Dr. Liza Mack is the Transportation and Village Infrastructure Protection Program Manager at the Denali Commission. The Denali Commission is a grant-making Federal agency that is dedicated to building and maintaining infrastructure in Rural Alaska. Prior to joining the Commission, Liza served as the Executive Director of the Aleut International Association, a non-profit organization that represents Unangan (Aleut people) at the Arctic Council. Dr. Mack is Unangax, born and raised in King Cove, a small village at the end of the Alaska Peninsula. She graduated with her PhD in Indigenous Studies from the University of Alaska Fairbanks in 2019. Her research focused on political ecology, natural resource management, knowledge transfer, and engagement of Native communities in the regulatory process. Dr. Mack has over 20 years of experience working in and around Indigenous organizations and communities. She has an A.A. in Liberal Arts from the University of Alaska Sitka, a B.A., and M.S. in Anthropology from Idaho State University. She lives and works in Anchorage with her son on the homelands of the Dena’ina People.