Biography
Joy is a Sr. Consultant with CCLR, who resides in Anchorage, AK with 16 years of experience working directly with Alaska Native Tribes and rural communities. Joy’s subject matter expertise ranges across public and environmental health topics to power cost equalization of rural electric utilities. Her expertise includes project development, grant management, technical writing, strategic planning, community outreach/engagement, event coordination, and facilitation. Joy is deliberate in building and maintaining relationships, using her ability to connect others to build partnerships that strengthen coalitions. Prior to joining CCLR, Joy was the Senior Program Manager for the Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Contaminated Sites Program. In that capacity, she was instrumental in ushering Alaska’s unique environmental challenges to the forefront of leaders who can and did implement change. For example, she led the ANCSA Contaminated Lands Partnership Group, which assisted in establishing the new EPA ANCSA Program, providing ~$40 million of funding available to Alaska entities to assess and remediate ANCSA contaminated lands. Joy is passionate about discovering innovative approaches to engage communities and highlights the distinct challenges Alaska confronts. She currently serves as the Alaska representative on two nationwide Tribal Partnership Groups and as of August 2024, was a member of the National Environmental Justice Advisory Committee for 4 years. Joy has been the President of the Alaska Environmental Health Association, connecting environmental professionals across Alaska.
