Our staff has a strong commitment to serving the Interior of Alaska, starting with those who take advantage of our programs and services.
Administration
Lindsey
Executive Director
Lindsey was born and raised in Fairbanks, AK. She received Bachelor of Science in Psychology and Master of Education in Counseling degrees from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She holds Chemical Dependency II certification and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. She has been working as a Behavioral Health Counselor with IAA’s Interior Medication Assisted Treatment Program since 2014, transitioned to IMAT's Program Manager in 2020 and IAA's Deputy Director in 2023. IAA’s Board of Directors voted to hire Lindsey as Executive Director at their May 30, 2024 meeting. She enjoys travelling, being outdoors, and spending time with family and dogs.
Karen
Finance Director
Karen was born and raised in Fairbanks, Alaska. She moved to a couple of states and found her way back home to the “Last Frontier”. She earned a bachelors degree in Business Administration with a minor in Human Resource Management. While working for various places she has become aware of multiple backgrounds and facets with diversity in employment.
“IAA is a place of encouragement and has given me the opportunity to utilize my education and background for the betterment and vision we pursue.”-Karen
Anna
Consulting and Fundraising
The Interior AIDS Association is pleased to announce that Anna stepped down from the Executive Director position after 22 years. Congratulations to Anna on retirement! Anna will continue with IAA, consulting to ensure an effective transition, and more importantly - raising funds for a new building.
Genevieve
Accounts Payable
Genevieve hails from British Columbia, Canada. Although she’s lived and travelled across the globe, Genevieve’s proud to make her home in interior Alaska. Previous to becoming the Accounts Payable Manager at IAA in 2022, Genevieve plied her trades as a restaurant manager, language teacher, and award-winning food stylist. She enjoys family, friends, animals, traveling, and reality TV.
Arianna
Program Assistant
HIV Services
Ryan
HIV Services Director
Ryan was born in Kansas and joined the military after High School. After retiring from the U.S. Air Force in 2019, he attended Wichita State University to obtain his Bachelors of Arts in Social Work. During his last year of school, Ryan worked at an outpatient addiction treatment program as a Kansas State Certified Peer Mentor and assisted in facilitating both Outpatient, Intensive Outpatient, Relapse Prevention, and Adolescent group therapy sessions. He worked with others throughout the state of Kansas to bring awareness to addiction and worked to change a Kansas law to decriminalize Fentanyl testing strips. Ryan moved to Fairbanks in 2023, and worked at the Fairbanks Hospital as a social worker in the ICU and later moved to the hospital's Behavioral Health Unit. He left the hospital and joined IAA in February 2024 as the HIV Client Services Director. As a member of the LGBTQIA+ community, Ryan focuses on ensuring every person gets treated fairly with dignity.
Chelsea
HIV Services Case Manager
Interior Medication Assisted Treatment
Brenda
Clinical Director
Behavioral Health Counselor
Brenda has worked at Interior AIDS Association since 2002. She got her bachelor’s degree in psychology and master’s degree in counseling from UAF. She loved her educational experience and has been gratified to teach for the school from which she graduated. IAA has also taken multiple practicum students and counseling interns from UAF and hired them as part of our capable team. Although she hales from the Midwest, she has lived in Fairbanks since 1985. Her and her husband of 33 years have two sons that were born and raised here in the interior and she is a grandparent. Brenda’s family and career here at IAA have provided great joy, challenge, and fulfilment and she feels grateful to be part of the organization and privileged to serve our clients.
Adie
Clinical Supervisor
Behavioral Health Counselor
Adie was born in Fairbanks, raised outside, and moved back to Alaska in 2001. After a year-long internship at IAA in 2015 she became a counselor with its Interior Medication Assisted Treatment Program in 2016. She has a Bachelor’s degree in sociology, a Master’s of Business Administration, and a Master’s of Education in Counseling—all from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. She has a Chemical Dependency II certification and is a Licensed Professional Counselor. In her free time, she enjoys winter activities that involve ice and snow, travelling, yoga, cooking, reading, and spending time with her friends and family.
Phelicia
Program Manager
Behavioral Health Counselor
Phelicia earned her Bachelor of Arts in Psychology & Sociology and her Master’s of Education in Counseling. She began as an intern at IAA in January of 2019 in and has earned a M.Ed. in Counseling from UAF. She has a CDC II certification through the state of Alaska.
Leslie
Behavioral Health Counselor
Leslie has lived in Alaska since 2015 and is pursuing a Masters of Social Work degree from Aurora University. She is an ordained Unitarian Universalist minister who graduated from the Starr King School for the Ministry in Berkeley, CA in 2014, and has previously served as a parish minister in Fairbanks and a hospital trauma response chaplain in Charlottesville, VA. Leslie's commitment to harm reduction work is based in the Unitarian belief that all people possess inherent worth and dignity and are deserving of quality mental health care.
Maya
Peer Support Specialist & Case Manager
Maya is a lifelong Alaskan who is pursuing a Bachelor’s degree in Social Work at UAF. In 2019 she earned her National Peer Recovery Support Specialist and Chemical Dependency Counselor Technician certifications and is working toward earning her Chemical Dependency Counselor I. She is the Case Manager for Interior Medication Assisted Treatment and Prevention Outreach. She assists consumers with locating resources in the community to assist them with housing, insurance, food assistance, and other needs. She also works with the IAA Prevention team to provide the Fairbanks community with free HIV and Hepatitis C testing and the Northern Exchange program. In her free time, she enjoys long-boarding, fishing, gardening, and camping with her family and friends.
Samantha
Meredith
Mary
Program Assistants
Medical
Dr. Day, DO - Medical Director
Susan RN - Nurse Manager
Melanie RN - Dispensing Nurse
Our board represents a cross-section of our community and has a passion for our organization and those we serve. The members work hard to ensure long-term sustainability of the organization and oversee that the funds raised directly affect those in need.
Rick - Board Chair
Wade - Vice Chair
Tony - Treasurer
Christine - Secretary
Members:
Sean
Mike
Teresa
Krystal
