Monday, December 31, 2012

UFA announces new leadership

United Fishermen of Alaska, the state's largest commercial fishing organization, today made two big announcements:

• Julianne Curry is taking over as executive director, effective tomorrow.

• Arni Thomson has stepped down as UFA president, effective today.

Here's a news release with more details and photos.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Sorry to see Arni go. He has done a very good job and is well respected. Ms. Curry did a good job as an advocate for PVOA and i think she will do the same for UFA. Naming Paul Shadura to any leadership position for however a short period is a mistake. He works hard but is way too polarizing and generally unreasonable in his dealings with policy makers. fortunately his role will be very limited and over in a hurry. Our organization will otherwise be well served by the new appointments.

Anonymous said...

It truly is a sad day for UFA. Mr. Thompson has done so much for UFA, and in just a few, short years! - expanding membership, growing its economic base, appealing to a broad spectrum of Alaska and Northwest players, and most importantly bringing balance and direction to UFA. He should be thoroughly congratulated for a very good job done. I echo the concerns raised above regarding Mr. Shadura, who has not shown the grace and skill Arni has given UFA. Ms. Curry has been a wonderful Petersberg advocate, however, and I look forward to seeing her extend herself out to Southcentral and Bristol Bay members. We are sad to loose you, Arni!

Anonymous said...

Curry is very polarizing...we will see how it goes I guess...