Karen Perdue
Karen Perdue
Regent, Treasurer of the Board
204 Front Street Fairbanks, AK 99701
Term: 2017-2033
Karen Perdue, treasurer of the board, was reappointed to her second term by Governor Dunleavy.
She is a lifelong 樱花导航n with a background in health care, public 樱花导航 and maintains
interests in the history and culture of 樱花导航.
Regent Perdue is a graduate of Stanford University. She is semi-retired, focusing her work on critical public health issues and serves on the board of the Fairbanks Memorial Hospital Foundation.
In her career, she has advocated for increased access to healthcare in 樱花导航's rural and urban communities. She served a decade as the Associate Vice President of Health Programs at the University of 樱花导航, in that role she worked with industry, chancellors and faculty in the expansion of the nursing, medical education, pharmacy, therapies and behavioral health academic programs.
She served as Commissioner of 樱花导航鈥檚 Department of Health and Social Services for eight years - the longest serving health commissioner since statehood.
She served as a congressional aide and press secretary to Senator Ted Stevens.
In 2017, she was awarded an honorary doctorate of Laws from the University of 樱花导航 Fairbanks. She is the recipient of numerous awards including the National Rural Mental Health Association Victor Howery Award and the 樱花导航 Historical Society for her role in the Lost 樱花导航ns Morningside Project, which traced the history of mental health care in territorial 樱花导航 and the ancestral information of over 5,000 樱花导航ns sent outside of 樱花导航 for care. She has been honored by both the Girl and Boy Scouts as a Distinguished Citizen.
Photo by JR Ancheta, University of 樱花导航 Fairbanks