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Alaska Offices

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The personnel at the Alaska State Office for USDA Rural Development, located in Palmer, provide for the management of our federal programs which are delivered through six (6) Area Offices throughout rural Alaska. The Area Offices serve as the first point of contact for communities, homeowners and businesses to access our financial programs and technical services.

Below you will find the name, title, e-mail address and phone number for Rural Development's Management Team in located in the State Office in Palmer.

Chad Padgett

Acting State Director Chad.Padgett@ak.usda.gov (907) 761-7705
Deborah Davis Director, Rural Housing Programs Deborah.Davis@ak.usda.gov (907) 761-7740
Dean Stewart Director of Business Programs Dean.Stewart@ak.usda.gov (907) 761-7722
Merlaine Kruse Director of Cooperative Programs Merlaine.Kruse@ak.usda.gov (907) 761-7778

The following USDA personnel are located in satellite offices in Alaska and in Washington providing for Rural Development's programs and services in rural utilities as specified.

Eric Marchegiani

Field Representative - Electricity

Eric.Marchegiani@ak.usda.gov

(907) 688-8732

Wes Lannen

Field Representative - Telecommunications

Wes.Lannen@wdc.usda.gov

(360) 666-2741

We also provide you with points of contact for our Area Offices.

Bethel, Alaska

Serving the Bethel and Wade-Hampton Census areas

Jovan Dull, Loan Specialist
311 Willow, Building 3
P.O. Box 1869
Bethel, AK  99559

Phone (907) 543-3858
Fax (907) 543-3855

E-Mail:  Jovan.Dull@ak.usda.gov

 

Dillingham, Alaska

Serving the Dillingham and Aleutians West Census areas and the Bristol Bay, Aleutians East, Lake and Peninsula Boroughs

William (Spud) C. Williams, Area Director
Karen Dearlove, Loan Specialist
Herman Schroder Bldg.
134 First Avenue West
P.O. Box 1370
Dillingham, AK  99576

Phone: (907) 842-3921
Fax: (907) 842-3922

E-mail: William.C.Williams@ak.usda.gov
              Karen.Dearlove@ak.usda.gov

 

Fairbanks, Alaska

Serving the Southeast Fairbanks, Valdez/Cordova and Yukon-Koyukuk Census areas and the Boroughs of North Slope, Fairbanks North Star and Denali

James (Jim) Pohlman, Area Director
Kim Wood, Rural Development Specialist
Jane Gibson, Loan Technician
590 University Avenue
Fairbanks, AK  99709

Phone: (907) 479-6767 Ext. 4
Fax: (907) 457-4069

E-mail: Jim.Pohlman@ak.usda.gov   Kim.M.Wood@ak.usda.gov  

Jane.Gibson@ak.usda.gov

 

Kenai, Alaska

Serving the Kenai Peninsula Borough and the Kodiak Island Borough

Michelle Hoffman, Area Director
Amy Milburn, Rural Development Specialist
Wylie Chandler, Rural Development Technician
110 Trading Bay Road, Suite 160
Kenai, AK  99611

Phone: (907) 283-6640 Ext. 4
Fax: (907) 283-9667

E-mail: Michelle.Hoffman@ak.usda.gov

Amy.Milburn@ak.usda.gov 

Wylie.Chandler@ak.usda.gov

 

Nome, Alaska

Serving the Nome Census area and the Northwest Arctic Borough

James W, Pohlman

Acting Area Director
P.O. Box 1569
Nome, AK  99762

Phone: (907) 479-4362
 

E-mail: Jim.Pohlman@ak.usda.gov 

 

Sitka, Alaska

Serving the Prince of Wales, Skagway-Angoon and Wrangell-Petersburg Census areas and the Boroughs of Sitka, Haines, Yakutat, Ketchikan Gateway, and Juneau

Keith Perkins, Area Director
Tambi Calvert, Rural Development Specialist
Marsha McCrehin, Rural Development Technician
201 Katlian Street, Suite 109A
Sitka, AK  99835

Phone: (907) 747-3506
Fax: (907) 747-3597

E-mail: Keith.Perkins@ak.usda.gov   Tambi.Calvert@ak.usda.gov 

Marsha.McCrehin@ak.usda.gov

 

USDA Rural Development Alaska State Office
800 W. Evergreen, Suite 201
Palmer, Alaska 99645
(907)761-7705 (phone) - (907)761-7783 (fax) 
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