PRESIDENT

Deanna is Co-founder and VP of Client Services at ARM Creative. She leads the agency toward excellence in client experience and is responsible for developing comprehensive campaigns for large corporations like Kawerak, Southcentral Foundation, Alaska Industrial Hardware, and MAC Federal Credit Union.

With more than two decades of proven experience in marketing and advertising, her work has spanned the regions of Alaska and the United States. Notably, Deanna has produced work for Carhartt, Columbia, Xtratuf, and served as the Director of Marketing for Big Ray’s for nearly a decade.

Her ability to create meaningful marketing moments while generating results garnered the attention of Google, who featured her work in Google’s Economic Impact Report and helped her land the position as TEDxAnchorage Event Manager.

IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Marilyn Alvarenga is Executive Director of Frontier Tutoring, where she aspires to empower and engage with the future leaders of Alaska. She joined Frontier Tutoring from Northern Compass Group, an Anchorage-based consulting firm, where she served as Marketing Director and Associate Consultant, assisting client marketing departments with strategic communications and marketing.

She serves as President of the American Marketing Association Alaska Chapter, immediate-past chair of the Leadership Anchorage advisory board at the Alaska Humanities Forum, and former commissioner of the Anchorage Arts Advisory Commission. In her free time, Marilyn enjoys films and photography, as well as traveling.

Marilyn grew up in Anchorage and attended East Anchorage High School. She holds a B.A. in International Studies from the University of Alaska Anchorage, along with a certificate in digital marketing from Columbia Business School. Marilyn was named to the 2020 Top Forty Under 40 cohort by the Alaska Journal of Commerce.

ADVISOR, PAST PRESIDENT’S COUNCIL (PCC)

Abbey is an Account Supervisor at Walsh|Sheppard Strategy & Communications in Anchorage. She is responsible for client management, strategic direction, and project management for clients across a wide array of industries, both in and outside of Alaska.

With more than a decade of experience in advertising and marketing, Abbey grew her advertising legs in Minneapolis, MN working with million-dollar media budgets and international companies such as UnitedHealthcare, Optum, and BASF. She traded that all in for a job in Alaska and the challenge of unique companies, budgets, and goals.

Learning and understanding Alaskan culture has been an incredible experience and she doesn't plan to leave anytime soon! Abbey prides herself on her ability to maintain relationships, overthink user-experience, and provide leadership in a variety of settings, organizations, places.

TREASURER, PCC EXECUTIVE TEAM, IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT

Holly is a die-hard marketer with over 30 years of experience in branding, advertising, business development, and strategic planning. Currently, Holly is the Business Development Director of a local hospital where she represents the hospital to the community and helps connect employers, carriers, and brokers with hospital services. She received her Bachelor’s degree in Journalism/Broadcasting and Communication from the University of Alaska Fairbanks and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from the University of Alaska Anchorage.

Holly has been involved with AMA for over 20 years, holding various positions on the board, including sponsorship, communication, and president. Under her leadership, the Alaska Chapter was recognized as the Turn It Up Chapter of the Year with additional recognition as Membership Excellence and Finance Special Merit. Holly has gained countless experiences leading volunteers and teams to achieve small and big goals. She thoroughly enjoys helping people and teams reach for their highest potential.

VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS

Dianne has spent the last 16 years driving strategic sales and marketing initiatives for high-profile organizations within the beauty, luxury, telecommunications, and retail industries. She excels at developing data-backed and insight-based strategies that help drive sustainable and scalable business growth. A skilled multitasker with the ability to learn, unlearn, and relearn, she believes success is less about what you already know and more about expanding your knowledge base.

Her skills in brand management, marketing analytics, and business development, combined with her robust content curation and design skills, have helped her build strategic pipelines of motivated and brand-loyal clients. With a strong focus on customer engagement and retention, she has a proven ability to ignite brand recognition and awareness through the end-to-end execution of innovative marketing strategies.

Dianne hold degrees in management and marketing from the University of Alaska Anchorage. As part of MSI Communications' digital marketing team and Parfums Christian Dior’s sales team, she stays up-to-date on the latest trends and best practices in the industry. In her free time, she enjoys traveling and working as a freelance makeup artist.

VICE PRESIDENT OF MEMBERSHIP

Amanda Allard graduated as Honors Scholar and undergraduate researcher from the University of Alaska, Anchorage (UAA) with a dual Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Management and Marketing with a minor in Communication and a Master of Science (MS) in Organizational Leadership with an emphasis in Leading in Business Settings from Creighton University.

Amanda hung up her legal assistant hat in civil defense litigation to pursue a career in line with her degree field. She is an Account Coordinator for MSI Communications working with clients ranging transportation, tourism, mining, medical, and technology consulting. Amanda’s long-term goal is to use her degrees, skills, and experiences to help her community through advocating for corporate social responsibility, volunteerism, and by simply doing good work.

In addition to AMA, she sits on the Board of Directors for the Women’s Power League of Alaska to help strengthen our state’s economy through the empowerment of women. Amanda is passionate about the beautiful Alaskan wilderness, enjoying being outside whether it be cold weather camping, casting and blasting, or hunting wildlife that won’t hunt her back. The only limits you’ll find with Amanda are how many sockeye salmon she can catch in a day!

VICE PRESIDENT OF PROGRAMMING

Siobhan is a born and raised Alaskan and attended the University of Alaska Anchorage, where she earned her Bachelor’s Degree while playing on the women’s volleyball team. She currently works as a Project Manager at Spawn Ideas, a full-service advertising agency based in Anchorage. In the summer, she enjoys hiking with friends and going on road trips to explore our beautiful state. But you’ll find her on the volleyball court year-round.

DIRECTOR OF COMMUNICATIONS

Jann Mylet spent almost two decades focused on secondary school marketing, enrollment management, and counseling before a move to Alaska in 2012 created a shift in opportunity. Since then, she has worked in communication and outreach roles in the civic and social sectors. She is currently the Director of Communications at the Alaska Hospital & Healthcare Association, based out of its Anchorage office. Jann loves research and tracking down a good lead, editing copy, and finding those connections that make a story universally human. She lives with her husband and two Karelian bear dogs in Chugiak and spends as much time as possible exploring Alaska’s parks and trails by foot, bike, and ski.