New presidents all shareholders

Three NANA shareholders have been named president of three subsidiary companies, a move NANA Development Corporation President (NDC) Helvi Sandvik called “exciting.”

Rachel Kutuk McClanahan takes over the helm at NIQI, an Akmaaq company that sells high-quality packaged foods to both federal and commercial clients. Brad Osborne is the new head of NANA Oilfield Services and Robin Kornfield is the first president of Piksik, the new NANA company that provides services to Alaska’s emerging film industry.

McClanahan grew up in Kotzebue, but left at 15 to live in Florida. After she finished high school and college, Rachel spent 13 years working in management for Ruby Tuesdays. She moved to Washington State in 2003 and was working for a health maintenance organization. She was invited to a shareholder picnic and job fair at the Seattle Zoo in 2005. By 2006 she’d landed a position with NANA Services as an administrative assistant. Since NANA Services was a small company, the job gave her a variety of hands-on experiences and a chance to grow with the company.

McClanahan says that her status as a shareholder and her knowledge of how business success benefits her and other shareholders is an important part of her work. “As a shareholder, I take great pride in what I do.”

Osborne, a long-time NDC employee, believes well-rounded managers need a good grasp of the financial aspects of running a business. He started with NDC as an entry-level accountant and rose to controller after earning his accounting degree.

Osborne replaces Fred Smith, another NANA shareholder, who retired.

NANA Oilfield Services, Inc. (NOSI) assists North Slope producers and contractors with the purchase of more than 5 million gallons a year of diesel, gasoline and aviation fuels, as well as all of the Chevron lubricants to keep equipment in optimum running condition.

Kornfield is vice president of communications and marketing for NDC. She serves as a key advisor on the senior leadership team and is responsible for the strategic communications of NANA and its diverse subsidiaries — including brand management, marketing and public relations activities and outreach programs. Kornfield lives in Anchorage and is originally from the NANA Region village, Kiana.

Prior to her current role, Kornfield served NANA as a corporate communications consultant. Her professional background includes corporate marketing production, business to business marketing, film production, event design and production, association management and convention sales. Kornfield earned her master’s degree in business administration from the University of Alaska Anchorage and her bachelor’s degree from Northwestern University. Piksik, LLC is a one-stop Alaska resource for producers from around the world that provides production management, extensive support services and passthrough options.