For Immediate Release
Contact: Jordan Marshall (907) 334-0510

Anchorage – June 1, 2015 – Rasmuson Foundation announces the appointment of two new program officers. Jeff Baird has been promoted, effective today, from his position as senior program associate. Roy Agloinga will join the Foundation June 22.

Baird joined the Foundation in 2011. He has a law degree and bachelor’s in journalism from the University of St. Thomas in Minnesota. Before joining the Foundation, Baird worked as a law clerk for the Alaska Court System in Anchorage and Bethel. Previously, he spent six years reporting for daily newspapers in North Dakota and Minnesota. Baird currently serves as board president of thread, Alaska’s statewide child care resource and referral provider.

Agloinga has extensive experience in nonprofit management. He served three years as COO and interim president/CEO at Norton Sound Health Corporation and was also employed as tribal affairs director with Kawerak, the nonprofit regional organization in Nome. He has a bachelor of arts in English with a teaching emphasis from University of Alaska Fairbanks. He is a lifelong Alaskan, born in White Mountain in the Bering Straits region. Agloinga previously served as rural director for the Municipality of Anchorage under former Mayor Mark Begich and is a current board member of Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF). He is a fluent Iñupiaq speaker.

About the Foundation

The Rasmuson Foundation was created in May 1955 by Jenny Rasmuson to honor her late husband E.A. Rasmuson. The Foundation is a catalyst to promote a better life for all Alaskans.