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Russell A. Snyder

1955 Badger Road, North Pole, AK 99705

907-455-3917 (home) or 907-322-9513 (cell)

russellsnyder@yahoo.com

 

 

EDUCATION:

University of Alaska Fairbanks:  

·          Bachelor of Arts Major: Rural Development Minor: Small Business Management 12/2001

·          Bachelor of Arts Major: Alaska Native Studies, Expected graduation 05/2006

·          Masters of Rural Development, Expected graduation 05/2008

 

 

EMPLOYMENT:

RESIDENT MANAGER OF MACLEAN HOUSE for University of Alaska Fairbanks, Residence Life

EMPLOYED: 08/17/05 TO Present

P.O. Box 756860, Fairbanks, AK 99775-6860, Telephone Number: 907-474-7247, Supervisor: Jamie Abreu

Developed and administered all MacLean House residence life activities, programs operations within the Hall.  Managed the Residence Assistants, lead judicial meetings when residence violated policies, and networked with other UAF departments to meet my residences’ needs. 

 

INTERN for ASRC Energy Services, Power Pipeline and Communications, Alyeska Division                                    

Employed: 09/27/04 to 08/16/05

701 Bidwill Avenue, MS 826, Fairbanks, AK 99701, Telephone Number: 907-450-5408, Supervisor: Audrey Pilcher

Internship some of the duties consisted of but not limited to; compose routine correspondence, organize and maintain file systems, file correspondence as well as other records, prepare outgoing mail and correspondence including e-mail and faxes.

 

STUDENT AID for University of Alaska Fairbanks, Grants and Contract Services                                                        

Employed: 08/29/04 to 09/27/04

P.O. Box 757880, Fairbanks, AK 99775 , Telephone Number: 907-474-6076, Supervisor: Leah M. Hines

Student Assistant position designed to help out the Grants and Contract Services department.  Some of the duties included but not limited to; assist with inventory, purchasing, data entry, copying, bulk mailings, file maintenance, information searches, information verification, and compose routine correspondence. 

 

OIL AND GAS INTERN for First Alaskans Institute                                                                                                                 

Employed: 04/14/04 to 08/20/04

606 E Street, Suite 200, Anchorage, AK 99501, Telephone Number: 907-677-1700, Supervisor: Sarah Scanlan

10 week Internship designed to teach Alaskan Natives about the ins and outs of the Oil and Gas Industry based in Alaska.  Learned oil and gas projections within State of Alaska both from the government side and industry side.  Met with leaders within Alaska’s Oil and Gas Industry such as NANA Colt, ASRC Energy Services, Alyeska Pipeline Service Company, Bristol Bay Native Corporation, British Petroleum, ConicoPhillips, State of Alaska, and other agencies. Helped write two research projects on energy use in Alaska. Traveled to Kotzebue to conduct and energy cost survey to residents, governmental agencies, energy distributors and commercial places.

 

COMMERCIAL TYPIST for Umialik Insurance Company                                                                                                       

Employed: 02/23/04 to 08/20/04

1901 South Bragaw Street, Suite 100, Anchorage, Alaska 99508, Telephone Number: 907-338-5445, Supervisor: Tessa Wilson

Typed Commercial Insurance Policies which included: Commercial Automobile, Commercial Package Policies, Computer Coverages, Course of Construction, Garage Liability, General Liability, Commercial Homeowners, and Inland marine. 

 

OPERATIONS ASSISTANT for Victims for Justice, Inc.                                                                                                        

Employed:08/18/03 to 10/31/03

1057 W. Fireweed Lane, Suite 101, Anchorage, AK 99503, Telephone Number: 907-278-0977, Supervisor: Donna Garner

Grant writing, fundraising coordinator, book keeping, filing, volunteer coordination/training, office management, maintain database, report writing, event Planning, web site maintenance, newsletter creator/designer, and other duties as assigned.

 

ITINERANT GRANTS MONITOR for North Slope Borough School District                                                                         

EMPOLYED:  09/30/02 to 08/14/03

P.O. Box 169 Barrow, AK 99723,  Telephone Number: 907-852-5311, Supervisor: Dave Doleshal

Monitored Migrant Education Grant and Indian Education Grant. Utilized telecommunications, radio and television to inform and recruit parents of eligible children for the two grants. Networked with employees to complete projects, traveled to all North Slope Borough Schools to help test students and to interview parents.

