Executive Officer for the Alaska Native
Health Board (ANHB). She is an enrolled Tribal citizen of the Native Village of Kotlik.
Alberta holds a Master of Business Administration degree from the Alaska Pacific
University (APU) and an undergraduate degree from the University of Alaska Anchorage.
She completed the Alaska Native Executive Leadership Program at APU. In her role, she
provides strategic management and organizational direction, policy analysis, and utilizes
her detailed knowledge of Tribal health, state and federal policy and legislation to support
advocacy efforts of Tribal health-related priorities for the Alaska Tribal Health System.
She also serves as the Association of Tribal Health Directors technical advisor by
facilitating efforts to prioritize Tribal health issues and developing strategies to move them
forward. She currently serves as the Alaska Area Technical Advisor for the Department
of Health and Human Services, Secretary’s Tribal Advisory Committee, Substance Abuse
and Mental Health Services Administration Tribal Technical Advisory Committee, Indian
Health Service (IHS) National Tribal Advisory Committee on Behavioral Health, and the
IHS Tribal Self-Governance Advisory Committee.

        Through her work in Tribal health, Alberta has been a member of the executive
leadership team, facilitating statewide meetings and advocating for Tribal health needs
by providing testimony on numerous bills. Alberta previously served as ANHB’s Chief
Operating Officer bringing experience with advocacy and program development. In 2016,
she was the recipient of the National Impact Award from the National Indian Health Board.
In her former work, Alberta was the lead program administrator in the development of the
federally-recognized Behavioral Health Aide Program for the Alaska Native Tribal Health
Consortium (ANTHC) where she was recognized with the ANTHC Employee of Year
Award.

       Established in 1968, ANHB serves as the statewide voice on Alaska Native health
issues. ANHB is a 28-member tribal organization working with 229 federally recognized
Tribes in Alaska, and advocates on behalf of over 180,000 Alaska Native People. ANHB’s
purpose is to promote the spiritual, physical, mental, social and cultural well-being and
pride of Alaska Native people. As the statewide tribal health advocacy organization,
ANHB assists tribal partners, state and federal agencies with achieving effective
communication and consultation with tribes and their tribal health programs


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