It’s decided: Brian Rogers named to permanent position as UAF chancellor
UAF President Mark Hamilton made the decision earlier today to officially appoint Brian Rogers to a permanent position as chancellor at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Brian co-founded, and was a Principal Consultant at Information Insights until his appointment as interim UAF chancellor in 2008.
Maia Peirce to start at Stanford University this fall
Information Insights intern Maia Peirce has been accepted as a freshman at Stanford University. Maia will start at Stanford this fall. While she is looking forward to exploring a variety of fields, at this point she thinks she will major in one of the biological sciences and minor in creative writing. Maia has worked as an intern at Information Insights since age 14, doing website development and maintenance for a variety of non-profit organizations and small businesses, and assisting Information Insights’ senior consultants with research, writing and editing. Maia was valedictorian of her senior class at Lathrop High School in Fairbanks. Good luck, Maia!
Shannon McCarthy
Until September 2007 Shannon was the spokesperson for the Northern Region of DOT&PF. She served as the main point of contact for print, radio, and television journalists for design, maintenance, construction, and planning divisions. She served as media contact in emergencies, and coordinated enterprise stories, including developing communication plans, writing PSAs, press releases, articles, editorials and speeches. Shannon developed and implemented external communication plans to inform the public and stakeholder groups on transportation issues, projects, and emergencies. She previously served as a special assistant and media liaison for the Commissioner of the Department of Community and Economic Development (its name at that time).
Graduates of the Class of 2009
Information Insights is proud to announce the graduation of Maia Peirce and Deborah Hewitt from Lathrop High school and Matt Klaich from West Valley High school. Maia and Deborah have both worked at Information Insights as high school interns. Maia is the daughter of Information Insights senior consultant Jana Perice. Matt is the son of project coordinator Nancy Lowe.
Maia is valedictorian of her class at Lathrop, and will attend Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif. Deborah and Matt plan to attend the University of Alaska Fairbanks this fall. The staff at Information Insights congratulate all our high school graduates this year and wish them the best of luck in their new adventures.