 

CRIMINAL JUSTICE TECHNICIAN for State of Alaska, Department of Corrections

Employed: 02/25/02 to 09/27/02

P.O. Box 810 Barrow, AK 99723, Telephone Number: 907-852-8700, Supervisor: Gerogia Walker

Worked WITH Probation Officer III to prepare offenders cases. Orientation of new offenders placed on probation, preparation of parole packets, and document information in offender files. Answer all incoming calls, type reports, code bills overseeing and monitor office equipment/vehicles/supplies, data entry, data retrieval, and filing.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE CLERK for University of Alaska Museum                                                                                               

Employed: 8/28/01 to 02/28/02

907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775, Telephone Number: 907-474-6950, Supervisor: Terry Dickey

Kept track of department’s budgets, deposited and kept track of all donations to our department. Helped collect data to create a yearly brochure for publication. Helped with Inupiat Heritage Center joint venture project. Scheduled events using the University of Alaska Museum. Filed, entered data for Administrative Staff.

 

ADMINISTRATIVE INTERN for Houston Contracting LTD – AK  (now ASRC Energy Services PPC)

Employed: 05/01/98 to 08/28/01

3900 C Street, Suite 602 Anchorage, AK 99503, Telephone Number: 907-339-6200, Supervisor: Warren Christian

Kept track of department budgets, entered budget data in company wide accounting software. Assisted other offices around the Fairbanks area in special projects. Supervisor of acquiring a Foreign-Trade Sub zone for our facilities in Nikiski and Anchorage, Alaska. Educator, taught Fairbanks Natchiq (ASRC Energy) employees and Community Enhancement Program employees how to use MS Word and Excel to expand their office skills. Administrative Assistant in Anchorage corporate office, answered multi-line phones, entered data into a data base in MS Excel, wrote company letters to different companies for billing and correspondence purposes.

 

VILLAGE SITE HOST for Alaska Native Heritage Center

Employed: 06/24/00 to 09/03/00

8800 Heritage Center Drive Anchorage, AK 99506, Telephone Number: 907-330-8000, Supervisor: Jennifer

Inupiaq/St. Lawrence Island Yup’ik Village Site Host.  Informed tourists visiting the Alaska Native Heritage Center about how Inupiaq Eskimos lived before ‘contact’. 

 

PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS:

Arctic Slope Regional Corporation shareholder

Ukpeavik Inupiat Corporation shareholder

 

VOLUNTEER EXPERIENCE:

Community Activities:

World Eskimo Indian Olympics (volunteer/Board of Governors): 1994-Present

Barrow Eskimo Dancers: May 2002- August 2003

College Activities:

Chancellor Advisory Committee on Native Education Member 2004-Present

Inu-Yupiaq Eskimo Dancers student club: September 1998-Present

Festival of Native Arts (community/campus wide event): February 1997-Present

Native American Business Leaders (NABL) student club: September 1996-January 2004

Inupiat House Hall Council: September 1997- May 1999

 

AWARDS RECEIVED:

2001 Recognition of Leadership from University of Alaska Fairbanks for helping the UAF NABL Club win at the National American Indian Business Leaders Business competition in San Diego, CA.

2004 UAF Arts Department – Honorable mention for Inupiaq Dance Mask art project

 

JOB RELATED TRAINING:

Emphasis & Training: Human Relations, Grant Writing, Tribal Governments of Alaska, Tourism in Alaska, Basic Accounting, Fundamentals of Supervision, Community Based Research, Alaska Natives Studies, Grant Management, and NSTC.

 

Computer educated in the following software: MS WINDOWS, MS POWER POINT, MS WORD, MS OUTLOOK, MS EXCEL, MS ACCESS, MACROMEDIA DREAM WEAVER, QUICKEN, BASIC HTML, ADOBE PHOTO SHOP, WSFTP 95, COREL WORDPERFECT, AS400, OTIS, AND APSIN.

 

Licenses:  Alaska Driver License, North Slope Training Cooperative Refresher 01/10/05

 

REFERENCES:

Name

Address

Phone Number

Carol Hollingsworth

fnch@uaf.edu

P.O. Box 756305, Fairbanks, AK 99775

907-474-5876

Terry Dickey

fntpd@uaf.edu

907 Yukon Drive, Fairbanks, AK 99775

907-474-6950

Richard Caulfield

ffrac@uaf.edu

604 Barnett St , P.O. Box 758040, Fairbanks, AK 99775

907-455-2850

Mary Sage 

msage@asna.alaska.ihs.gov,

P.O. Box 224, Barrow, AK 99723

907-852-9374