Board Of Directors
The boards are the governing authorities of the organizations, and are responsible for directing, influencing, and monitoring the organizations’ business, and evaluating its Executive Director. The boards carry out their governance role by developing and monitoring policies, and organizes their work through committees. By law, the boards are accountable for, and have authority over, the organizations’ resources and activities.
Downtown Association of Fairbanks
President
Ken Henry: Hops Hallmark
Vice President
Chris Miller: The Music Room
Treasurer
Frank Eagle: Lavelle’s Bistro
Secretary
Sheri Olesen: Chartreuese
Board Members
Buzzy Chiu: Fountainhead Development
Jim Hage: River City Investments, Inc
Dave Hayden: L64 Design
Todd Henderson: Brice, Inc
Bart LeBon: Mt. McKinley Bank
Eric Stoner: Goldpanner Chevron
Mike Webb: Alaskan Gold Rush Fine Jewelers
Buki Wright: Aurora Energy
Downtown Association of Fairbanks Community Services
President
Buzzy Chiu: Fountainhead Development
Vice President:
Treasurer
Frank Eagle: Lavelle’s Bistro
Secretary
Ken Henry: Hops Hallmak
Board Members
Bart LeBon: Mt. McKinley Bank
The Downtown Association of Fairbanks is a 501c4 civic league not organized for profit but operated for social welfare – the economic betterment of downtown for the common good and general welfare of the Fairbanks community. The Downtown Association of Fairbanks is a membership organization with three full-time staff. Its primary programs are the future-focused Vision Fairbanks revitalization plan and serving the needs of downtown today, like marketing its members and promoting downtown as a destination for retail, dining, and professinal offices.
The Downtown Association also serves downtown’s needs today through its subsidiary 501c3 non-profit organization, the Downtown Association of Fairbanks Community Services, whose mission is to “identify and fill critical social service gaps, lessening the burdens of government while at the same time maintaining the vitality and improving the overall quality of life in downtown Fairbanks.” Its primary programs include hosting signature downtown events like the Midnight Sun Festival, the Winter Solstice Festival and fielding the Community Service Patrol, a foot- and van-patrol devoted to improving the business climate downtown and transporting intoxicated or incapacitated persons from downtown to appropriate points of care.
